-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Td9Dr3J8Op6ywQI8icFy9HS9letl6fyEW97GnFBPFJo0qeXzZgEtcJ0yufMyknGk 5vBCbyNorB0NpMyNGLubeg== 0001193125-08-109832.txt : 20080509 0001193125-08-109832.hdr.sgml : 20080509 20080509162731 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-109832 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-Q PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000777917 IRS NUMBER: 221944557 STATE OF INCORPORATION: AZ FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-Q SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-37587 FILM NUMBER: 08818806 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 213 WASHINGTON ST STREET 2: 111 DURHAM AVENUE CITY: NEWARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07102 BUSINESS PHONE: 2018026000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 213 WASHINGTON STREET CITY: NEWARK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07102 10-Q 1 d10q.htm PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Pruco Life Insurance Company

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008

OR

 

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

Commission file number 033-37587

 

 

Pruco Life Insurance Company

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Arizona   22-1944557

(State or other jurisdiction,

incorporation or organization)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(973) 802-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    YES  x    NO  ¨

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

 

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

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

As of May 9, 2008, 250,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock (par value $10), were outstanding. As of such date, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, a New Jersey Corporation, owned all of the Registrant’s Common Stock.

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

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
Number
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
Item 1.    Financial Statements:   
   Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position,
As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007
   3
   Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income,
Three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
   4
   Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Stockholder’s Equity,
Three months ended March 31, 2008
   5
   Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows,
Three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
   6
   Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements    7
Item 2.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    16
Item 4.    Controls and Procedures    18
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION   
Item 1.    Legal Proceedings    18
Item 1A.    Risk Factors    19
Item 6.    Exhibits    19
Signatures    20

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain of the statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including but not limited to those in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “includes,” “plans,” “assumes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “will,” “shall” or variations of such words are generally part of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Pruco Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries will be those anticipated by management. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements, including, among others: (1) general economic, market and political conditions, including the performance and fluctuations of fixed income, equity, real estate and other financial markets; (2) interest rate fluctuations; (3) re-estimates of our reserves for future policy benefits and claims; (4) differences between actual experience regarding mortality, morbidity, persistency, surrender experience, interest rates, or market returns and the assumptions we use in pricing our products, establishing liabilities and reserves or for other purposes; (5) changes in our assumptions related to deferred policy acquisition costs and valuation of business acquired; (6) changes in our claims-paying or credit ratings; (7) investment losses and defaults; (8) competition in our product lines and for personnel; (9) changes in tax law; (10) regulatory or legislative changes; (11) adverse determinations in litigation or regulatory matters and our exposure to contingent liabilities; (12) domestic or international military actions, natural or man-made disasters including terrorist activities or pandemic disease, or other events resulting in catastrophic loss of life; (13) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and procedures in identifying, monitoring and managing risks; (14) effects of acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings, including possible difficulties in integrating and realizing the projected results of acquisitions; (15) changes in statutory accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America or U.S. GAAP accounting principles, practices or policies; and (16) changes in assumptions for retirement expense. Pruco Life Insurance Company does not intend, and is under no obligation, to update any particular forward-looking statement included in this document. See “Risk Factors” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for discussion of certain risks relating to our businesses and investment in our securities.

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

As of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

     March 31,
2008
   December 31,
2007

ASSETS

     

Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost, 2008: $4,386,336; 2007: $4,470,186)

   $ 4,399,811    $ 4,509,969

Equity Securities

     28,403      30,107

Policy loans

     970,219      961,054

Short-term investments

     82,381      119,606

Commercial loans

     846,637      745,223

Other long-term investments

     46,433      54,452
             

Total investments

     6,373,884      6,420,411

Cash and cash equivalents

     201,287      92,964

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     2,242,624      2,174,315

Accrued investment income

     77,438      73,968

Reinsurance recoverable from parent

     1,814,664      1,599,910

Receivables from parent and affiliates

     164,288      155,990

Deferred sales inducements

     230,457      215,057

Other assets

     22,515      15,932

Separate account assets

     22,960,034      24,609,488
             

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 34,087,191    $ 35,358,035
             

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

     

Liabilities

     

Policyholders’ account balances

   $ 5,379,750    $ 5,076,654

Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities

     2,388,892      2,175,326

Cash collateral for loaned securities

     135,162      142,680

Securities sold under agreement to repurchase

     98,246      272,803

Income taxes

     498,031      484,107

Short-term debt to affiliates

     41,912      55,863

Payable to parent and affiliates

     75,764      60,207

Other liabilities

     206,404      207,491

Separate account liabilities

     22,960,034      24,609,488
             

Total liabilities

   $ 31,784,195    $ 33,084,619
             

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (See Note 2)

     

Stockholder’s Equity

     

Common stock, $10 par value 1,000,000 shares, authorized; 250,000 shares, issued and outstanding

     2,500      2,500

Additional paid-in capital

     455,664      455,664

Retained earnings

     1,838,301      1,797,387

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     6,531      17,865
             

Total stockholder’s equity

     2,302,996      2,273,416
             

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

   $ 34,087,191    $ 35,358,035
             

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income

Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands)

 

 

     Three Months ended
March 31
 
     2008     2007  

REVENUES

    

Premiums

   $ 17,556     $ 13,212  

Policy charges and fee income

     163,945       152,377  

Net investment income

     89,178       100,125  

Realized investment (losses), net

     (24,664 )     (1,373 )

Asset management fees

     6,578       6,512  

Other income

     7,119       5,531  
                

Total revenues

     259,712       276,384  
                

BENEFITS AND EXPENSES

    

Policyholders’ benefits

     35,449       33,438  

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     48,903       52,222  

General, administrative and other expenses

     126,101       122,312  
                

Total benefits and expenses

     210,453       207,972  
                

Income from operations before income taxes

     49,259       68,412  

Income tax expense

     8,345       12,385  
                

NET INCOME

     40,914       56,027  
                

Changes in net unrealized investment gains/(losses) and changes in foreign currency, net of taxes (1)

     (11,334 )     2,796  
                

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

   $ 29,580     $ 58,823  
                

 

(1) Amounts are net of tax benefits of $6 million and $2 million tax expense for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statement of Stockholder’s Equity

Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 (in thousands)

 

 

                    Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Gain
(Loss)
       
     Common
Stock
   Additional
Paid-in-
Capital
   Retained
Earnings
   Foreign
Currency
Translation
Adjustments
   Net
Unrealized
Investment
Gain (Loss)
    Total
Accumulated

Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
    Total
Stockholder’s
Equity
 

Balance, December 31, 2007

   $ 2,500    $ 455,664    $ 1,797,387    $ 629    $ 17,236     $ 17,865     $ 2,273,416  

Net Income

           40,914             40,914  

Change in foreign currency translation adjustments, net of taxes

              392        392       392  

Change in net unrealized investment (losses), net of taxes

                 (11,726 )     (11,726 )     (11,726 )
                                                    

Balance, March 31, 2008

   $ 2,500    $ 455,664    $ 1,838,301    $ 1,021    $ 5,510     $ 6,531     $ 2,302,996  
                                                    

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands)

 

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31
 
     2008     2007  

CASH FLOWS (USED IN) FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

    

Net income

   $ 40,914     $ 56,027  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from (used in) operating activities:

    

Policy charges and fee income

     (52,843 )     (40,193 )

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances

     48,903       52,222  

Realized investment losses, net

     24,664       1,373  

Amortization and other non-cash items

     (580 )     550  

Change in:

    

Future policy benefits and other insurance liabilities

     213,441       100,220  

Reinsurance recoverable

     (194,629 )     (88,599 )

Accrued investment income

     (3,470 )     (3,587 )

Receivables from parent and affiliates

     (8,252 )     45,818  

Payable to parent and affiliates

     15,557       61,389  

Deferred policy acquisition costs

     (46,638 )     (48,759 )

Income taxes payable

     19,830       14,443  

Deferred sales inducements

     (15,400 )     (6,897 )

Other, net

     (45,032 )     (95,466 )
                

Cash Flows (Used In) From Operating Activities

     (3,535 )     48,541  
                

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

    

Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:

    

Fixed maturities, available for sale

     284,055       591,474  

Policy loans

     26,164       25,701  

Commercial loans

     3,317       15,589  

Equity securities

     12       393  

Payments for the purchase of:

    

Fixed maturities, available for sale

     (216,102 )     (535,368 )

Policy loans

     (25,505 )     (26,761 )

Commercial loans

     (71,642 )     (48,987 )

Equity securities

     —         —    

Notes receivable from parent and affiliates, net

     (3,118 )     (6,699 )

Other long-term investments, net

     (22,689 )     (4,042 )

Short-term investments, net

     36,998       (5,565 )
                

Cash Flows From Investing Activities

     11,490       5,735  
                

CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

    

Policyholders’ account deposits

     789,913       709,493  

Policyholders’ account withdrawals

     (493,289 )     (864,989 )

Net change in securities sold under agreement to repurchase and cash collateral for loaned securities

     (182,075 )     (3,802 )

Net change in financing arrangements (maturities 90 days or less)

     (14,181 )     (12,402 )
                

Cash Flows From (Used In) Financing Activities

     100,368       (171,700 )
                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     108,323       (117,424 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

     92,964       485,199  
                

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD

   $ 201,287     $ 367,775  
                

SUPPLE SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

    

Income taxes (refunded)

   $ (11,485 )   $ (2,057 )
                

Interest paid

   $ 389     $ 259  
                

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Pruco Life Insurance Company, or the “Company,” is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, or “Prudential Insurance,” which in turn is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc., or “Prudential Financial.”

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or “U.S. GAAP,” on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These interim financial statements are unaudited but reflect all adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to provide a fair presentation of the consolidated results of operations and financial condition of the Company for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for a full year.

The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other affiliates. It is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly unrelated parties. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

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 the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The most significant estimates include those used in determining deferred policy acquisition costs or “DAC”, investments, future policy benefits, provision for income taxes, reserves of contingent liabilities and reserves for losses in connection with unresolved legal matters.

Reclassifications

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

 

2. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS

Contingencies

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

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

Litigation and Regulatory Matters

We are subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our businesses, including class action lawsuits. Our pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to us and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industries in which we operate. We are subject to class action lawsuits and individual lawsuits involving a variety of issues, including sales practices, underwriting practices, claims payment and procedures, additional premium charges for premiums paid on a periodic basis, denial or delay of benefits, return of premiums or excessive premium charges and breach of fiduciary duties to customers. In our annuity operations, we are subject to litigation involving class action lawsuits and other litigation alleging, among other things, that we made improper or inadequate disclosures in connection with the sale of annuity products or charged excessive or impermissible fees on these products, recommended unsuitable products to customers, mishandled customer accounts or breached fiduciary duties to customers. We are also subject to litigation arising out of our general business activities, such as our

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

2. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS (continued)

 

investments and third-party contracts. Regulatory authorities from time to time make inquiries and conduct investigations and examinations relating particularly to us and our businesses and products. In addition, we, along with other participants in the businesses in which we engage, 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 our pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. The outcome of a litigation or regulatory matter, and the amount or range of potential loss at any particular time, is often inherently uncertain.

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

 

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRONOUNCEMENTS

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

SFAS 159

In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities.” This statement provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value, with the associated changes in fair value reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2008 and has not elected to fair value any additional assets or liabilities under this statement.

SFAS 157

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements.” This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. This statement does not change which assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value, but the application of this statement could change practices in determining fair value. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2008. See Note 6 for more information on SFAS No. 157.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133. This statement amends and expands the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring companies to provide enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under Statement No. 133 and its related interpretations, and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. This statement is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company is currently assessing the impact of SFAS No. 161 on the notes to the consolidated financial statements.

In February 2008, the FASB issued FSP FAS 140-3, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets and Repurchase Financing Transactions”. The FSP provides recognition and derecognition guidance for a repurchase financing transaction, which is a repurchase agreement that relates to a previously transferred financial asset between the same counterparties, that is entered into contemporaneously with or in contemplation of, the initial transfer. The FSP is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. The FSP is to be applied prospectively to new transactions entered into after the adoption date. The Company will adopt this guidance effective January 1, 2009. The Company is currently assessing the impact of this FSP on the Company’s consolidated financial position and results of operations.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. REINSURANCE

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

During 2008, the Company entered into two new reinsurance agreements with an affiliate as part of its risk management and capital management strategies. Effective January 28, 2008, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime Seven (“HD7”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities. Effective January 28, 2008, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Guaranteed Return Option (“HD GRO”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities.

During 2007, the Company amended the reinsurance agreements it entered into in 2005 covering its Lifetime Five benefit (“LT5”). The coinsurance agreement entered into with Prudential Insurance in 2005 provided for the 100% reinsurance of its LT5 feature sold on new business with issue dates from March 15, 2005 to May 5, 2005. This agreement was recaptured effective August 1, 2007. Effective July 1, 2005, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its LT5 feature sold on new business after May 5, 2005 as well as for riders issued on or after March 15, 2005 on business in-force before March 15, 2005. This agreement was amended effective August 1, 2007 to include the reinsurance of business sold from March 15, 2005 to May 5, 2005 that was previously reinsured to Prudential Insurance.

Reinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured long-duration contracts are accounted for over the life of the underlying reinsured contracts using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying contracts. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers, for both long and short-duration reinsurance arrangements, are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liabilities and policy benefits associated with the reinsured policies. The affiliated reinsurance agreements, including the Company’s reinsurance of all its Taiwan business as of February 1, 2001, are described further in Note 5 of the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.

Reinsurance amounts included in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:

 

     (in thousands)  
     2008     2007  

Direct premiums and policy charges and fee income

   $ 418,190     $ 355,621  

Reinsurance ceded

     (236,689 )     (190,032 )
                

Premiums and policy charges and fee income

     181,501       165,589  
                

Policyholders’ benefits ceded

   $ 137,925     $ 111,011  
                

Realized capital gains ceded, net

   $ 63,966     $ 8,877  
                

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

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

4. REINSURANCE (continued)

 

Realized capital gains ceded include the reinsurance of the Company’s derivatives under SFAS No. 133. Changes in the fair value of the derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains”. The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to its LT5 and HD7 to Pruco Re. These reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for as embedded derivatives.

Reinsurance recoverables included in the Company’s unaudited interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 were as follows:

 

     (in thousands)
     2008    2007

Domestic life insurance - affiliated

   $ 1,102,427    $ 947,616

Domestic life insurance - unaffiliated

     3,911      1,910

Taiwan life insurance-affiliated

     708,326      650,384
             
   $ 1,814,664    $ 1,599,910
             

The gross and net amounts of life insurance in force as of March 31, 2008 and 2007 were as follows:

 

     (in thousands)  
     2008     2007  

Life insurance face amount in force

   $ 403,851,174     $ 326,844,145  

Ceded

     (361,462,875 )     (289,494,209 )
                

Net amount of life insurance in force

   $ 42,388,299     $ 37,349,936  
                

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other affiliates. It is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly unrelated parties.

Expense Charges and Allocations

Many of the Company’s expenses are allocations or charges from Prudential Insurance or other affiliates. These expenses can be grouped into the following categories: 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 processes. Management believes that the methodology is reasonable and reflects costs incurred by Prudential Insurance to process transactions on behalf of the Company. The Company operates under service and lease agreements whereby services of officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space are provided by Prudential Insurance. The Company reviews its allocation methodology periodically which it may adjust accordingly. General and administrative expenses also include allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock option program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Company for the stock option program was less than $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. The expense charged to the Company for the deferred compensation program was less than $1 million and $1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007.

The Company receives a charge for its share of employee benefits expenses. These expenses include costs for funded and non-funded contributory and non-contributory defined benefit pension plans. Benefits are based on final average earning and length of service, while benefits for other employees are based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during career.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for the Company’s employee’s 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 expense charged to the Company for the matching contribution to the plans was $0.9 million and $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

The Company’s share of net expense for the pension plans was $1.9 million and $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

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

Affiliated Asset Management Fee Income

Beginning October 1, 2002, in accordance with a revenue sharing agreement with Prudential Investments LLC, the Company receives fee income from policyholders’ account balances invested in the Prudential Series Funds (“PSF”). The Company also receives fee income calculated on contractholder separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust Funds. These revenues are recorded as “Asset management fees” in the Consolidated Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

Corporate Owned Life Insurance

The Company has sold four Corporate Owned Life Insurance contracts, or “COLI”, to Prudential Insurance and one to Prudential Financial, Inc. The cash surrender value included in separate accounts for these COLI contracts was $1.391 billion at March 31, 2008 and $1.431 billion at December 31, 2007. Fees related to these COLI contracts were $5.9 million and $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Reinsurance with affiliates

UPARC

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

The portion of this contract related to mortality is accounted for as reinsurance. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $41 million and $24 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Fees ceded to UPARC were $12 million and $9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 respectively. Benefits ceded to UPARC were $12 million and $6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The portion of this contract related to the no lapse provision is accounted for as embedded derivative. Realized gains and losses include a $20 million gain related to the change in the value of embedded derivative. The underlying asset is reflected as other assets in the Company’s unaudited balance sheet.

PARCC

The Company reinsures 90% of the risk under its term life insurance policies through an automatic and facultative coinsurance agreement with PARCC. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of this agreement. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $904 million and $835 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. Premiums ceded to PARCC for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $154 million and $121 million, respectively. Benefits ceded for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $74 million and $56 million, respectively. Reinsurance expense allowance, net of capitalization and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $30 million and $24 million, respectively.

Prudential Insurance

The Company has a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance and reinsures the majority of all mortality risks not otherwise reinsured. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $53 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. Premiums and fees ceded to Prudential Insurance for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $53 million, and $49 million, respectively. Benefits ceded for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $48 million and $47 million, respectively. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder as a result of this agreement.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)

 

The Company has reinsured a group annuity contract with Prudential Insurance, in consideration for a single premium payment by the Company, providing reinsurance equal to 100% of all payments due under the contract. In addition, there are two yearly renewable term agreements in which the Company may offer, and the reinsurer may accept reinsurance on any life in excess of the Company’s maximum limit of retention. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the policyholder’s as a result of these agreements. Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $9 million as of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. Benefits ceded for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $0.4 million and $0.5 million, respectively.

Pruco Re

During 2008, the Company entered into two new reinsurance agreements with an affiliate as part of its risk management and capital management strategies. Effective January 28, 2008, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Lifetime Seven (“HD7”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities. Effective January 28, 2008, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its Highest Daily Guaranteed Return Option (“HD GRO”) benefit feature sold on certain of its annuities.

During 2007, the Company amended the reinsurance agreements it entered into in 2005 covering its Lifetime Five benefit (“LT5”). The coinsurance agreement entered into with Prudential Insurance in 2005 provided for the 100% reinsurance of its LT5 feature sold on new business prior to May 6, 2005. This agreement was recaptured effective August 1, 2007. Effective July 1, 2005, the Company entered into a coinsurance agreement with Pruco Re providing for the 100% reinsurance of its LT5 feature sold on new business after May 5, 2005 as well as for riders issued on or after March 15, 2005 on business in-force before March 15, 2005. This agreement was amended effective August 1, 2007 to include the reinsurance of business sold prior to May 6, 2005 that was previously reinsured to Prudential Insurance.

Taiwan branch reinsurance agreement

On January 31, 2001, the Company transferred all of its assets and liabilities associated with the Company’s Taiwan branch including Taiwan’s insurance book of business to Prudential of Taiwan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial.

The mechanism used to transfer this block of business in Taiwan is referred to as a “full acquisition and assumption” transaction. Under this mechanism, the Company is jointly liable with Prudential of Taiwan for two years from the giving of notice to all obligees for all matured obligations and for two years after the maturity date of not-yet-matured obligations. Prudential of Taiwan is also contractually liable, under indemnification provisions of the transaction, for any liabilities that may be asserted against the Company. The transfer of the insurance related assets and liabilities was accounted for as a long-duration coinsurance transaction under U.S. GAAP accounting principles. Under this accounting treatment, the insurance related liabilities remain on the books of the Company and an offsetting reinsurance recoverable is established.

Affiliated premiums ceded for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 to Prudential of Taiwan under this agreement were $18 million and $11 million, respectively. Affiliated benefits ceded for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007 were $6 million and $3 million, respectively.

Reinsurance recoverables related to this agreement were $708 million and $650 million at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively.

Debt Agreements

The Company has an agreement with Prudential Funding, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Insurance, which allows the Company to borrow funds for working capital and liquidity needs. The borrowings under this agreement are limited to $600 million. The Company had $42 million of debt outstanding to Prudential Funding, LLC as of March 31, 2008 compared to no debt outstanding at March 31, 2007. Interest expense related to this debt was less than $1 million for three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The related interest was charged at a variable rate ranging from 2.13% to 4.31% for 2008 and 5.29% to 5.37% for 2007.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

6. FAIR VALUE

Fair Value Measurement – Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value that includes a hierarchy used to classify the inputs used in measuring fair value. The hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 – Fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the Company for identical assets or liabilities. These generally provide the most reliable evidence and are used to measure fair value whenever available. The Company’s Level 1 assets and liabilities primarily include equity securities and derivative contracts that are traded in an active exchange market. Valuations are obtained from readily available pricing sources for market transactions involving identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than Level 1 inputs, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted market prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities and other 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, short-term investments and cash equivalents (primarily commercial paper and money market funds), and certain over-the-counter derivatives. Valuations are generally obtained from third party pricing services for identical or comparable assets or liabilities (and validated through backtesting to trade data or confirmation that the pricing service significant inputs are observable) or determined through use of valuation methodologies using observable market inputs.

Level 3 – Fair value is based on significant unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. These inputs reflect the Company’s or third party pricing service assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities primarily include: certain private fixed maturities and equity securities, certain manually priced public equity securities and fixed maturities, (including certain asset-backed securities), certain highly structured over-the-counter derivative contracts, and embedded derivatives resulting from certain products with guaranteed benefits. Valuations are determined using valuation methodologies such as option pricing models, discounted cash flow models and other similar techniques.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

6. FAIR VALUE (continued)

 

The table below presents the balances of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, as of March 31, 2008.

 

     Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Netting (2)    Total  
     (in thousands)  

Fixed maturities, available for sale

   $ —       $ 4,281,486     $ 118,325     $ —      $ 4,399,811  

Trading account assets

     —         —         1,152       —        1,152  

Equity securities, available for sale

     726       23,015       4,662       —        28,403  

Other long-term investments

     (526 )     (24,093 )     (10,676 )     —        (35,295 )

Short term investments

     —         82,381       —         —        82,381  

Cash and cash equivalents

     —         192,609       —         —        192,609  

Other assets

     —         —         137,972       —        137,972  
                                       

Sub-total excluding separate account assets

     200       4,555,398       251,435       —        4,807,033  

Separate account assets (1)

     13,726,942       9,051,435       181,657       —        22,960,034  
                                       

Total assets

   $ 13,727,142     $ 13,606,833     $ 433,092     $ —      $ 27,767,067  
                                       

Future policy benefits

     —         —         105,804       —        105,804  
                                       

Total liabilities

   $ —       $ —       $ 105,084     $ —      $ 105,804  
                                       

 

(1) Separate account assets represent segregated funds that are invested for certain customers. Investment risks associated with market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts. Separate account liabilities are not included in the above table as they are reported at contract value and not fair value in the Company’s consolidated Statement of Financial Position.
(2) “Netting” amounts represent cash collateral and the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held with the same counterparty as permitted by FASB Interpretation No. 39, Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.

 

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Pruco Life Insurance Company and Subsidiaries

Notes to Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

6. FAIR VALUE (continued)

 

The following tables provide a summary of the changes in fair value of Level 3 assets and liabilities for the period January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008, 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 March 31, 2008.

 

     Fixed
Maturities,
Available For
Sale
    Equity
Securities,
Available for
Sale
    Other Trading
Account Assets
    Other
Long-term
Investments
 
     (in thousands)  

Fair value, beginning of period

   $ 107,063     $ 4,703     $ 1,164     $ (4,768 )

Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):

        

Included in earnings:

        

Realized investment gains (losses), net

     (3,672 )     (2 )     —         (5,908 )

Asset management fees and other income

     —         —         (12 )     —    

Interest credited to policyholder account

     —         —         —         —    

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

     (5,221 )     (94 )     —         —    

Net investment income

     (128 )     —         —         —    

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements

     (3,849 )     —         —         —    

Transfers into (out of) Level 3

     24,132       55       —         —    
                                

Fair value, end of period

   $ 118,325     $ 4,662     $ 1,152     $ (10,676 )
                                

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those level 3 assets that were still held by the Company at the end of the period:

        

Included in earnings:

        

Realized investment gains (losses), net

   $ (3,718 )   $ (2 )   $ —       $ (5,908 )

Asset management fees and other income

   $ —       $ —       $ (12 )   $ —    

Interest credited to policyholder account

   $ —       $ —       $ —       $ —    

Included in other comprehensive income (loss)

   $ (5,197 )   $ (94 )   $ —       $ —    

 

     Other Assets    Separate
Account
Assets (1)
   Future
Policy
Benefits
 
     (in thousands)  

Fair value, beginning of period

   $ 48,024    $ 172,225    $ (35,232 )

Total gains or (losses) (realized/unrealized):

        

Included in earnings:

        

Realized investment gains (losses), net

     85,473      —        (66,084 )

Asset management fees and other income

     —        —        —    

Interest credited to policyholder account

     —        1,363      —    

Included in other comprehensive income

     —        —        —    

Net investment income

     —        —        —    

Purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements

     4,475      8,069      (4,488 )

Transfers into (out of) Level 3

     —        —        —    
                      

Fair value, end of period

   $ 137,972    $ 181,657    $ (105,804 )
                      

Unrealized gains(losses) for the period relating to those level 3 assets and liabilities that were still held by the Company at the end of the period:

        

Included in earnings:

        

Realized investment gains (losses), net

   $ 85,779    $ —      $ (66,390 )

Asset management fees and other income

   $ —      $ —      $ —    

Interest credited to policyholder account

   $ —      $ 1,363    $ —    

Included in other comprehensive income

   $ —      $ —      $ —    

 

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

 

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

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

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis, or “MD&A,” of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, addresses the consolidated financial condition of the Company as of March 31, 2008, compared with December 31, 2007, and its consolidated results of operations for the three month period ended March 31, 2008 and March 31, 2007. You should read the following analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the “Risk Factors”, the MD&A and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, as well as the Forward-Looking Statements and the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

General

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

Products

Generally, the Company’s universal and variable life products offer the option of investing in separate accounts, segregated funds for which investment risks are borne by the customer, or the Company’s portfolio, referred to as the “general account.”

The Company earns its profits through policy fees charged to separate account annuity and life policyholders and through the interest spread for general account annuity and life products. Policy charges and fee income consist mainly of three types: sales charges or loading fees on new sales, mortality and expense charges, or “M&E”, assessed on fund balances, and mortality and related charges based on total life insurance in force business. Policyholder fund values are affected by net sales (sales less withdrawals), changes in interest rates, and investment returns.

The Company also earns profits from the interest spread earned on general account products. The interest spread represents the difference between the investment income earned by the Company on its investment portfolio and the amount of interest credited to policyholders’ accounts. Products that generate interest spread primarily include general account life insurance products, fixed annuities and the fixed-rate option of variable annuities.

In addition to policy charges and fee income, the Company earns revenues from insurance premiums from term life insurance and asset management fees from separate account fund balances. The Company’s benefits and expenses principally consist of insurance benefits provided, general business expenses, commissions and other costs of selling and servicing the various products the Company sells and interest credited to policyholders’ account balances.

 

1. Changes in Financial Position

March 31, 2008 versus December 31, 2007

Total assets decreased $1.271 billion, from $35.358 billion at December 31, 2007 to $34.087 billion at March 31, 2008. Primarily due to a decrease in separate account assets of $1.649 billion, from $24.609 billion at December 31, 2007 to $22.960 billion at March 31, 2008, primarily due to market decline in the first three months of 2008.

Fixed maturities decreased by $110 million from $4.510 billion at December 31, 2007 to $4.400 billion at March 31, 2008. The decrease was primarily driven by the movement of contractholder assets from the fixed rate general account options to the variable separate account investment options, the run off of guaranteed investment contracts, and re-allocation of investments to commercial loans.

Reinsurance recoverables increased by $215 million from $1.600 billion at December 31, 2007 to $1.815 billion at March 31, 2008, largely as a result of continued growth in the term in force covered by the PARCC reinsurance agreement and annuity business covered by the Pruco Re agreement (See Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements.)

 

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Deferred policy acquisition costs increased by $69 million from $2.174 billion at December 31, 2007, to $2.243 billion at March 31, 2008, primarily due to $115 million of capitalization of acquisition costs from the continued growth of sales in life and annuity products, partially offset by $68 million of amortization. Shadow DAC increased $22 million from decreased unrealized gains.

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $108 million, from $93 million at December 31, 2007 to $201 million at March 31, 2008, resulting from accumulated portfolio cash flows as of March 31, 2008.

Commercial loans increased $101 million, from $745 million at December 31, 2007, to $846 million at March 31, 2008, during the current period due to the re-allocation of investment to commercial loans.

During the first three months of 2008, total liabilities decreased by $1.301 billion, from $33.085 billion at December 31, 2007 to $31.784 billion at March 31, 2008, primarily due to a decline in separate account liabilities of $1.649 billion, consistent with the decline described above. Policyholder account balances increased $303 million, from $5.077 billion at December 31, 2007 to $5.380 billion at March 31, 2008 primarily due to continued sales from annuity and universal life products. Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities increased by $214 million, from $2.175 billion at December 31, 2007 to $2.389 billion at March 31, 2008 primarily due to increases to life reserves as a result of sales and renewals of term products, and increased reserves for the Taiwan business. The Company’s short-term borrowings from an affiliate used to provide short-term working capital decreased $14 million from $56 million at December 31, 2007 to $42 million at March 31, 2008. Total securities lending activity decreased by $182 million. The relative amounts of cash collateral for loaned securities and securities sold under agreements to repurchase decreased $7 million and decreased $175 million, respectively.

 

2. Results of Operations

March 2008 to March 2007 Three Month Comparison

Net Income

Consolidated net income decreased by $15 million, from $56 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $41 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. This decline is primarily driven by higher realized net investment losses in the current period.

Revenues

Consolidated revenues decreased by $16 million, from $276 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $260 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008. Net realized investment losses increased by $24 million, from $1 million for three months ended March 31, 2007 to $25 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, mainly driven by realized losses of $31 million related sales of fixed maturities and changes in derivatives resulting from lower treasury rates. Also contributing was net derivative losses in 2008 primarily reflecting net mark-to-market losses of $12 million on embedded derivatives associated with certain externally managed investments in the European market. Partially offsetting these losses was a gain of $20 million related to the change in the value of an embedded derivative associated with a no lapse feature related to the universal life business (See Note 5 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements).

Net investment income decreased by $11 million from $100 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $89 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, primarily due to run off in the guaranteed interest contract products in 2007 and the transfer of fixed rate options to variable rate options on annuity products. This was partially offset by continued investment of positive cash flows from operations and reinvestment of net investment income in 2008.

Policy charges and fee income, consisting primarily of mortality and expense loading and other insurance charges assessed on general and separate account policyholders’ fund balances, increased $12 million, from $152 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $164 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, reflecting growth in universal life insurance in force and increased fees from the growth of separate account assets on annuity products. Premiums increased $4 million, from $13 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, to $17 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, due to growth in term life in force.

Benefits and Expenses

Total benefits and expenses increased $3 million, from $208 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $211 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008.

Policyholders’ benefit and expenses, including related changes in reserves, increased by $2 million, from $33 million in the three months ended March 30, 2007, to $35 million in the three months ended March 31, 2008. The increase was mainly due to guaranteed minimum death benefits reserves in the universal life products.

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances decreased by $3 million, from $52 million in the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $49 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008 primarily due to the run off of GIC contracts of $2 million in 2007. Also contributing to this decrease were lower policyholders’ account balances for annuity products driven by movement of contractholder assets from the fixed rate general account option to the variable separate account investment option, partially offset by growth from life and annuity sales.

 

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General, administrative, and other expenses increased by $4 million from $122 million in the three months ended March 31, 2007 to $126 million for the three months ended March 31, 2008, primarily due to higher business related expenses.

Income Tax Expense

The income tax provision amounted to $8 million in the first quarter of 2008 compared to $12 million in the first quarter of 2007, representing 17% of income from continuing operations before income taxes in the first quarter of 2008 and 18% in the first quarter of 2007.

We employ various tax strategies, including strategies to minimize the amount of taxes resulting from realized capital gains.

In December 2006, the Service completed all fieldwork with regards to its examination of the consolidated federal income tax returns for tax years 2002-2003. The final report was submitted to the Joint Committee on Taxation for their review in April 2007 and in March 2008. The Joint Committee returned the report to the Service for additional review of an industry issue regarding the methodology for calculating the dividends received deduction related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. The Company has responded to the Service’s request for additional information. The report has been resubmitted to the Joint Committee. The statute of limitations for the 2002-2003 tax years expires in 2009.

The dividends received deduction reduces the amount of dividend income subject to tax and is a significant component of the difference between our periodic effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate of 35%. In August 2007, the Internal Revenue Service, or (“Service”), released Revenue Ruling 2007-54, which included, among other items, guidance on the methodology to be followed in calculating the dividends received deduction related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. In September 2007, the Service released Revenue Ruling 2007-61. Revenue Ruling 2007-61 suspends Revenue Ruling 2007-54 and informs taxpayers that the U.S. Treasury Department and the Service intend to address through new regulations the issues considered in Revenue Ruling 2007-54, including the methodology to be followed in determining the dividends received deduction related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. These activities had no impact on our 2008 results.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

In order to ensure that the information we must disclose in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis, the Company’s management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e), as of March 31, 2008. Based on such evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2008, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. No change in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f), occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

We are subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our businesses, including class actions. Legal and regulatory actions may include proceedings relating to aspects of the businesses and operations that are specific to us and that are typical of the businesses in which we operate. Class action and individual lawsuits may involve a variety of issues and/or allegations, which include sales practices, underwriting practices, claims payment and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duties to customers. We are also subject to litigation arising out of our general business activities, such as our investments and third party contracts and could be exposed to claims or litigation concerning business or process patents. In certain of these matters, the plaintiffs may seek large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages.

Our litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, the outcomes cannot be predicted. It is possible that our results of operations or the 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 flows for such period. Management believes, however, that the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, should not have a material adverse effect on our financial position.

 

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The foregoing discussion is limited to recent developments concerning our legal and regulatory proceedings. See Note 2 to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for additional discussion of our litigation and regulatory matters.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition, or cause our actual results to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks are not exclusive, and additional risks to which we are subject include, but are not limited to, the factors mentioned under “Forward-Looking Statements” above and the risks of our businesses described elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the immediately following paragraph and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The first quarter of 2008 was characterized by adverse capital market conditions generally affecting the value and liquidity of certain fixed maturity securities, as well as other investments. Regardless of market conditions, certain investments we hold, including private bonds and commercial mortgages, are relatively illiquid. Although we have various sources of liquidity other than selling these investments, if we needed to sell these investments we may have difficulty doing so in a timely manner at a price we would realize if we otherwise held the investments. Adverse capital market conditions could impact the liquidity of our investments, affecting their value and potentially resulting in higher realized and/or unrealized losses.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

31.1

  Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

31.2

  Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

32.1

  Section 906 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

32.2

  Section 906 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

Pruco Life Insurance Company

By:

 

/s/ Tucker I. Marr

  Tucker I. Marr
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Authorized Signatory and Principal Accounting and Financial Officer)

Date: May 9, 2008


Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number and Description

 

31.1

  Section 302 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

31.2

  Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

32.1

  Section 906 Certification of the Chief Executive Officer.

32.2

  Section 906 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.
EX-31.1 2 dex311.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO Section 302 Certification of the CEO

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Scott D. Kaplan, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pruco Life Insurance Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within such entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 9, 2008

 

/s/ Scott D. Kaplan

Scott D. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 3 dex312.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO Section 302 Certification of the CFO

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Tucker I. Marr, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Pruco Life Insurance Company;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within such entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 9, 2008

 

/s/ Tucker I. Marr

Tucker I. Marr
Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 4 dex321.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF THE CEO Section 906 Certification of the CEO

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, I, Scott D. Kaplan, Chief Executive Officer of Pruco Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), hereby certify that the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 9, 2008

 

/s/ Scott D. Kaplan

Scott D. Kaplan
Chief Executive Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

EX-32.2 5 dex322.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF THE CFO Section 906 Certification of the CFO

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, I, Tucker I. Marr, Chief Financial Officer of Pruco Life Insurance Company (the “Company”), hereby certify that the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated: May 9, 2008

 

/s/ Tucker I. Marr

Tucker I. Marr
Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.

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