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Registration No. 333-105437
811-04633
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2008

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-6

REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933          [ X ]

Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____          [  ]

Post-Effective Amendment No.__8__         [ X ]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940          [ X ]

Amendment No._31___          [ X ]


Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D
Registrant

Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
Depositor

60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1115
New York, New York 10165
Depositor's Address

1-866-702-6998
Depositor's Telephone Number

Sandra DaDalt
Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
One Sun Life Executive Park
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481
Name and Address of Agent For Service

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box)

[  ]  immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

[ X ]  on October 6, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485.

[  ]  60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

[  ]  on May 1, 2008 pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485.

[  ]  This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.


 
 

 


This Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 (the "Registration Statement") (File Nos. 333-105437, 811-04633) is being filed pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, in order to add a supplement to the prospectus filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 on April 28, 2008. This Amendment does not otherwise delete, amend, or supersede any prospectus, statement of additional information, exhibit, or other information contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 7.

 
PART A


 
 

 

SUPPLEMENT DATED OCTOBER 6, 2008
TO
PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 2008
FOR
FUTURITY ACCUMULATOR II VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
FUTURITY PROTECTOR II VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
FUTURITY SURVIVORSHIP II VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE
ISSUED BY SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT D

I.  
The following underlying Funds are added and available for investment by the Variable Sub-Accounts1:

ASSET ALLOCATION
INTERNATIONAL/GLOBAL EQUITY
AllianceBernstein VPS Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio (Class B)
MFS® International Growth Portfolio (S Class)
BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund (Class III)
SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund (Initial Class)
Fidelity VIP Balanced Portfolio (Service Class 2)
LARGE CAP EQUITY
Franklin Templeton VIP Founding Funds Allocation Fund (Class 2)
AllianceBernstein VPS Wealth Appreciation Strategy Portfolio (Class B)
SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund (Initial Class) 2
MID CAP EQUITY
SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund (Initial Class) 2
Van Kampen UIF Mid Cap Growth Portfolio (Class II Shares)
SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund (Initial Class) 2
Van Kampen UIF U.S. Mid Cap Value Portfolio (Class II Shares)
Van Kampen UIF Equity & Income Portfolio (Class II Shares)
SMALL CAP EQUITY
INFLATION-PROTECTED BOND
SCSM AIM Small Cap Growth Fund (Initial Class)
SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund (Initial Class)
SCSM Dreman Small Cap Value Fund (Initial Class)
INTERMEDIATE TERM BOND
 
SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund (Initial Class)
 
1Information about the structure and investment objectives of the underlying Funds is available in the prospectuses for the underlying Funds.
2These are Fund of Funds investment options and the expenses of these Funds include the Fund-level expenses of the underlying Funds as well.  These investment options may be more expensive than Funds that do not invest in other Funds.

II.           AllianceBernstein L.P. advises the AllianceBernstein VPS Portfolios and subadvises the SCSM AllianceBernstein International Value Fund.  Merrill Lynch Investment Managers L.P. advises the BlackRock Global Allocation V.I. Fund.  Franklin Templeton Services, LLC administers the Franklin Templeton Founding Funds Allocation Fund (with the following advising the underlying portfolios of the Fund:  Franklin Advisers, Inc. advising the Franklin Income Securities Fund, Franklin Mutual Advisers LLC advising Mutual Shares Securities Fund and Templeton Global Advisers Limited advising Templeton Growth Securities Fund). Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. advises the Van Kampen UIF Portfolios.  Invesco Aim Advisors, Inc. subadvises SCSM AIM Small Cap Growth Fund.  BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. subadvises SCSM BlackRock Inflation Protected Bond Fund.  Dreman Value Management, LLC subadvises SCSM Dreman Small Cap Value Fund.  Ibbotson Associates, Inc. subadvises SCSM Ibbotson Balanced Fund, SCSM Ibbotson Growth Fund and SCSM Ibbotson Moderate Fund.  Pacific Investment Management Company LLC subadvises SCSM PIMCO Total Return Fund.

 
 

 


III.  
The Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses Table within the prospectus is replaced with the following:

TOTAL ANNUAL FUND OPERATING EXPENSES
(deducted by each Fund of the average daily net asset value of each Fund)
Minimum
Maximum
Total Annual Fund Expenses (expenses that are deducted from Fund assets, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other expenses)
0.20%
2.15%

THIS SUPPLEMENT SHOULD BE READ AND RETAINED FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

 
 

 

PART B

 
 

 

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

FUTURITY ACCUMULATOR II

VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE POLICY

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK

SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT D

May 1, 2008

This Statement of Additional Information (SAI) is not a prospectus but it relates to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Futurity Accumulator II Variable Universal Life Insurance prospectus, dated May 1, 2008.  The prospectus is available, at no charge, by writing Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York ("the Company") at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, MA  02481 or calling 1-866-702-6998.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT
2
CUSTODIAN
2
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
2
DISTRIBUTION AND UNDERWRITING OF POLICY
2
THE POLICY
4
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE SEPARATE ACCOUNT
5
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
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THE COMPANY AND THE VARIABLE ACCOUNT

Sun Life Financial Inc. ("Sun Life Financial"), a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with common shares listed on the Toronto, New York and Philippine stock exchanges, is the ultimate corporate parent of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.  Sun Life Financial ultimately controls Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York through the following intervening companies: Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Investments LLC, Sun Life Financial (U.S.) Holdings, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc., and Sun Life Financial Corp.

We established Variable Account D on April 24, 2003, pursuant to a resolution of our Board of Directors.  The Variable Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act") as a unit investment trust.

CUSTODIAN

We are the Custodian of the assets of the Variable Account.  We will purchase Fund shares at net asset value in connection with amounts allocated to the Sub-Accounts in accordance with your instructions, and we will redeem Fund shares at net asset value for the purpose of meeting the contractual obligations of the Variable Account and paying charges relative to the Variable Account.  The Variable Account will be fully funded at all times for the purposes of Federal securities laws.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The consolidated financial statements of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein (which report, dated April 18, 2008, accompanying such financial statements expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph, referring to the adoption of the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No.109”), and has been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.  Their office is located at 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

The financial statements of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D that are included in this Statement of Additional Information have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein (which report, dated April 18, 2008, accompanying the financial statements expresses an unqualified opinion) and has been so included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

DISTRIBUTION AND UNDERWRITING OF THE POLICY

The Policy is offered on a continuous basis.  The Policy is sold by licensed insurance agents ("Selling Agents") in those states where the Policy may be lawfully sold.  Such Selling Agents will be registered representatives of affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealer firms ("Selling Broker-Dealers") registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 who are members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and who have entered into selling agreements with the Company and our general distributor, Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. ("Clarendon"), One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.  Clarendon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, is registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of FINRA.

The Company (or its affiliates, for the purposes of this section only, collectively, "the Company"), pays the Selling Broker-Dealers compensation for the promotion and sale of the Policy.  The Selling Agents who solicit sales of the Policy typically receive a portion of the compensation paid by the Company to the Selling Broker-Dealers in the form of commissions or other compensation, depending on the agreement between the Selling Broker-Dealer and their Selling Agent.  This compensation is not paid directly by the Policy Owner or the Variable Account.  The Company intends to recoup this compensation through fees and charges imposed under the Policy, and from profits on payments received by the Company for providing administrative, marketing, and other support and services to the Funds.

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The amount and timing of commissions the Company may pay to Selling Broker-Dealers may vary depending on the selling agreement but is not expected to be more, in the first year, than 99% of target premium, which will vary based on the Insured's age, sex and rating class, plus 8% of any excess premium payments.  In Policy Years two through five, commissions will not exceed 8% of premium paid.  In Policy Years six through ten, commissions will not exceed 4% of premium paid.  In Policy Years eleven and thereafter, commissions will not exceed 1% of premium paid.

The Company may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or other compensation to the extent permitted by FINRA rules and other applicable laws and regulations and this compensation may be significant in amount.

The Company also pays compensation to wholesaling broker-dealers or other firms or intermediaries, including, in some cases, payments to affiliates of the Company such as Sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc., in return for wholesaling services such as providing marketing and sales support, product training and administrative services to the Selling Agents of the Selling Broker-Dealers.  This compensation may be significant and may be based on a percentage of premium, a percentage of Account Value and/or may be a fixed dollar amount.

In addition to the compensation described above, the Company may make additional cash payments (in certain circumstances referred to as “override” compensation) or reimbursements to Selling Broker-Dealers in recognition of their marketing and distribution, transaction processing and/or administrative services support.  These payments are not offered to all Selling Broker-Dealers, and the terms of any particular agreement governing the payments may vary among Selling Broker-Dealers depending on, among other things, the level of and type of marketing and distribution support provided.  Marketing and distribution support services may include, among other services, placement of the Company's products on the Selling Broker-Dealer's preferred or recommended list, access to the Selling Broker-Dealer's registered representatives for purposes of promoting sales of the Company's products, assistance in training and education for the Selling Agents, and opportunities for the Company to participate in sales conferences and educational seminars. The payments or reimbursements may be calculated as a percentage of the particular Selling Broker-Dealers actual or expected aggregate sales of our variable policies (including the Policy) or assets held within those policies and/or may be a fixed dollar amount.  Broker-dealers receiving these additional payments may pass on some or all of the payments to the Selling Agent.  The prospect of receiving, or the receipt of additional compensation as described above may provide Selling Broker-Dealers with an incentive to favor sales of the Policies over other variable life policies (or other investments) with respect to which the Selling Broker-Dealer does not receive additional compensation, or lower levels of additional compensation.  You should take such payment arrangements into account when considering and evaluating any recommendation relating to the Policies.

In addition to selling our variable policies (including the Policy), some Selling Broker-Dealers or their affiliates may have other business relationships with the Company.  Those other business relationships may include, for example, reinsurance agreements pursuant to which an affiliate of the Selling Broker-Dealer provides reinsurance to the Company relative to some or all of the Policies or other variable policies issued by the Company or its affiliates.  The potential profits for a Selling Broker-Dealer or its affiliates (including its registered representatives) associated with such reinsurance arrangements could be significant in amount and could indirectly provide incentives to the Selling Broker-Dealer and its Selling Agents to recommend products for which they provide reinsurance over similar products which do not result in potential reinsurance profits to the Selling Broker-Dealer or its affiliate.  The operation of an individual policy is not impacted by whether the policy is subject to a reinsurance arrangement between the Company and an affiliate of the Selling Broker-Dealer.

As discussed in the preceding paragraphs, the Selling Broker-Dealer may receive numerous forms of payments that, directly or indirectly, provide incentives to, and otherwise facilitate and encourage the offer and sale of the Policies by Selling Broker-Dealers and their registered representatives.  Such payments may be significantly greater or less in connection with the Policies than in connection with other products offered and sold by the Company or by others.  Accordingly, the payments described above may create a potential conflict of interest, as they may influence your Selling Broker-Dealer or registered representative to present a Policy to You instead of (or more favorably than) another product or products that might be preferable to You.

You should ask your Selling Agent for further information about what commissions or other compensation he or she, or the Selling Broker-Dealer for which he or she works, may receive in connection with your purchase of the Policy.

During 2005, 2006 and 2007, Clarendon retained no commissions in connection with the distribution of the Policies.

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THE POLICY

To apply for a Policy, you must submit an application to our Service Office. We may then follow certain underwriting procedures designed to determine the insurability of the proposed Insured.  We offer the Policy on a regular (medical) underwriting basis and simplified underwriting basis.  We may require medical examinations and further information before the proposed application is approved.  Simplified underwriting is available to certain groups of Insureds, with all Insureds meeting certain other underwriting requirements.  We must pre-approve any simplified underwriting arrangement.  The cost of insurance rates are higher for healthy individuals when simplified underwriting is used instead of regular underwriting.  Proposed Insureds must be acceptable risks based on our underwriting limits and standards.  A Policy cannot be issued until the underwriting process has been completed to our satisfaction.  We reserve the right to reject an application that does not meet our underwriting requirements or to increase by no more than 500% the cost of insurance charges applicable to an Insured to cover the cost of the increased mortality risk borne by the Company.  The cost of insurance charges are based on the 1980 Commissioner's Standard Ordinary Mortality Table.

Expense Charges Applied to Premium. We will deduct a charge from each premium payment upon receipt.  Three and one-quarter percent of the charge is used to pay federal, state and local tax obligations.  The remainder of the charge is a sales load used for agent compensation and other at issue costs. The current charge is 5.25%.  The maximum charge is guaranteed not to exceed 7.25%.

Increase in Face Amount.  After the first policy anniversary, you may request an increase in the Specified Face Amount (SFA) and Supplemental Insurance Amount (SIA).  You must provide satisfactory evidence of each Insured's insurability.  Once requested, an increase will become effective at the next policy anniversary following our approval of your request.  The Policy does not allow for an increase if the Insured's Attained Age is greater than 80 on the effective date of the increase.

The cost of insurance charges and monthly expense charges applicable to an increase in SFA and the cost of insurance charges applicable to an increase in SIA may be higher or lower than those charged on the original sums if the Insured’s health has changed to a degree that qualifies the Insured for a different risk classification.  In calculating the net amount at risk, your Account Value will first be allocated to the initial death benefit and then to each increase in the SFA and SIA in the order in which the increases were made.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements of the Variable Account and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York are included in this Statement of Additional Information.  The financial statements of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York are provided as relevant to its ability to meet its financial obligations under the Policies and should not be considered as bearing on the investment performance of the assets held in the Variable Account.

 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Assets and Liabilities - December 31, 2007

Assets:
               
Investment in
Shares
 
Cost
 
Value
AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc.
               
V.I. International Growth Fund Sub-Account (AI4)
 
1,240
 
$
41,632
 
$
41,700
The Alger American Fund
               
Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (AL4)
 
3,247
   
67,056
   
76,702
AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series Fund, Inc.
               
Growth and Income Portfolio Sub-Account (AN3)
 
2,304
   
57,203
   
61,174
Delaware Management Company
               
VIP Growth Opportunities Series Sub-Account (DGO)
 
818
   
17,811
   
17,476
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
               
MidCap Stock Portfolio Sub-Account (DMC)
 
4,566
   
79,656
   
70,861
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund:
               
Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio Sub-Account (FL4)
 
707
   
101,556
   
115,773
Fidelity VIP Money Market Portfolio Sub-Account (FL5)
 
170,882
   
170,882
   
170,883
Fidelity VIP ContrafundTM Portfolio Sub-Account (FL6)
 
1,245
   
38,671
   
34,619
Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account (FL7)
 
5,524
   
108,635
   
139,315
Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (FL8)
 
1,043
   
32,896
   
46,916
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
               
Templeton Foreign Securities Fund Sub-Account (FTI)
 
5,433
   
85,924
   
110,022
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
               
VIT Structured US Equity Fund Sub-Account (GS3)
 
3,788
   
47,861
   
49,846
Mid Cap Value Fund Sub-Account (GS8)
 
9
   
147
   
128
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.
               
Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account (LA1)
 
388
   
11,609
   
10,831
Mid Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account (LA2)
 
1,987
   
42,444
   
37,562
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust
               
Government Securities Series Sub-Account (GSS)
 
1,728
   
21,941
   
22,270
High Yield Series Sub-Account (HYS)
 
9,843
   
66,557
   
64,570
Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Series Sub-Account (MIS)
 
152
   
1,793
   
1,776
Massachusetts Investors Trust Series Sub-Account (MIT)
 
15
   
501
   
528
New Discovery Series Sub-Account (NWD)
 
9
   
160
   
153
Total Return Series Sub-Account (TRS)
 
278
   
5,534
   
5,419
Utilities Series Sub-Account (UTS)
 
36
   
965
   
1,064
Value Series Sub-Account (MVS)
 
3,340
   
53,538
   
62,723
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
               
Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account (OCF)
 
95
   
4,220
   
4,477
PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust
               
High Yield Portfolio Sub-Account (PHY)
 
2,416
   
19,847
   
19,449
Low Duration Portfolio Sub-Account (PLD)
 
18,228
   
184,895
   
187,744
Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Sub-Account (PMB)
 
8,145
   
111,029
   
111,348
Real Return Portfolio Sub-Account (PRR)
 
401
   
4,815
   
5,046
Total Return Portfolio Sub-Account (PTR)
 
6,009
   
62,322
   
63,031
Scudder VIT Funds
               
Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund Sub-Account (SSC)
 
1,901
   
28,136
   
27,944
Scudder Variable Series II
               
SVS Dreman Small Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account (SCV)
 
1,996
   
39,021
   
40,169
Sun Capital Advisers Trust
               
Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund Sub-Account (SC2)
 
2,849
   
28,255
   
27,008
Sun Capital Real Estate Fund Sub-Account (SC3)
 
3,231
   
64,519
   
58,942
Sun Capital Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund Sub-Account (SC5)
 
3,100
   
61,455
   
55,645
Sun Capital Davis Venture Value Fund Sub-Account (SC7)
 
3,114
   
35,638
   
42,506
Sun Capital Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Sub-Account (SCB)
 
315
   
4,872
   
4,084
Sun Capital All Cap Fund Sub-Account (SCM)
 
68
   
861
   
728
                 

See notes to financial statements


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Assets and Liabilities - December 31, 2007 – continued

Assets - continued:
               
Investment in – continued:
Shares
 
Cost
 
Value
T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.
               
T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (TBC)
 
6,968
 
$
70,225
 
$
82,297
Van Kampen Life Insurance Trust
               
LIT Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account (VGI)
 
22
   
468
   
479
Net Assets Applicable to Contract Owners
     
$
1,775,550
 
$
1,873,208
                 
                 
Net Assets Applicable to Contract Owners
               
       
Units
 
Value
                 
                 
AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc.
               
AI4
       
2,099
 
$
41,700
The Alger American Fund
               
AL4
       
3,826
   
76,702
AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series Fund, Inc.
               
AN3
       
4,624
   
61,174
Delaware Management Company
               
DGO
       
1,046
   
17,476
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
               
DMC
       
4,910
   
70,861
Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund
               
FL4
       
9,366
   
115,773
FL5
       
14,269
   
170,883
FL6
       
1,813
   
34,619
FL7
       
8,081
   
139,315
FL8
       
4,067
   
46,916
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
               
FTI
       
4,333
   
110,022
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
               
GS3
       
4,140
   
49,846
GS8
       
8
   
128
Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.
               
LA1
       
740
   
10,831
LA2
       
2,538
   
37,562
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust
               
GSS
       
1,606
   
22,270
HYS
       
4,238
   
64,570
MIS
       
176
   
1,776
MIT
       
43
   
528
NWD
       
14
   
153
TRS
       
375
   
5,419
UTS
       
52
   
1,064
MVS
       
3,883
   
62,723
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
               
OCF
       
306
   
4,477


See notes to financial statements


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Assets and Liabilities - December 31, 2007 – continued

Net Assets Applicable to Contract Owners – continued

 
Units
 
Value
           
PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust
         
PHY
 
1,130
   
19,449
PLD
 
16,560
   
187,744
PMB
 
5,046
   
111,348
PRR
 
370
   
5,046
PTR
 
4,824
   
63,031
Scudder VIT Funds
         
SSC
 
1,287
   
27,944
Scudder Variable Series II
         
SCV
 
2,318
   
40,169
Sun Capital Advisers Trust
         
SC2
 
1,901
   
27,008
SC3
 
2,120
   
58,942
SC5
 
2,936
   
55,645
SC7
 
2,935
   
42,506
SCB
 
258
   
4,084
SCM
 
47
   
728
T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.
         
TBC
 
5,417
   
82,297
Van Kampen Life Insurance Trust
         
VGI
 
31
   
479
Net Assets
     
$
1,873,208

See notes to financial statements


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2007

 
AI4
 
AL4
 
AN3
 
DGO
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account (e)
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
169
 
$
-
 
$
662
 
$
-
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
122
 
$
141
 
$
649
 
$
(5)
Realized gain distributions
 
-
   
4,280
   
2,722
   
-
Net realized gains (losses)
$
122
 
$
4,421
 
$
3,371
 
$
(5)
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
68
 
$
9,646
 
$
3,971
 
$
(335)
Beginning of year
 
56
   
749
   
5,636
   
-
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
12
 
$
8,897
 
$
(1,665)
 
$
(335)
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
134
 
$
13,318
 
$
1,706
 
$
(340)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
303
 
$
13,318
 
$
2,368
 
$
(340)
                       
 
DMC
 
FL4
 
FL5
 
FL6
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
278
 
$
3,842
 
$
7,930
 
$
278
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares
$
(287)
 
$
1,812
 
$
-
 
$
324
Realized gain distributions
 
7,902
   
-
   
-
   
8,303
Net realized gains (losses)
$
7,615
 
$
1,812
 
$
-
 
$
8,627
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
(8,795)
 
$
14,217
 
$
-
 
$
(4,052)
Beginning of year
 
(1,456)
   
14,641
   
-
   
(205)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(7,339)
 
$
(424)
 
$
-
 
$
(3,847)
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
276
 
$
1,388
 
$
-
 
$
4,780
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
554
 
$
5,230
 
$
7,930
 
$
5,058
                       
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2007 – continued

 
FL7
 
FL8
 
FTI
 
GS3
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                       
Dividend income
$
4,034
 
$
261
 
$
1,964
 
$
557
 
                         
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                       
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                       
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
2,906
 
$
407
 
$
1,955
 
$
430
 
Realized gain distributions
 
7,831
   
39
   
4,479
   
3,908
 
Net realized gains (losses)
$
10,737
 
$
446
 
$
6,434
 
$
4,338
 
                         
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                       
End of year
$
30,680
 
$
14,020
 
$
24,098
 
$
1,985
 
Beginning of year
 
26,001
   
4,593
   
18,412
   
7,782
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
4,679
 
$
9,427
 
$
5,686
 
$
(5,797)
 
                         
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
15,416
 
$
9,873
 
$
12,120
 
$
(1,459)
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
19,450
 
$
10,134
 
$
14,084
 
$
(902)
 
                         
 
GS8
 
LA1
 
LA2
 
GSS
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                       
Dividend income
$
1
 
$
136
 
$
172
 
$
891
 
                         
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                       
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                       
Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares
$
1
 
$
96
 
$
123
 
$
(51)
 
Realized gain distributions
 
19
   
749
   
5,056
   
-
 
Net realized gains (losses)
$
20
 
$
845
 
$
5,179
 
$
(51)
 
                         
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                       
End of year
$
(19)
 
$
(778)
 
$
(4,882)
 
$
329
 
Beginning of year
 
(4)
   
144
   
517
   
(207)
 
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(15)
 
$
(922)
 
$
(5,399)
 
$
536
 
                         
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
5
 
$
(77)
 
$
(220)
 
$
485
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
6
 
$
59
 
$
(48)
 
$
1,376
 


See notes to financial statements


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2007 – continued

 
HYS
 
MIS
 
MIT
 
NWD
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account (e)
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
4,630
 
$
-
 
$
6
 
$
-
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
(262)
 
$
-
 
$
19
 
$
7
Realized gain distributions
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
3
Net realized gains (losses)
$
(262)
 
$
-
 
$
19
 
$
10
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
(1,987)
 
$
(17)
 
$
27
 
$
(7)
Beginning of year
 
1,235
   
-
   
29
   
3
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(3,222)
 
$
(17)
 
$
(2)
 
$
(10)
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
(3,484)
 
$
(17)
 
$
17
 
$
-
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
1,146
 
$
(17)
 
$
23
 
$
-
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
 
TRS
 
UTS
 
MVS
 
OCF
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
3
 
$
6
 
$
962
 
$
1
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sale of fund shares
$
-
 
$
77
 
$
410
 
$
50
Realized gain distributions
 
4
   
-
   
3,495
   
-
Net realized gains (losses)
$
4
 
$
77
 
$
3,905
 
$
50
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
(115)
 
$
99
 
$
9,185
 
$
257
Beginning of year
 
2
   
44
   
9,360
   
22
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(117)
 
$
55
 
$
(175)
 
$
235
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
(113)
 
$
132
 
$
3,730
 
$
285
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
(110)
 
$
138
 
$
4,692
 
$
286
                       
                       
                       
                       
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.
         

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2007 – continued

 
PHY
 
PLD
 
PMB
 
PRR
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
682
 
$
8,282
 
$
5,124
 
$
181
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
(5)
 
$
(140)
 
$
172
 
$
(18)
Realized gain distributions
 
-
   
-
   
2,192
   
12
Net realized gains (losses)
$
(5)
 
$
(140)
 
$
2,364
 
$
(6)
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
(398)
 
$
2,849
 
$
319
 
$
231
Beginning of year
 
6
   
(1,613)
   
2,453
   
(26)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(404)
 
$
4,462
 
$
(2,134)
 
$
257
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
(409)
 
$
4,322
 
$
230
 
$
251
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
273
 
$
12,604
 
$
5,354
 
$
432
                       
 
PTR
 
SSC
 
SCV
 
SC2
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
Income:
                     
Dividend income
$
2,792
   
155
   
394
   
1,315
                       
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                     
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                     
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
(96)
   
340
   
292
   
(63)
Realized gain distributions
 
-
   
1,622
   
5,691
   
-
Net realized gains (losses)
$
(96)
   
1,962
   
5,983
   
(63)
                       
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                     
End of year
$
709
   
(192)
   
1,148
   
(1,247)
Beginning of year
 
(1,597)
   
2,765
   
6,293
   
(936)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
2,306
   
(2,957)
   
(5,145)
   
(311)
                       
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
2,210
   
(995)
   
838
   
(374)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
5,002
   
(840)
   
1,232
   
941

See notes to financial statements


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Operations - Year Ended December 31, 2007 – continued

                               
                               
                     
                               
 
SC3
 
SC5
 
SC7
 
SCB
       
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
       
Income:
                               
Dividend income
$
966
 
$
630
 
$
239
 
$
-
         
                                 
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                               
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                               
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
1,100
 
$
84
 
$
398
 
$
18
         
Realized gain distributions
 
8,048
   
9,530
   
-
   
422
         
Net realized gains (losses)
$
9,148
 
$
9,614
 
$
398
 
$
440
         
                                 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                               
End of year
$
(5,577)
 
$
(5,810)
 
$
6,868
 
$
(788)
         
Beginning of year
 
13,450
   
(313)
   
6,131
   
22
         
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(19,027)
 
$
(5,497)
 
$
737
 
$
(810)
         
                                 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
(9,879)
 
$
4,117
 
$
1,135
 
$
(370)
         
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
(8,913)
 
$
4,747
 
$
1,374
 
$
(370)
         
                                 
 
SCM
 
TBC
 
VGI
               
 
Sub-Account (e)
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
               
Income:
                               
Dividend income
$
7
 
$
348
 
$
4
               
                                 
Realized and Unrealized gains (losses):
                               
Realized gains (losses) on investment transactions:
                               
Realized gains (losses) on sales of fund shares
$
(6)
 
$
973
 
$
14
               
Realized gain distributions
 
49
   
-
   
8
               
Net realized gains (losses)
$
43
 
$
973
 
$
22
               
                                 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments:
                               
End of year
$
(133)
 
$
12,072
 
$
11
               
Beginning of year
 
-
   
6,313
   
31
               
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$
(133)
 
$
5,759
 
$
(20)
               
                                 
Realized and unrealized gains (losses)
$
(90)
 
$
6,732
 
$
2
               
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from operations
$
(83)
 
$
7,080
 
$
6
               
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.
         


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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

     
AI4
   
AL4
   
AN3
   
DGO
   
DMC
     
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
     
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Period Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
     
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
     
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007 (e)
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                                                               
Net investment income
   
$
169
     
$
3
     
$
-
   
$
-
     
$
662
     
$
518
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
278
   
$
198
 
Net realized gains (losses)
     
122
       
41
       
4,421
     
3,797
       
3,371
       
2,728
       
(5
)
     
-
       
7,615
     
8,505
 
Net unrealized gains (losses)
     
12
       
36
       
8,897
     
(1,127
)
     
(1,665
)
     
4,215
       
(335
)
     
-
       
(7,339
)
   
(4,590
)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                               
operations
   
$
303
     
$
80
     
$
13,318
   
$
2,670
     
$
2,368
     
$
7,461
     
$
(340
)
   
$
-
     
$
554
   
$
4,113
 
                                                                                                 
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                                                               
Purchase payments received
   
$
419
     
$
46
     
$
364
   
$
398
     
$
10,046
     
$
7,994
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
13,114
   
$
10,288
 
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                                                               
Fixed Account
     
41,740
       
-
       
36,167
     
41
       
1,028
       
6,933
       
18,053
       
-
       
(1,879
)
   
13,219
 
Withdrawals and surrenders
     
-
       
-
       
-
     
-
       
(359
)
     
(35
)
     
-
       
-
       
(495
)
   
(49
)
Mortality and expense risk charges
     
(128
)
     
(2
)
     
(290
)
   
(166
)
     
(362
)
     
(306
)
     
(54
)
     
-
       
(434
)
   
(342
)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                                                               
monthly administration charge
     
(893
)
     
(98
)
     
(1,710
)
   
(1,101
)
     
(4,249
)
     
(3,914
)
     
(183
)
     
-
       
(5,406
)
   
(5,041
)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                               
contract owner activity
   
$
41,138
     
$
(54)
     
$
34,531
   
$
(828
)
   
$
6,104
     
$
10,672
     
$
17,816
     
$
-
     
$
4,900
   
$
18,075
 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
Increase (decrease) in net assets
   
$
41,441
     
$
26
     
$
47,849
   
$
1,842
     
$
8,472
     
$
18,133
     
$
17,476
     
$
-
     
$
5,454
   
$
22,188
 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
Net Assets:
                                                                                               
Beginning of year
   
$
259
     
$
233
     
$
28,853
   
$
27,011
     
$
52,702
     
$
34,569
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
65,407
   
$
43,219
 
End of year
   
$
41,700
     
$
259
     
$
76,702
   
$
28,853
     
$
61,174
     
$
52,702
     
$
17,476
     
$
-
     
$
70,861
   
$
65,407
 
                                                                                                 
                                                                                                 
Unit Transactions:
                                                                                               
Beginning of year
     
15
       
17
       
1,893
     
1,952
       
4,178
       
3,206
       
-
       
-
       
4,600
     
3,276
 
Purchased
     
22
       
5
       
19
     
27
       
759
       
704
       
-
       
-
       
859
     
753
 
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                                                               
Accumulation Account
     
2,113
       
-
       
2,026
     
3
       
67
       
641
       
1,061
       
-
       
(127
)
   
968
 
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                                                               
for contract charges
     
(51
)
     
(7
)
     
(112
)
   
(89
)
     
(380
)
     
(373
)
     
(15
)
     
-
       
(422
)
   
(397
)
End of year
     
2,099
       
15
       
3,826
     
1,893
       
4,624
       
4,178
       
1,046
       
-
       
4,910
     
4,600
 

(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
FL4
   
FL5
   
FL6
   
FL7
   
FL8
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                                                             
Net investment income
 
$
3,842
     
$
1,315
     
$
7,930
   
$
5,807
     
$
278
     
$
295
     
$
4,034
     
$
733
     
$
261
   
$
104
 
Net realized gains (losses)
   
1,812
       
869
       
-
     
-
       
8,627
       
2,454
       
10,737
       
2,438
       
446
     
127
 
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
(424
)
     
11,268
       
-
     
-
       
(3,847
)
     
(607
)
     
4,679
       
13,585
       
9,427
     
2,236
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
operations
 
$
5,230
     
$
13,452
     
$
7,930
   
$
5,807
     
$
5,058
     
$
2,142
     
$
19,450
     
$
16,756
     
$
10,134
   
$
2,467
 
                                                                                               
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                                                             
Purchase payments received
 
$
19,597
     
$
15,251
     
$
86,144
   
$
22,044
     
$
2,720
     
$
2,380
     
$
16,247
     
$
12,362
     
$
181
   
$
181
 
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                                                             
Fixed Account
   
(2,648
)
     
13,878
       
(21,862
)
   
24,354
       
161
       
21,852
       
(564
)
     
11,197
       
-
     
-
 
Withdrawals and surrenders
   
(679
)
     
(67
)
     
(5
)
   
-
       
-
       
-
       
(695
)
     
(70
)
     
-
     
-
 
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(653
)
     
(550
)
     
(1,005
)
   
(798
)
     
(182
)
     
(139
)
     
(633
)
     
(534
)
     
(298
)
   
(274
)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                                                             
monthly administration charge
   
(8,275
)
     
(7,572
)
     
(47,032
)
   
(39,739
)
     
(1,359
)
     
(1,165
)
     
(8,536
)
     
(7,250
)
     
(1,571
)
   
(1,327
)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
contract owner activity
 
$
7,342
     
$
20,940
     
$
16,240
   
$
5,861
     
$
1,340
     
$
22,928
     
$
5,819
     
$
15,705
     
$
(1,688
)
 
$
(1,420
)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
12,572
     
$
34,392
     
$
24,170
   
$
11,668
     
$
6,398
     
$
25,070
     
$
25,269
     
$
32,461
     
$
8,446
   
$
1,047
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Net Assets:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
 
$
103,201
     
$
68,809
     
$
146,713
   
$
135,045
     
$
28,221
     
$
3,151
     
$
114,046
     
$
81,585
     
$
38,470
   
$
37,423
 
End of year
 
$
115,773
     
$
103,201
     
$
170,883
   
$
146,713
     
$
34,619
     
$
28,221
     
$
139,315
     
$
114,046
     
$
46,916
   
$
38,470
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Unit Transactions:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
   
8,794
       
6,780
       
12,875
     
12,416
       
1,736
       
216
       
7,753
       
6,542
       
4,231
     
4,393
 
Purchased
   
1,576
       
1,422
       
7,383
     
1,949
       
155
       
159
       
996
       
926
       
18
     
21
 
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                                                             
Accumulation Account
   
(223
)
     
1,354
       
(1,882
)
   
2,150
       
8
       
1,447
       
(60
)
     
875
       
-
     
-
 
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                                                             
for contract charges
   
(781
)
     
(762
)
     
(4,107
)
   
(3,640
)
     
(86
)
     
(86
)
     
(608
)
     
(590
)
     
(182
)
   
(183
)
End of year
   
9,366
       
8,794
       
14,269
     
12,875
       
1,813
       
1,736
       
8,081
       
7,753
       
4,067
     
4,231
 

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
FTI
   
GS3
   
GS8
   
LA1
   
LA2
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                                                             
Net investment income
 
$
1,964
     
$
939
     
$
557
   
$
492
     
$
1
     
$
2
     
$
136
     
$
34
     
$
172
   
$
159
 
Net realized gains (losses)
   
6,434
       
1,031
       
4,338
     
230
       
20
       
23
       
845
       
105
       
5,179
     
2,562
 
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
5,686
       
12,944
       
(5,797
)
   
4,778
       
(15
)
     
1
       
(922
)
     
144
       
(5,399
)
   
925
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
operations
 
$
14,084
     
$
14,914
     
$
(902
)
 
$
5,500
     
$
6
     
$
26
     
$
59
     
$
283
     
$
(48
)
 
$
3,646
 
                                                                                               
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                                                             
Purchase payments received
 
$
13,790
     
$
8,323
     
$
517
   
$
523
     
$
-
     
$
77
     
$
3,224
     
$
-
     
$
1,892
   
$
1,722
 
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                                                             
Fixed Account
   
1,938
       
8,578
       
5,264
     
41
       
1
       
-
       
5,902
       
3,230
       
4,691
     
41
 
Withdrawals and surrenders
   
(364
)
     
(34
)
     
-
     
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
     
-
 
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(517
)
     
(426
)
     
(300
)
   
(265
)
     
(1
)
     
(1
)
     
(49
)
     
(14
)
     
(214
)
   
(180
)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                                                             
monthly administration charge
   
(6,201
)
     
(5,350
)
     
(2,304
)
   
(1,727
)
     
(58
)
     
(66
)
     
(1,076
)
     
(728
)
     
(1,712
)
   
(1,297
)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
contract owner activity
 
$
8,646
     
$
11,091
     
$
3,177
   
$
(1,428
)
   
$
(58
)
   
$
10
     
$
8,001
     
$
2,488
     
$
4,657
   
$
286
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
22,730
     
$
26,005
     
$
2,275
   
$
4,072
     
$
(52
)
   
$
36
     
$
8,060
     
$
2,771
     
$
4,609
   
$
3,932
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Net Assets:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
 
$
87,292
     
$
61,287
     
$
47,571
   
$
43,499
     
$
180
     
$
144
     
$
2,771
     
$
-
     
$
32,953
   
$
29,021
 
End of year
 
$
110,022
     
$
87,292
     
$
49,846
   
$
47,571
     
$
128
     
$
180
     
$
10,831
     
$
2,771
     
$
37,562
   
$
32,953
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Unit Transactions:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
   
3,969
       
3,384
       
3,887
     
4,012
       
11
       
11
       
196
       
-
       
2,240
     
2,214
 
Purchased
   
590
       
425
       
42
     
45
       
-
       
5
       
224
       
-
       
124
     
132
 
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                                                             
Accumulation Account
   
72
       
454
       
420
     
4
       
-
       
-
       
396
       
251
       
299
     
3
 
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                                                             
for contract charges
   
(298
)
     
(294
)
     
(209
)
   
(174
)
     
(3
)
     
(5
)
     
(76
)
     
(55
)
     
(125
)
   
(109
)
End of year
   
4,333
       
3,969
       
4,140
     
3,887
       
8
       
11
       
740
       
196
       
2,538
     
2,240
 

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
GSS
   
HYS
   
MIS
   
MIT
   
NWD
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
   
2007 (e)
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                                                             
Net investment income
 
$
891
     
$
739
     
$
4,630
   
$
4,541
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
6
     
$
3
     
$
-
   
$
-
 
Net realized gains (losses)
   
(51
)
     
(51
)
     
(262
)
   
(234
)
     
-
       
-
       
19
       
15
       
10
     
1
 
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
536
       
(87
)
     
(3,222
)
   
1,436
       
(17
)
     
-
       
(2
)
     
16
       
(10
)
   
3
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
operations
 
$
1,376
     
$
601
     
$
1,146
   
$
5,743
     
$
(17
)
   
$
-
     
$
23
     
$
34
     
$
-
   
$
4
 
                                                                                               
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                                                             
Purchase payments received
 
$
2,061
     
$
2,061
     
$
3,805
   
$
3,805
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
328
     
$
158
     
$
168
   
$
43
 
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                                                             
Fixed Account
   
3,306
       
789
       
1,630
     
560
       
1,818
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
(1
)
   
47
 
Withdrawals and surrenders
   
(5
)
     
-
       
(11
)
   
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
     
-
 
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(125
)
     
(107
)
     
(411
)
   
(374
)
     
(2
)
     
-
       
(3
)
     
(2
)
     
(1
)
   
-
 
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                                                             
monthly administration charge
   
(981
)
     
(921
)
     
(2,980
)
   
(2,635
)
     
(23
)
     
-
       
(110
)
     
(103
)
     
(77
)
   
(30
)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                                                             
contract owner activity
 
$
4,256
     
$
1,822
     
$
2,033
   
$
1,356
     
$
1,793
     
$
-
     
$
215
     
$
53
     
$
89
   
$
60
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
5,632
     
$
2,423
     
$
3,179
   
$
7,099
     
$
1,776
     
$
-
     
$
238
     
$
87
     
$
89
   
$
64
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Net Assets:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
 
$
16,638
     
$
14,215
     
$
61,391
   
$
54,292
     
$
-
     
$
-
     
$
290
     
$
203
     
$
64
   
$
-
 
End of year
 
$
22,270
     
$
16,638
     
$
64,570
   
$
61,391
     
$
1,776
     
$
-
     
$
528
     
$
290
     
$
153
   
$
64
 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Unit Transactions:
                                                                                             
Beginning of year
   
1,286
       
1,139
       
4,107
     
4,010
       
-
       
-
       
25
       
20
       
6
     
-
 
Purchased
   
157
       
165
       
248
     
270
       
-
       
-
       
27
       
15
       
15
     
4
 
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                                                             
Accumulation Account
   
247
       
64
       
105
     
41
       
178
       
-
       
-
       
-
       
-
     
5
 
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                                                             
for contract charges
   
(84
)
     
(82
)
     
(222
)
   
(214
)
     
(2
)
     
-
       
(9
)
     
(10
)
     
(7
)
   
(3
)
End of year
   
1,606
       
1,286
       
4,238
     
4,107
       
176
       
-
       
43
       
25
       
14
     
6
 

(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.

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Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
TRS
 
UTS
 
MVS
 
OCF
 
PHY
   
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                           
Net investment income
 
$
3
 
$
-
 
$
6
 
$
6
 
$
962
 
$
790
 
$
1
 
$
1
 
$
682
 
$
22
Net realized gains (losses)
   
4
   
1
   
77
   
24
   
3,905
   
2,131
   
50
   
13
   
(5)
   
-
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
(117)
   
2
   
55
   
32
   
(175)
   
7,365
   
235
   
9
   
(404)
   
7
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
operations
 
$
(110)
 
$
3
 
$
138
 
$
62
 
$
4,692
 
$
10,286
 
$
286
 
$
23
 
$
273
 
$
29
                                                             
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                           
Purchase payments received
 
$
168
 
$
41
 
$
417
 
$
121
 
$
1,279
 
$
1,279
 
$
666
 
$
201
 
$
200
 
$
200
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                           
Fixed Account
   
5,452
   
47
   
507
   
47
   
763
   
-
   
3,505
   
47
   
18,966
   
-
Withdrawals and surrenders
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
-
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(6)
   
-
   
(4)
   
(1)
   
(350)
   
(311)
   
(16)
   
(2)
   
(58)
   
(2)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                           
monthly administration charge
   
(146)
   
(30)
   
(266)
   
(101)
   
(2,248)
   
(1,775)
   
(352)
   
(161)
   
(293)
   
(94)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
contract owner activity
 
$
5,468
 
$
58
 
$
654
 
$
66
 
$
(556)
 
$
(807)
 
$
3,803
 
$
85
 
$
18,815
 
$
104
                                                             
                                                             
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
5,358
 
$
61
 
$
792
 
$
128
 
$
4,136
 
$
9,479
 
$
4,089
 
$
108
 
$
19,088
 
$
133
                                                             
Net Assets:
                                                           
Beginning of year
 
$
61
 
$
-
 
$
272
 
$
144
 
$
58,587
 
$
49,108
 
$
388
 
$
280
 
$
361
 
$
228
End of year
 
$
5,419
 
$
61
 
$
1,064
 
$
272
 
$
62,723
 
$
58,587
 
$
4,477
 
$
388
 
$
19,449
 
$
361
                                                             
Unit Transactions:
                                                           
Beginning of year
   
4
   
-
   
17
   
12
   
3,914
   
3,968
   
30
   
24
   
22
   
15
Purchased
   
12
   
3
   
23
   
9
   
86
   
100
   
48
   
16
   
12
   
13
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                           
Accumulation Account
   
369
   
4
   
27
   
3
   
47
   
-
   
254
   
4
   
1,117
   
-
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                           
for contract charges
   
(10)
   
(3)
   
(15)
   
(7)
   
(164)
   
(154)
   
(26)
   
(14)
   
(21)
   
(6)
End of year
   
375
   
4
   
52
   
17
   
3,883
   
3,914
   
306
   
30
   
1,130
   
22


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
PLD
 
PMB
 
PRR
 
PTR
 
SSC
   
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                           
Net investment income
 
$
8,282
 
$
6,393
 
$
5,124
 
$
3,286
 
$
181
 
$
14
 
$
2,792
 
$
2,293
 
$
155
 
$
72
Net realized gains (losses)
   
(140)
   
(249)
   
2,364
   
966
   
(6)
   
8
   
(96)
   
147
   
1,962
   
1,137
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
4,462
   
(128)
   
(2,134)
   
1,378
   
257
   
(24)
   
2,306
   
(405)
   
(2,957)
   
2,049
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
operations
 
$
12,604
 
$
6,016
 
$
5,354
 
$
5,630
 
$
432
 
$
(2)
 
$
5,002
 
$
2,035
 
$
(840)
 
$
3,258
                                                             
                                                             
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                           
Purchase payments received
 
$
15,993
 
$
14,112
 
$
6,319
 
$
5,169
 
$
3,588
 
$
364
 
$
4,919
 
$
4,017
 
$
5,660
 
$
3,979
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                           
Fixed Account
   
8,602
   
12,682
   
37,658
   
4,471
   
1,168
   
41
   
2,475
   
7,271
   
1,293
   
4,206
Withdrawals and surrenders
   
(201)
   
-
   
(91)
   
-
   
-
   
-
   
(137)
   
(12)
   
(219)
   
(24)
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(1,191)
   
(1,032)
   
(545)
   
(382)
   
(22)
   
(2)
   
(397)
   
(344)
   
(158)
   
(123)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                           
monthly administration charge
   
(9,262)
   
(8,551)
   
(4,324)
   
(3,508)
   
(603)
   
(180)
   
(3,651)
   
(3,560)
   
(2,541)
   
(2,047)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
contract owner activity
 
$
13,941
 
$
17,211
 
$
39,017
 
$
5,750
 
$
4,131
 
$
223
 
$
3,209
 
$
7,372
 
$
4,035
 
$
5,991
                                                             
                                                             
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
26,545
 
$
23,227
 
$
44,371
 
$
11,380
 
$
4,563
 
$
221
 
$
8,211
 
$
9,407
 
$
3,195
 
$
9,249
                                                             
                                                             
                                                             
Net Assets:
                                                           
Beginning of year
 
$
161,199
 
$
137,972
 
$
66,977
 
$
55,597
 
$
483
 
$
262
 
$
54,820
 
$
45,413
 
$
24,749
 
$
15,500
End of year
 
$
187,744
 
$
161,199
 
$
111,348
 
$
66,977
   
5,046
 
$
483
 
$
63,031
 
$
54,820
 
$
27,944
 
$
24,749
                                                             
                                                             
Unit Transactions:
                                                           
Beginning of year
   
15,264
   
13,585
   
3,211
   
2,913
   
39
   
21
   
4,561
   
3,924
   
1,115
   
818
Purchased
   
1,482
   
1,368
   
296
   
265
   
286
   
29
   
402
   
345
   
245
   
193
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                           
Accumulation Account
   
793
   
1,242
   
1,770
   
232
   
93
   
3
   
198
   
627
   
55
   
210
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                           
for contract charges
   
(979)
   
(931)
   
(231)
   
(199)
   
(48)
   
(14)
   
(337)
   
(335)
   
(128)
   
(106)
End of year
   
16,560
   
15,264
   
5,046
   
3,211
   
370
   
39
   
4,824
   
4,561
   
1,287
   
1,115


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Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
SCV
   
SC2
 
SC3
 
SC5
 
SC7
   
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
   
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
Operations:
                                                           
Net investment income
 
$
394
 
$
262
 
$
1,315
 
$
1,277
 
$
966
 
$
946
 
$
630
 
$
-
   
239
   
241
Net realized gains (losses)
   
5,983
   
2,780
   
(63)
   
233
   
9,148
   
3,777
   
9,614
   
5,211
   
398
   
152
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
(5,145)
   
4,627
   
(311)
   
(207)
   
(19,027)
   
13,882
   
(5,497)
   
(2,074)
   
737
   
4,261
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
operations
 
$
1,232
 
$
7,669
 
$
941
 
$
1,303
 
$
(8,913)
 
$
18,605
 
$
4,747
 
$
3,137
 
$
1,374
 
$
4,654
                                                             
                                                             
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                           
Purchase payments received
 
$
2,070
 
$
2,068
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
5,883
 
$
4,424
 
$
3,392
 
$
21
 
$
364
 
$
362
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                           
Fixed Account
   
420
   
41
   
2,254
   
-
   
41
   
743
   
18,053
   
3,277
   
7,015
   
41
Withdrawals and surrenders
                           
(217)
   
(24)
                       
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(215)
   
(184)
   
(177)
   
(161)
   
(330)
   
(298)
   
(262)
   
(175)
   
(237)
   
(195)
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                           
monthly administration charge
   
(1,558)
   
(1,301)
   
(1,169)
   
(919)
   
(3,677)
   
(3,266)
   
(2,194)
   
(1,634)
   
(1,771)
   
(1,290)
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                           
contract owner activity
 
$
717
 
$
624
 
$
908
 
$
(1,080)
 
$
1,700
 
$
1,579
 
$
18,989
 
$
1,489
 
$
5,371
 
$
(1,082)
                                                             
                                                             
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
1,949
 
$
8,293
 
$
1,849
 
$
223
 
$
(7,213)
 
$
20,184
 
$
23,736
 
$
4,626
 
$
6,745
 
$
3,572
                                                             
                                                             
                                                             
Net Assets:
                                                           
Beginning of year
 
$
38,220
 
$
29,927
 
$
25,159
 
$
24,936
 
$
66,155
 
$
45,971
 
$
31,909
 
$
27,283
 
$
35,761
 
$
32,189
End of year
 
$
40,169
 
$
38,220
 
$
27,008
 
$
25,159
 
$
58,942
 
$
66,155
 
$
55,645
 
$
31,909
 
$
42,506
 
$
35,761
                                                             
                                                             
Unit Transactions:
                                                           
Beginning of year
   
2,273
   
2,226
   
1,837
   
1,919
   
2,067
   
1,996
   
1,943
   
1,849
   
2,574
   
2,659
Purchased
   
121
   
141
   
-
   
-
   
186
   
161
   
192
   
3
   
25
   
28
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                           
Accumulation Account
   
24
   
3
   
160
   
-
   
2
   
41
   
933
   
208
   
475
   
3
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                           
for contract charges
   
(100)
   
(97)
   
(96)
   
(82)
   
(135)
   
(131)
   
(132)
   
(117)
   
(139)
   
(116)
End of year
   
2,318
   
2,273
   
1,901
   
1,837
   
2,120
   
2,067
   
2,936
   
1,943
   
2,935
   
2,574


See notes to financial statements



 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Statements of Changes in Net Assets – continued

   
SCB
 
SCM
 
TBC
 
VGI
 
   
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
 
Sub-Account
   
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Period Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
   
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
   
2007
 
2006
 
2007 (e)
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
2007
 
2006
 
Operations:
                                                 
Net investment income
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
7
 
$
-
 
$
348
 
$
146
 
$
4
 
$
1
 
Net realized gains (losses)
   
440
   
11
   
43
   
-
   
973
   
367
   
22
   
15
 
Net unrealized gains (losses)
   
(810)
   
23
   
(133)
   
-
   
5,759
   
3,954
   
(20)
   
18
 
Increase (Decrease) in net assets from
                                                 
operations
 
$
(370)
 
$
34
 
$
(83)
 
$
-
 
$
7,080
 
$
4,467
 
$
6
 
$
34
 
                                                   
                                                   
Contract Owner Transactions:
                                                 
Purchase payments received
 
$
182
 
$
181
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
9,874
 
$
7,699
 
$
158
 
$
158
 
Net transfers between Sub-Accounts and
                                                 
Fixed Account
   
4,235
   
20
   
1,015
   
-
   
19,264
   
9,113
   
180
   
-
 
Withdrawals and surrenders
                           
(358)
   
(33)
             
Mortality and expense risk charges
   
(15)
   
(1)
   
(3)
   
-
   
(393)
   
(275)
   
(2)
   
(1)
 
Charges for life insurance protection and
                                                 
monthly administration charge
   
(240)
   
(101)
   
(201)
   
-
   
(4,523)
   
(3,805)
   
(101)
   
(75)
 
Increase (decrease) in net assets from
                                                 
contract owner activity
 
$
4,162
 
$
99
 
$
811
 
$
-
 
$
23,864
 
$
12,699
 
$
235
 
$
82
 
                                                   
                                                   
Increase (decrease) in net assets
 
$
3,792
 
$
133
 
$
728
 
$
-
 
$
30,944
 
$
17,166
 
$
241
 
$
116
 
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
Net Assets:
                                                 
Beginning of year
 
$
292
 
$
159
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
51,353
 
$
34,187
 
$
238
 
$
122
 
End of year
 
$
4,084
 
$
292
 
$
728
 
$
-
 
$
82,297
 
$
51,353
 
$
479
 
$
238
 
                                                   
                                                   
Unit Transactions:
                                                 
Beginning of year
   
18
   
11
   
-
   
-
   
3,811
   
2,782
   
16
   
10
 
Purchased
   
11
   
12
   
-
   
-
   
677
   
616
   
11
   
12
 
Transferred between Sub-Accounts and Fixed
                                                 
Accumulation Account
   
244
   
1
   
59
   
-
   
1,292
   
740
   
11
   
-
 
Withdrawn, surrendered, and redeemed
                                                 
for contract charges
   
(15)
   
(6)
   
(12)
   
-
   
(363)
   
(327)
   
(7)
   
(6)
 
End of year
   
258
   
18
   
47
   
-
   
5,417
   
3,811
   
31
   
16
 

(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.


See notes to financial statements



 
 

 

Sun Life of Canada (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements


(1) Organization

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account A (the “Variable Account”), a separate account of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of  New York (the “Sponsor”) was established on April 24, 2003 as a funding vehicle for the variable portion of certain individual variable universal life insurance contracts.  The Variable Account is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a unit investment trust.

The assets of the Variable Account are divided into Sub-Accounts.  Each Sub-Account is invested in shares of a single corresponding investment portfolio of one of the following mutual funds:

AIM V.I. International Growth Fund Sub-Account, Alger American Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Sub-Account, AllianceBernstein VP Growth and Income Portfolio Sub-Account, Delaware VIP Growth Opportunities Series Sub-Account, Dreyfus MidCap Stock Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Money Market Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Contrafund Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio Sub-Account, Franklin Templeton Foreign Securities Sub-Account, Goldman Sachs Structured US Equity Sub-Account, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund Sub-Account, Lord Abbett Growth and Income Portfolio Sub-Account, Lord Abbett Mid-Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Government Securities Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust High Yield Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Massachusetts Investors Trust Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust New Discovery Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Total Return Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Utilities Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Value Series Sub-Account, Oppenheimer Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account, PIMCO High Yield Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Low Duration Fund Sub-Account, PIMCO Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Real Return Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Total Return Portfolio Sub-Account, Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund Sub-Account, Scudder SVS Dreman Small Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account, Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Real Estate Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Blue Chip Mid-Cap Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Davis Venture Value Fund  Sub-Account, Sun Capital Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital All Cap Fund Sub-Account, T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio Sub-Account and Van Kampen LIT Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account (collectively the “Funds” or “Sub-Accounts”).

The Variable Account exists in accordance with the regulations of the New York State Insurance Department.  The assets and liabilities of the Variable Account are clearly identified and distinguished from the Sponsor’s other assets and liabilities.  Assets applicable to the Variable Account are not chargeable with liabilities arising out of any other business the Sponsor may conduct.

(2) Significant Accounting Policies

General
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires the Sponsor’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of investment income, realized and unrealized gains or losses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuations
Investments in the Funds are recorded at their net asset value and are carried at market value.  Transactions are recorded on a trade date basis.  Realized gains and losses on sales of shares of the Funds are determined on the first in, first out basis.  Dividend income and realized gain distributions received by the Sub-Accounts are reinvested in additional Fund shares and are recognized on the ex-distribution date.

Federal Income Tax Status
The operations of the Variable Account are part of the operations of the Sponsor and are not taxed separately. The Sponsor qualifies for the federal income tax treatment granted to life insurance companies under Subchapter L of the Internal Revenue Code. Under existing federal income tax law, investment income and capital gains earned by the Variable Account on contract owner reserves are not currently subject to tax by the contract owner.


 
 

 

Sun Life of Canada (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(2) Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes –an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN48”).  FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in accordance with FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes”.  This interpretation prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return.  It also provides guidance on de-recognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.  FIN 48 is effective during the first required financial reporting period for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.  The Sub-Accounts adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007.  The Sub-Accounts are not responsible for the payment or recording of income taxes and therefore the adoption of FIN 48 did not have an impact on the financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements, but does not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value.

SFAS No. 157 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be exchanged to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.  The statement establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels (“Level 1, 2 and 3”).  Level 1 inputs are observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.  Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, for the asset or liability or prices for similar assets and liabilities.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs reflecting the reporting entity’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  SFAS No. 157 requires that a fair value measurement technique include an adjustment for risks inherent in a particular valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and/or the risks inherent in the inputs to the model, if market participants would also include such an adjustment.  Quantitative and qualitative disclosures will focus on the inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements and the effects of the measurements in the financial statements.

The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and are to be applied prospectively, except for changes in fair value measurements that result from the initial application of SFAS No. 157, which are to be recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings in the year of adoption.  Sponsor of the Sub-Accounts will adopt SFAS No. 157 effective January 1, 2008 and will apply the provisions of the statement prospectively to assets and liabilities measured and disclosed at fair value.  The adoption of SFAS No. 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the Sub-Account's financial position or results of operations.


(3) Contract Charges and Related Party Transactions

The Sponsor sells both a Survivorship Variable Universal Life Insurance Product (“Survivorship Product”) and Single Life Variable Universal Life Products (“Single Life Products”).  The contract charges for these products are as follows:

Mortality and Expense Risk – A mortality and expense risk charge based on the value of the Variable Account is deducted at the monthly anniversary date from the contract’s account value, through the reduction of unit values for the mortality and expense risks assumed by the Sponsor.  The maximum deduction is at an effective annual rate of .60%, for policy years one through 10 for the Single Life Products, and policy years one through 15 for the Survivorship Product.  Thereafter, the effective annual rate is .10% for the Single Life Products and .20% for the Survivorship Product, respectively.

Administration Charges - For the Single Life Products, a monthly charge of $8 is deducted in all policy years, as well as a monthly charge based on the specified face amount is deducted in the first 10 policy years, and for the first 10 policy years following the effective date of each specified face amount increase.  For the Survivorship Product, the monthly expense charge is deducted for the first 10 policy years, and for the first 10 policy years following the effective date of each specified face amount increase.  The charge is based on the specified face amount or increase thereof, times a rate determined by the age, sex and rating class of each insured.  These monthly charges are deducted from each contract’s account value to cover administrative expenses and issuance costs.

 
 

 

Sun Life of Canada (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(3) Contract Charges and Related Party Transactions - continued

Charges for Life Insurance Protection – A monthly cost of insurance charge is deducted from the contract’s account value to cover anticipated costs of providing insurance coverage.  The charge is based on the length of time a policy has been in force and other factors, including issue age, sex, and rating class of each insured, and will not exceed the guaranteed maximum monthly cost of insurance rates based on the 1980 Commissioner’s Standard Ordinary smoker and non-smoker mortality tables.

Sales Charge - The Sponsor deducts a sales charge from premiums at the time of purchase.  For the Single Life Products the current charge is 5.25% of the amount of premium.  The maximum charge is guaranteed not to exceed 7.25%.  For the Survivorship Product, the charge is based on certain factors, including the specified face amount, age, sex, and rating class of the insured.  The current charge is 6% of premiums, and is guaranteed not to exceed 8%.

Surrender Charge - A surrender charge may be deducted to cover certain expenses relating to the sale of the contract.  The surrender charge is based on certain factors, including the specified face amount, the insured’s age, sex and rating class. For the Survivorship Product, the surrender charge period will generally end after 15 policy years from the date of policy issue, or 15 policy years from the effective date of each specified face amount increase.  For the Single Life Products, the Futurity Protector II and Futurity Accumulator II products, the surrender charge applies to the first 12 and nine years respectively, from the date of policy issuance, or the respective policy years from the effective date of each specified face amount increase.  Surrender charges are deducted and retained by the Sponsor.   These amounts are included in the “Withdrawals and Surrenders” line on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets for each Sub-Account.

Massachusetts Financial Services Company is the investment adviser to the MFS/Sun Life Series Trust.  Sun Capital Advisers LLC is the investment adviser to Sun Capital Advisers Trust.  Both are affiliates of the Sponsor and charge management fees at an effective annual rate ranging from .50% to .75% and .50% to .95% of average net asset value, respectively.


 (4) Investment Purchases and Sales

The following table shows the aggregate cost of shares purchased and proceeds from the sales of investments of the Funds for each Sub-Account for the year ended December 31, 2007:

 
Purchases
Sales
     
   AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc.
       
      V.I. International Growth Fund Sub-Account (AI4)
 
$                       42,348
 
$                     1,041
   The Alger American Fund
       
       Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (AL4)
 
40,751
 
                       1,940
   AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series Fund, Inc.
       
      Growth and Income Portfolio Sub-Account (AN3)
 
15,011
 
                       5,523
   Delaware Management Company
       
      VIP Growth Opportunities Series Sub-Account (DGO)
 
18,053
 
                          237
   Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
       
       MidCap Stock Portfolio Sub-Account (DMC)
 
19,907
 
                       6,827
   Fidelity Variable Insurance Products Fund
       
       Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio Sub-Account (FL4)
 
21,277
 
                     10,093
       Fidelity VIP Money Market Portfolio Sub-Account (FL5)
 
91,071
 
                     66,903
       Fidelity VIP ContrafundTM Portfolio Sub-Account (FL6)
 
11,420
 
                       1,499
       Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account (FL7)
 
27,817
 
                     10,133
       Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (FL8)
 
481
 
                       1,869
  Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
       
        Templeton Foreign Securities FundSub-Account (FTI)
 
22,659
 
                       7,570
  Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust
       
       VIT Structured US Equity Fund Sub-Account (GS3)
 
10,133
 
                       2,491
       Mid Cap Value Fund Sub-Account (GS8)
 
21
 
                            59
  Lord Abbett Series Fund, Inc.
       
       Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account (LA1)
 
10,010
 
                       1,124
       Mid Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account (LA2)
 
11,706
 
                       1,821




 
 

 

Sun Life of Canada (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements - continued

(4) Investment Purchases and Sales - continued

 
Purchases
Sales
MFS/Sun Life Series Trust
   
        Government Securities Series Sub-Account (GSS)
 
$                       6,117
 
$                        970
        High Yield Series Sub-Account (HYS)
 
9,643
 
                       2,980
        Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Series Sub-Account (MIS)
 
1,818
 
                            25
        Massachusetts Investors Trust Series Sub-Account (MIT)
 
329
 
                          108
        New Discovery Series Sub-Account (NWD)
 
170
 
                            78
        Total Return Series Sub-Account (TRS)
 
5,627
 
                          153
        Utilities Series Sub-Account (UTS)
 
912
 
                          252
        Value Series Sub-Account (MVS)
 
6,304
 
                       2,403
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
       
Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account (OCF)
 
4,149
 
                          345
PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust
       
         High Yield Portfolio Sub-Account (PHY)
 
19,838
 
                          341
         Low Duration Portfolio Sub-Account (PLD)
 
30,933
 
                       8,710
         Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Sub-Account (PMB)
 
50,301
 
                       3,968
         Real Return Porfolio Sub-Account (PRR)
 
4,862
 
                          538
        Total Return Portfolio Sub-Account (PTR)
 
9,337
 
                       3,336
  Scudder VIT Funds
       
Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund Sub-Account (SSC)
 
8,718
 
                       2,906
  Scudder Variable Series II
       
         SVS Dreman Small Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account (SCV)
 
8,507
 
                       1,705
  Sun Capital Advisers Trust
       
         Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund Sub-Account (SC2)
 
3,460
 
                       1,237
         Sun Capital Real Estate Fund Sub-Account (SC3)
 
15,075
 
                       4,361
         Sun Capital Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund Sub-Account (SC5)
 
31,600
 
                       2,451
         Sun Capital Davis Venture Value Fund Sub-Account (SC7)
 
7,561
 
                       1,951
         Sun Capital Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Sub-Account (SCB)
 
4,823
 
                          239
         Sun Capital All Cap Fund Sub-Account (SCM)
 
1,071
 
                          204
   T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc.
       
         T.Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio Sub-Account (TBC)
 
28,788
 
                       4,576
   Van Kampen Life Insurance Trust
       
         LIT Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account (VGI)
 
350
 
                          103







 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(5) Financial Highlights
                               
     
The summary of units outstanding, unit values, net assets, investment income ratio and the total return for the years in the period ended December 31, is as follows:
   
                                 
 
At December 31
 
For year ended December 31
   
                                 
                 
Investment
   
Total
     
 
Units
 
Unit Value
 
Net Assets
 
Income Ratio*
   
Return **
     
                                 
AI4
                               
December 31,2007
2,099
 
$
19.8683
 
$
41,700
 
0.84
%
   
14.71
%
   
December 31,2006
15
   
17.3200
   
259
 
0.96
     
28.23
     
December 31,2005
17
   
13.5100
   
233
 
1.96
     
19.99
     
December 31,2004
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
     
AL4
                               
December 31,2007
3,826
   
20.0484
   
76,702
 
-
     
31.55
     
December 31,2006
1,893
   
15.2400
   
28,853
 
-
     
10.14
     
December 31,2005
1,952
   
13.8400
   
27,011
 
-
     
7.56
     
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
     
AN3
                               
December 31,2007
4,624
   
13.2284
   
61,174
 
1.17
     
4.82
     
December 31,2006
4,178
   
12.6153
   
52,702
 
1.16
     
16.98
     
December 31,2005
3,206
   
10.7800
   
34,569
 
1.20
     
4.60
     
December 31,2004
521
   
10.3100
   
5,373
 
0.04
     
28.94
     
DGO
                               
December 31,2007 (e)
1,046
   
16.7006
   
17,476
 
-
     
(1.88)
     
DMC
                               
December 31,2007
4,910
   
14.4327
   
70,861
 
0.39
     
1.50
     
December 31,2006
4,600
   
14.2197
   
65,407
 
-
     
0.08
     
December 31,2005
3,276
   
13.2000
   
43,219
 
0.03
     
9.17
     
December 31,2004 (d)
572
   
12.0900
   
6,921
 
0.56
     
20.89
     
FL4
                               
December 31,2007
9,366
   
12.3616
   
115,773
 
3.45
     
5.38
     
December 31,2006
8,794
   
11.7349
   
103,201
 
1.49
     
15.61
     
December 31,2005
6,780
   
10.1500
   
68,809
 
0.98
     
4.71
     
December 31,2004
1,075
   
9.6900
   
10,418
 
-
     
8.05
     
FL5
                               
December 31,2007
14,269
   
11.9776
   
170,883
 
4.95
     
5.07
     
December 31,2006
12,875
   
11.3954
   
146,713
 
4.60
     
4.77
     
December 31,2005
12,416
   
10.8800
   
135,045
 
3.37
     
2.93
     
December 31,2004
138
   
10.5700
   
1,458
 
0.62
     
0.58
     
FL6
                               
December 31,2007
1,813
   
19.0976
   
34,619
 
0.88
     
17.52
     
December 31,2006
1,736
   
16.2522
   
28,221
 
1.30
     
11.59
     
December 31,2005
216
   
14.5600
   
3,151
 
-
     
17.56
     
December 31,2004
-
   
12.4600
   
-
 
-
     
7.96
     
FL7
                               
December 31,2007
8,081
   
17.2402
   
139,315
 
3.16
     
17.20
     
December 31,2006
7,753
   
14.7092
   
114,046
 
0.74
     
17.95
     
December 31,2005
6,542
   
12.4700
   
81,585
 
0.24
     
18.97
     
December 31,2004
771
   
10.4800
   
8,083
 
-
     
11.44
     
FL8
                               
December 31,2007
4,067
   
11.5349
   
46,916
 
0.61
     
26.90
     
December 31,2006
4,231
   
9.0919
   
38,470
 
0.28
     
6.73
     
December 31,2005
4,393
   
8.5200
   
37,423
 
-
     
5.67
     
December 31,2004
18
   
8.0600
   
147
 
-
     
(0.25)
     
                                 
(d) For the period August 6, 2004 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2004.
     
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.
   


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(5) Financial Highlights – continued
                   
                               
 
At December 31
 
For year ended December 31
   
                             
                 
Investment
   
Total
   
 
Units
 
Unit Value
 
Net Assets
 
Income Ratio*
   
Return **
   
                               
FTI
                             
December 31,2007
4,333
 
$
25.3936
 
$
110,022
 
1.97
%
   
15.48
%
 
December 31,2006
3,969
   
21.9940
   
87,292
 
1.24
     
21.44
   
December 31,2005
3,384
   
18.1100
   
61,287
 
0.72
     
10.17
   
December 31,2004
290
   
16.4400
   
4,771
 
-
     
11.69
   
GS3
                             
December 31,2007
4,140
   
12.0395
   
49,846
 
1.13
     
(1.64)
   
December 31,2006
3,887
   
12.2387
   
47,571
 
1.09
     
12.89
   
December 31,2005
4,012
   
10.8400
   
43,499
 
1.65
     
14.34
   
December 31,2004
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
GS8
                             
December 31,2007
8
   
16.2960
   
128
 
0.65
     
3.20
   
December 31,2006 (a)
11
   
15.7901
   
180
 
0.90
     
16.16
   
December 31,2005
11
   
13.5900
   
144
 
1.43
     
14.93
   
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
LA1
                             
December 31,2007
740
   
14.6341
   
10,831
 
1.68
     
3.42
   
December 31,2006 (b)
196
   
14.1477
   
2,771
 
1.52
     
10.67
   
LA2
                             
December 31,2007
2,538
   
14.7973
   
37,562
 
0.47
     
0.59
   
December 31,2006
2,240
   
14.7119
   
32,953
 
0.53
     
12.23
   
December 31,2005
2,214
   
13.1100
   
29,021
 
0.92
     
14.09
   
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
GSS
                             
December 31,2007
1,606
   
13.8681
   
22,270
 
4.72
     
7.17
   
December 31,2006
1,286
   
12.9393
   
16,638
 
4.77
     
3.68
   
December 31,2005
1,139
   
12.4800
   
14,215
 
4.58
     
2.30
   
December 31,2004
116
   
12.2000
   
1,414
         
1.70
   
HYS
                             
December 31,2007
4,238
   
15.2339
   
64,570
 
7.24
     
1.90
   
December 31,2006
4,107
   
14.9459
   
61,391
 
7.91
     
10.39
   
December 31,2005
4,010
   
13.5400
   
54,292
 
4.94
     
2.19
   
December 31,2004
217
   
13.2500
   
2,876
         
9.42
   
MIS
                             
December 31,2007 (e)
176
   
10.1192
   
1,776
         
(0.89)
   
MIT
                             
December 31,2007
43
   
12.2773
   
528
 
1.27
     
5.93
   
December 31,2006
25
   
11.5879
   
290
 
0.92
     
13.30
   
December 31,2005
20
   
10.2300
   
203
 
1.33
     
12.65
   
December 31,2004
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
NWD
                             
December 31,2007
14
   
10.8576
   
153
 
-
     
2.53
   
December 31,2006 (b)
6
   
10.5867
   
64
 
-
     
9.29
   
TRS
                             
December 31,2007
375
   
14.4521
   
5,419
 
0.21
     
4.35
   
December 31,2006 (b)
4
   
13.8535
   
61
 
-
     
10.18
   
                               
(a) Effective May 1, 2006, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund is closed to new premium or transfers.
   
(b) For the period May 2006 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2006.
     
(d) For the period August 6, 2004 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2004.
     
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.
     


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(5) Financial Highlights – continued
               
                               
 
At December 31
 
For year ended December 31
   
                             
                 
Investment
   
Total
   
 
Units
 
Unit Value
 
Net Assets
 
Income Ratio*
   
Return **
   
                               
UTS
                             
December 31,2007
52
 
$
20.5326
 
$
1,064
 
0.82
%
   
28.57
%
 
December 31,2006
17
   
15.9689
   
272
 
2.93
     
32.28
   
December 31,2005
12
   
12.0700
   
144
 
1.25
     
17.82
   
December 31,2004
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
MVS
                             
December 31,2007
3,883
   
16.1546
   
62,723
 
1.55
     
7.91
   
December 31,2006
3,914
   
14.9684
   
58,587
 
1.48
     
20.96
   
December 31,2005
3,968
   
12.3800
   
49,108
 
0.15
     
6.05
   
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
OCF
                             
December 31,2007
306
   
14.6226
   
4,477
 
0.03
     
14.15
   
December 31,2006
30
   
12.8101
   
388
 
0.26
     
7.95
   
December 31,2005
24
   
11.8700
   
280
 
-
     
11.33
   
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
PHY
                             
December 31,2007
1,130
   
17.2179
   
19,449
 
7.70
     
3.54
   
December 31,2006
22
   
16.6338
   
361
 
6.66
     
9.10
   
December 31,2005
15
   
15.2500
   
228
 
6.70
     
4.13
   
December 31,2004
7
   
14.6400
   
100
 
4.43
     
8.47
   
PLD
                             
December 31,2007
16,560
   
11.3395
   
187,744
 
4.76
     
7.38
   
December 31,2006
15,264
   
10.5606
   
161,199
 
4.22
     
3.98
   
December 31,2005
13,585
   
10.1600
   
137,972
 
3.17
     
1.01
   
December 31,2004 (d)
1,016
   
10.0500
   
10,215
 
0.58
     
0.55
   
PMB
                             
December 31,2007
5,046
   
22.0744
   
111,348
 
5.88
     
5.82
 
December 31,2006
3,211
   
20.8600
   
66,977
 
5.34
     
9.28
 
December 31,2005
2,913
   
19.0900
   
55,597
 
5.43
     
10.78
 
December 31,2004
217
   
17.2300
   
3,738
 
2.60
     
9.61
   
PRR
                             
December 31,2007
370
   
13.6509
   
5,046
 
4.65
     
10.62
   
December 31,2006
39
   
12.3350
   
483
 
4.19
     
0.72
   
December 31,2005
21
   
12.2500
   
262
 
3.02
     
0.84
   
December 31,2004
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
PTR
                             
December 31,2007
4,824
   
13.0720
   
63,031
 
4.81
     
8.75
   
December 31,2006
4,561
   
12.0190
   
54,820
 
4.44
     
3.85
   
December 31,2005
3,924
   
11.5700
   
45,413
 
3.94
     
2.45
   
December 31,2004
242
   
11.3000
   
2,737
 
1.24
     
4.94
   
SSC
                             
December 31,2007
1,287
   
21.7084
   
27,944
 
0.58
     
(2.17)
 
December 31,2006
1,115
   
22.1874
   
24,749
 
0.35
     
17.19
 
December 31,2005
818
   
18.9300
   
15,500
 
0.40
     
3.99
   
December 31,2004
140
   
18.2100
   
2,540
 
-
     
15.65
   
SCV
                             
December 31,2007
2,318
   
17.3273
   
40,169
 
0.96
     
3.08
 
December 31,2006
2,273
   
16.8134
   
38,220
 
0.76
     
25.06
 
December 31,2005
2,226
   
13.4400
   
29,927
 
-
     
12.82
 
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
   
                               

(d) For the period August 6, 2004 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2004.
     


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(5) Financial Highlights – continued
                   
                             
 
At December 31
 
For year ended December 31
 
                             
                 
Investment
   
Total
 
 
Units
 
Unit Value
 
Net Assets
 
Income Ratio*
   
Return **
 
                             
SC2
                           
December 31,2007
1,901
 
$
14.2092
 
$
27,008
 
5.14
%
   
3.79
%
December 31,2006
1,837
   
13.6942
   
25,159
 
5.15
     
5.41
 
December 31,2005
1,919
   
12.9900
   
24,936
 
4.99
     
0.33
 
December 31,2004
-
   
12.7400
   
-
 
-
     
3.24
 
SC3
                           
December 31,2007
2,120
   
27.8070
   
58,942
 
1.49
     
(13.13)
 
December 31,2006
2,067
   
32.0107
   
66,155
 
1.66
     
38.96
 
December 31,2005
1,996
   
23.0400
   
45,971
 
2.54
     
9.67
 
December 31,2004
146
   
21.0000
   
3,072
 
-
     
25.15
 
SC5
                           
December 31,2007
2,936
   
18.9491
   
55,645
 
1.38
     
15.40
 
December 31,2006
1,943
   
16.4196
   
31,909
 
-
     
11.30
 
December 31,2005
1,849
   
14.7500
   
27,283
 
0.19
     
9.71
 
December 31,2004
-
   
12.6500
   
-
 
-
     
10.11
 
SC7
                           
December 31,2007
2,935
   
14.4812
   
42,506
 
0.59
     
4.26
 
December 31,2006
2,574
   
13.8930
   
35,761
 
0.72
     
14.77
 
December 31,2005
2,659
   
12.1100
   
32,189
 
1.51
     
7.00
 
December 31,2004
-
   
11.0300
   
-
 
-
     
2.38
 
SCB
                           
December 31,2007
258
   
15.8003
   
4,084
 
-
     
(1.43)
 
December 31,2006
18
   
16.0313
   
292
 
-
     
13.60
 
December 31,2005
11
   
14.1100
   
159
 
-
     
4.33
 
December 31,2004
4
   
13.5300
   
51
 
-
     
9.41
 
SCM
                           
December 31,2007 (e)
47
   
15.6196
   
728
 
0.85
     
(9.77)
 
TBC
                           
December 31,2007
5,417
   
15.1935
   
82,297
 
0.52
     
12.71
 
December 31,2006
3,811
   
13.4763
   
51,353
 
0.34
     
9.67
 
December 31,2005
2,782
   
12.2900
   
34,187
 
0.18
     
5.94
 
December 31,2004 (d)
450
   
11.6000
   
5,220
 
0.87
     
16.00
 
VGI
                           
December 31,2007
31
   
15.2588
   
479
 
0.99
     
2.82
 
December 31,2006
16
   
14.8432
   
238
 
0.58
     
16.23
 
December 31,2005
10
   
12.7700
   
122
 
-
     
12.21
 
December 31,2004 (d)
-
   
-
   
-
 
-
     
-
 

(d) For the period August 6, 2004 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2004.
(e) For the period May 1, 2007 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2007.

* These amounts represent the dividends, excluding distributions of capital gains, received by the Sub-Account from the underlying mutual fund, net of management fees assessed by the fund manager, divided by the average net assets. These ratios exclude those expenses that result in the direct reduction in the unit values. The recognition of investment income by the Sub-Account is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying fund in which the Sub-Account invests. Balances have been annualized for Sub-Accounts in existence for less than one year.
** These amounts represent the total return for the period indicated, including changes in the value of the underlying fund. 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. Investment options with a date notation indicate the effective date of that investment option in the variable account. The total return is calculated for the period indicated, or for the period commencing with the first trade date within the fund to the end of the reporting period.


 
 

 

Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D

Notes to Financial Statements – continued

(6) Tax Diversification Requirements

Under the provisions of Section 817(h) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), a variable contract, other than a contract issued in connection with certain types of employee benefit plans, is not treated as a life insurance contract for federal tax purposes for any period in which the investments of the segregated asset account on which the contract is based are not adequately diversified. The Code provides that the “adequately diversified” requirement may be met if the underlying investments satisfy either a statutory safe harbor test or diversification requirements set forth in regulations issued by the Secretary of Treasury.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued regulations under Section 817(h) of the Code which allows the contract owner to avoid current taxation of both current and built-up earnings of the contract. The Sponsor believes that the Sub-Account satisfies the current requirements of the regulations, and it intends that the Sub-Account will continue to meet such requirements.

 
 

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 
To the Participants in Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D and the Board of Directors of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (the “Sponsor”):
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of condition of AIM V. I. International Growth Fund Sub-Account, Alger American Mid Cap Growth Portfolio Sub-Account, AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series Growth and Income Portfolio Sub-Account, Delaware Management Company VIP Growth Opportunities Series, Dreyfus Investment MidCap Stock Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Index 500 Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Money Market Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP ContrafundTM Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Overseas Portfolio Sub-Account, Fidelity VIP Growth Portfolio Sub-Account, Franklin Templeton Foreign Securities Fund Sub-Account, Goldman Sachs VIT Structured US Equity Fund Sub-Account, Goldman Sachs Mid Cap Value Fund Sub-Account, Lord Abbett Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account, Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Government Securities Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust High Yield Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Massachusetts Investors Growth Stock Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Massachusetts Investors Trust Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust New Discovery Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Total Return Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Utilities Series Sub-Account, MFS/Sun Life Series Trust Value Series Sub-Account, Oppenheimer Variable Capital Appreciation Fund Sub-Account, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust High Yield Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Low Duration Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Emerging Markets Bond Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Real Return Portfolio Sub-Account, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust Total Return Portfolio Sub-Account, Scudder VIT Small Cap Index Fund Sub-Account, Scudder Variable Series II SVS Dreman Small Cap Value Portfolio Sub-Account, Sun Capital Investment Grade Bond Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Real Estate Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Blue Chip Mid Cap Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Davis Venture Value Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital Oppenheimer Main Street Small Cap Fund Sub-Account, Sun Capital All Cap Fund Sub-Account, T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio Sub-Account, and Van Kampen LIT Growth & Income Portfolio Sub-Account of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D (collectively the “Sub-Accounts”), as of December 31, 2007, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended and the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Sponsor’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Sub-Accounts are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Sub-Accounts’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2007, by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Sub-Accounts as of December 31, 2007, the results of their operations for the year then ended and the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
April 18, 2008


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(in thousands)
For the Years Ended December 31,

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
Revenues:
               
                 
Premiums and annuity considerations
$
90,882
 
$
38,322
 
$
32,247
Net investment income
 
94,309
   
97,365
   
94,264
Net losses on embedded derivatives
 
(3,967)
   
-
   
-
Net realized investment losses
 
(3,487)
   
(6,081)
   
(4,086)
Fee and other income
 
26,648
   
21,083
   
13,578
                 
Total revenues
 
204,385
   
150,689
   
136,003
                 
Benefits and Expenses:
               
                 
Interest credited
 
51,390
   
56,379
   
69,641
Policyowner benefits
 
69,309
   
29,257
   
25,663
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs and value of business and customer relationships acquired
 
 
19,921
   
 
18,422
   
 
9,491
Other operating expenses
 
36,417
   
22,988
   
23,489
                 
Total benefits and expenses
 
177,037
   
127,046
   
128,284
                 
Income before income tax expense
 
27,348
   
23,643
   
7,719
                 
Income tax expense
 
8,941
   
7,410
   
2,278
                 
Net income
$
18,407
 
$
16,233
 
$
5,441























The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated  financial statements.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)

 
December 31, 2007
 
December 31, 2006
ASSETS
         
           
Investments:
         
Available-for-sale fixed maturities at fair value (amortized cost
of $1,318,448 and $1,460,077 in 2007 and 2006, respectively)
 
$
 
1,288,568 
 
 
$
 
1,463,043
Mortgage loans
 
170,205 
   
161,292
Policy loans
 
118 
   
139
Other invested assets
 
69,138 
   
65,922
Cash and cash equivalents
 
65,901 
   
54,231
           
Total investments and cash
 
1,593,930 
   
1,744,627
           
Accrued investment income
 
15,245 
   
15,125
Deferred policy acquisition costs
 
118,126 
   
85,021
Value of business and customer renewals acquired
 
16,071 
   
-
Goodwill and other intangible assets
 
52,488 
   
37,788
Receivable for investments sold
 
615 
   
1,244
Reinsurance receivable
 
123,214 
   
5,906
Other assets
 
21,870 
   
15,146
Separate account assets
 
929,008 
   
796,827
           
Total assets
$
2,870,567 
 
$
2,701,684
           
LIABILITIES
         
           
Contractholder deposit funds and other policy liabilities
$
1,285,259 
 
$
1,437,396
Future contract and policy benefits
 
93,001 
   
54,100
Net deferred income tax liability
 
1,045 
   
6,953
Payable for investments purchased
 
635 
   
5,735
Accrued expenses and taxes
 
21,625 
   
-
Reinsurance payable to affiliate
 
117,367 
   
-
Other liabilities
 
107,458 
   
90,517
Separate account liabilities
 
929,008 
   
796,827
           
Total liabilities
 
2,555,398 
   
2,391,528
           
Commitments and contingencies – Note 19
         
           
STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
         
           
Common stock, $350 par value – 6,001 shares authorized;
         
6,001 shares issued and outstanding in 2007 and 2006
 
2,100 
   
2,100
Additional paid-in capital
 
239,963 
   
239,963
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
 
(11,924)
   
1,432
Retained earnings
 
85,030 
   
66,661
           
Total stockholder’s equity
 
315,169 
   
310,156
           
Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity
$
2,870,567 
 
$
2,701,684



The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated  financial statements.


 
 

 


SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
For the Years Ended December 31,

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                 
Net income
$
18,407
 
$
16,233
 
$
5,441
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
               
   Change in unrealized holding losses on available-for-sale
               
      securities, net of tax and policyholder amounts (1)
 
(12,676)
   
(4,375)
   
(10,760) 
   Reclassification adjustments of realized investment (gains) losses
               
      into net income (2)
 
(680)
   
6,295
   
(4,211) 
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income
 
 
(13,356)
   
 
1,920
   
 
(14,971) 
                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
$
5,051
 
$
18,153
 
$
(9,530) 

(1)  
Net of tax benefit of $6.8 million, $2.4 million and $5.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
(2)  
Net of tax expense (benefit) of $0.4 million, $(3.4) million and $2.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.































The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY
(in thousands)
For the Years Ended December 31,

 
 
 
Common
Stock
 
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
 
 
Retained
Earnings
 
 
Total
Stockholder’s
Equity
                             
Balance at December 31, 2004
 
2,100
   
239,963
   
14,483
   
44,987 
   
301,533 
                             
Net income
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
5,441 
   
5,441 
Other comprehensive loss
 
-
   
-
   
(14,971) 
   
-
   
(14,971) 
                             
Balance at December 31, 2005
 
2,100
   
239,963
   
(488) 
   
50,428 
   
292,003 
                             
Net income
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
16,233 
   
16,233 
Other comprehensive income
 
-
   
-
   
1,920
   
-
   
1,920 
                             
Balance at December 31, 2006
$
2,100
 
$
239,963
 
$
1,432
 
$
66,661 
 
$
310,156 
                             
Cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax
 
 
-
   
 
-
   
 
-
   
 
(38)
   
 
(38) 
Net income
 
-
   
-
   
-
   
18,407 
   
18,407 
Other comprehensive income
 
-
   
-
   
(13,356) 
   
   
(13,356) 
                             
Balance at December 31, 2007
$
2,100
 
$
239,963
 
$
(11,924) 
 
$
85,030 
 
$
315,169 


























The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
For the Years Ended December 31,

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:
               
Net income
$
18,407 
 
$
16,233 
 
$
5,441 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
               
operating activities:
               
    Net amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts
 
1,782 
   
3,956 
   
7,224 
    Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs and value of business and customer renewals acquired
 
 
19,921 
   
 
18,422 
   
 
9,491 
    Depreciation and amortization
 
164 
   
   
    Net losses on embedded derivatives
 
3,967 
   
   
    Net realized investment losses
 
3,487 
   
6,081 
   
4,086 
    Interest credited to contractholder deposits
 
51,390 
   
56,379 
   
69,641 
    Deferred federal income taxes
 
290 
   
10,193 
   
(947)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
    Additions to deferred policy acquisitions costs and value of business and customer renewals acquired
 
 
(56,650)
   
 
(23,909)
   
 
(9,646)
    Accrued investment income
 
(120)
   
3,275 
   
844 
    Net reinsurance receivable/payable
 
59 
   
(20)
   
495 
    Future contract and policy benefits
 
39,436 
   
3,106 
   
736 
    Other, net
 
7,330 
   
(24,855)
   
29,109 
                 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
89,463 
   
68,861 
   
116,474 
                 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities:
               
    Sales, maturities and repayments of:
               
        Available-for-sale fixed maturities
 
337,825 
   
757,662 
   
673,665 
        Mortgage loans
 
40,526 
   
29,415 
   
7,584 
        Other invested assets
 
24 
   
   
    Purchases of:
               
        Available-for-sale fixed maturities
 
(205,932)
   
(549,218)
   
(568,813)
        Mortgage loans
 
(49,460)
   
(46,285)
   
(15,445)
        Other invested assets
 
(3,231)
   
(65,858)
   
    Net change in policy loans
 
21 
   
49 
   
(35)
    Net change in other investments
 
3,231 
   
65,845 
   
                 
Net cash provided by investing activities
 
123,004 
   
191,610 
   
96,956 


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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
(in thousands)
For the Years Ended December 31,

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
               
    Additions to contractholder deposit funds
$
180,702 
 
$
121,837 
 
$
53,495 
    Withdrawals from contractholder deposit funds
 
(388,199)
   
(382,617)
   
(255,647)
    Other, net
 
6,700 
   
   
                 
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(200,797)
   
(260,780)
   
(202,152)
                 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
 
11,670 
   
(309)
   
11,278 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
 
54,231 
   
54,540 
   
43,262 
                 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year
$
65,901 
 
$
54,231 
 
$
54,540 
                 
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
               
    Income taxes (paid) refunded
$
(67)
 
$
- 
 
$
274 
    Interest paid
 
- 
   
- 
   
- 





























The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

General

Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (“the Company”) engages in the sale of individual and group fixed and variable annuity contracts, individual and group life insurance, group disability, group dental and group stop loss insurance in the State of New York.  These products are distributed through individual insurance agents, financial planners, insurance brokers and broker-dealers to both the tax-qualified and non-tax-qualified markets.  The Company's fixed and variable annuity contracts contain a fixed investment option, where interest is paid at a guaranteed rate for a specified period of time, and withdrawals made before the end of the specified period may be subject to a market value adjustment that can increase or decrease the amount of the withdrawal proceeds (the “fixed investment option period”).

The Company is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (“Sun Life U.S.”).  The Company is also an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada - U.S. Operations Holdings, Inc. (“SLC - U.S. Ops Holdings”) and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Financial Inc. (“SLF”), a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  SLF and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to herein as “Sun Life Financial.”

Effective December 31, 2007, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (“SLOC”), an affiliate, under which SLOC will fund a portion of the statutory reserves required by New York Regulation 147, which is substantially similar to Actuarial Guideline 38 (“AXXX reserves”), as adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“the NAIC”), attributable to certain individual universal life (“UL”) policies sold by the Company.  Under the agreement, the Company ceded, and SLOC assumed, on a funds withheld 90% coinsurance basis, certain in-force policies at December 31, 2007.  Future new business also will be reinsured under this agreement.

Effective September 27, 2007, Sun Life U.S. provided a full and unconditional guarantee (the “guarantee”) of the Company's obligation related to its contracts’ fixed investment option period for policies currently in-force or sold on or after that date.  The guarantee has relieved the Company of its obligation to file annual, quarterly, and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, and Form 8-K.

Effective May 31, 2007, Sun Life Financial completed its acquisition of Employee Benefits Group (“EBG”) from Genworth Financial, Inc. (“Genworth”).  Also effective May 31, 2007, the Company entered into a series of agreements with Sun Life and Health Insurance Company (U.S.) (“SLHIC”), one of the acquired companies (formerly named Genworth Life and Health Insurance Company), through which the New York issued business of SLHIC was transferred to the Company.  These agreements include a 100% coinsurance agreement for all existing and future new business issued in New York, a renewal rights agreement under which the Company has exclusive rights to renew in-force business assumed under the reinsurance agreement and an administrative service agreement under which the Company has agreed to assume direct responsibility for all sales and administration of existing and new business issued in New York (collectively, “the SLHIC asset transfer”).  These agreements, in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 141, “Business Combinations,” were treated as a transfer of net assets between entities under common control.  The Company paid $40 million of total consideration to SLHIC.  SLHIC transferred assets at a carrying value of approximately $72 million, including $38.7 million of goodwill and other intangibles, as well as policyholder and other liabilities of approximately $32 million to the Company.  The Group Protection Segment of the Company reflects a significant increase in business as a result of these agreements.  These agreements have allowed the Company to expand its product offerings to include group dental insurance.

In 2006, the Company organized a subsidiary, SLNY Private Placement Investment Company I, LLC, to serve as an unregistered variable investment trust in support of the Company's private placement variable universal life and variable annuity business activities.  This trust remains inactive as of December 31, 2007.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

General (continued)

The Company had a greater than or equal to 20%, but less than 50%, interest in two variable interest entities (“VIEs”) at December 31, 2007.  The Company is a creditor in one trust and one limited liability company.  The Company’s maximum exposure to loss related to both VIEs is the investments’ carrying value, which was $9.2 million at December 31, 2007.  The investments in these two VIEs mature in October 2009 and May 2017.  As the Company will not absorb a majority of the VIEs’ expected losses or receive a majority of the expected returns, the Company is not required to consolidate these VIEs, in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 46, "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, an interpretation of ARB No. 51 (revised December 2003)" (“FIN 46(R)”).

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for stock life insurance companies.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes.  The most significant estimates are those used in determining fair value of financial instruments, goodwill, deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”), value of business acquired (“VOBA”), the liabilities for future contract and policyholder benefits and other-than-temporary impairments of investments.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Financial Instruments

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into transactions involving various types of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans, equity securities, debt, loan commitments and financial guarantees.  These instruments involve credit risk and also may be subject to risk of loss due to interest rate fluctuation.  The Company evaluates and monitors each financial instrument individually and, when appropriate, obtains collateral or other security to minimize losses.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash, commercial paper, money market investments and short-term bank participations.  All such investments have maturities of three months or less when purchased and are considered cash equivalents for purposes of reporting cash flows.

Investments

The Company accounts for its investments in accordance with SFAS No. 115, “Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities.”  At the time of purchase, fixed maturity securities are classified based on the Company's intent as either held-to-maturity, trading or available-for-sale.  In order for a security to be classified as held-to-maturity, the Company must have positive intent and ability to hold the security to maturity.  Securities held to maturity are stated at cost, adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.  Securities that are bought and held principally for the purpose of selling them in the near term are classified as trading.  Trading securities are carried at aggregate fair value with changes in market value reported as a component of net investment income.  Securities that do not meet the held-to-maturity or trading criterion are classified as available-for-sale.  Included with available-for-sale fixed maturities are mortgage-backed securities in the To Be Announced (“TBA”) form.  The Company records TBA purchases on the trade date and the corresponding payable is recorded as an outstanding liability in payable for investments purchased until the settlement date of the transaction.  Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with the unrealized gains or losses reported in other comprehensive income.  The Company does not typically invest in trading securities and its investment portfolios at December 31, 2007 and 2006 do not include any fixed maturity trading securities.



 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Investments (continued)

The Company determines the fair value of its publicly-traded fixed maturities using four primary pricing methods: third-party pricing services, independent dealer quotes, pricing matrices, and pricing models.  Prices are first sought from third-party pricing services; the remaining unpriced securities are priced using one of the remaining three methods.  Third-party pricing services derive the security prices through recently reported trades for identical or similar securities with adjustments for trading volumes and market observable information through the reporting date.  In the event that there are no recent market trades, pricing services and brokers may use pricing matrices and models to develop a security price based on future expected cash flows discounted at an estimated market rate using collateral performance and vintages.

Structured securities, such as collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”), commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), and asset-backed securities (“ABS”), are priced using a matrix, fair value model or independent broker quotations.  CMBS securities, which are a subset of the Company's CMO holdings, are priced using the last sale price of the day or a broker quote, if no sales were transacted that day.  Other types of CMO, and ABS, are priced using matrices, models or independent broker quotations.  Typical inputs used by these three pricing methods include, but are not limited to, reported trades, benchmark yields, issuer spreads, bids and/or estimated cash flows and prepayment speeds.  In addition, estimates of expected future prepayments are factors in determining the price of ABS, MBS, CMBS, and CMOs.  These estimates are based on the underlying collateral and structure of the security, as well as prepayment speeds previously experienced in the market at interest rate levels projected for the underlying collateral.  Actual prepayment experience may vary from these estimates.

For privately-placed fixed maturities, fair values are estimated using matrices, which take into account credit spreads for publicly-traded securities of similar credit risk, maturity, prepayment and liquidity characteristics.  A portion of privately-placed fixed maturities are also priced using market prices or dealer quotes.  The fair values of mortgages are estimated by discounting future cash flows using current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

The Company’s ability to liquidate positions in privately-placed fixed securities and mortgages could be impacted to a significant degree by the lack of an actively traded market.  Although the Company believes that its estimates reasonably reflect the fair value of those instruments, its key assumptions about risk-free interest rates, risk premiums, performance of underlying collateral (if any) and other factors may not reflect those of an active market.

The Company performs a monthly analysis on the prices received from third parties to assess if the prices represent a reasonable estimate of the fair value.  The process is both quantitative and qualitative and includes back testing of recent trades, review of key assumptions such as spreads, duration, credit rating, and on-going review of third-party pricing services methodologies.  In the event that a more appropriate fair value is justified, the price received from a third-party pricing services is adjusted accordingly.   The fair value of a financial instrument is the amount at which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between knowledgeable, unrelated willing parties using inputs, including estimates and assumptions, a market participant would utilize.

The Company's accounting policy for impairment requires recognition of an other-than-temporary impairment write-down on a security if it is determined that the Company anticipates that it will be unable to recover all amounts due under the contractual obligations of the security.  Additionally, in the event that securities that are expected to be sold before the fair value of the security recovers to amortized cost, an other-than-temporary impairment charge is also taken.

Some structured securities, typically those rated single A or below, are subject to Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No.  99-20, “Recognition of Interest Income and Impairment on Purchased Beneficial Interests and Beneficial Interests That Continued to Be Held by a Transferor in Securitized Financial Assets” (“EITF 99-20”).  EITF 99-20 requires the Company to periodically update its best estimate of cash flows over the life of the security.  In the event that the present value of the estimated cash flows is less than amortized cost, an other-than-temporary impairment charge is recorded.  Estimating future cash flows is a quantitative and qualitative process that incorporates information received from third parties, along with assumptions and judgments about the future performance of the underlying collateral.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1.  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Investments (continued)

Impairments are classified as either credit-related or interest-related.  The Company categorizes impairments as credit-related if it anticipates that the issuers will be unable to pay all principal and interest amounts due, according to the contractual terms of the security or if the decline in fair value of the security is driven by issuer-specific credit events.  The Company characterizes impairments as interest-related if the depression in fair value of the security was due to changes in interest or general credit spread widening and for which the Company has determined it no longer has the intent or ability to hold a security until recovery to amortized cost.  Once an other-than-temporary impairment charge has been recorded, the Company continues to review the other-than-temporarily impaired securities for additional impairment.  The net realized loss is recorded in the income statement as the difference between the fair value and the amortized cost of the security.

The Company incurred realized losses totaling $4.8 million, $0.8 million and $5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, for other-than-temporary impairments.  Of the $4.8 million in realized losses for other-than-temporary impairments for the year ended December 31, 2007, all impairments were deemed to be credit-related.

The Company discontinues the accrual of income on its holdings for issuers that are in default.  Investment income would not have increased materially for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 if these holdings had been performing.

Mortgage loans are stated at unpaid principal balances, net of provisions for estimated losses.  Mortgage loans acquired at a premium or discount are carried at amortized values, net of provisions for estimated losses.  Loans include commercial first mortgage loans and are diversified by property type and geographic area throughout the United States.  Mortgage loans are collateralized by the related properties and generally are no more than 75% of each property’s value at the time that the original loan is made.

A mortgage loan is recognized as impaired when it is probable that the principal or interest is not collectible in accordance with the contractual terms of the loan.  Measurement of impairment is based on the lower of the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s effective interest rate, or on the loan’s observable market price.  A specific valuation allowance is established if the fair value of the impaired loan is less than the recorded amount.  Loans are also charged against the allowance when determined to be uncollectible.  The allowance is based on a continuing review of the loan portfolio, past loss experience and current economic conditions, which may affect the borrower’s ability to pay.  While management believes that it uses the best information available to establish the allowance, future adjustments to the allowance may become necessary if economic conditions differ from the assumptions used in making the evaluation.

Policy loans are carried at the amount of the outstanding principal balance.  The loans are collateralized by the respective insurance policy and do not exceed the excess of the net cash surrender value of the policy.

Realized gains and losses on the sales of investments are recognized in operations at the date of sale and are determined using the average cost method.  When an impairment of a specific available-for-sale investment is determined to be other-than-temporary, a realized investment loss is recorded.  Changes in the provision for estimated losses on mortgage loans and real estate are included in net realized investment gains and losses.

Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Investments are placed in a non-accrual status when management believes that the borrower's financial condition, after giving consideration to economic and business conditions and collection efforts, is such that collection of principal and interest is doubtful.  When an investment is placed in non-accrual status, all interest accrued is reversed against current period interest income.  Interest accruals are resumed on such investments only when the investments have performed on a sustained basis for a reasonable period of time and when, in the judgment of management, the investments are estimated to be fully collectible as to both principal and interest.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs

Acquisition costs consist of commissions, underwriting and other costs, which vary with and are primarily related to the production of new business.  Acquisition costs related to investment-type contracts, primarily deferred annuity, universal life and guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”), are deferred and amortized with interest in proportion to the present value of estimated gross profits to be realized over the estimated lives of the contracts.  Estimated gross profits are composed of net investment income, net realized investment gains and losses, life and variable annuity fees, surrender charges, interest credited, policyholder benefits and direct variable administrative expenses.

Estimating future gross profit is a complex process requiring considerable judgment and the forecasting of events into the future based on historical information and actuarial assumptions.  These assumptions are subject to an annual review process.  Changes in any of the assumptions that serve to increase or decrease the estimated future gross profits will cause the amortization of DAC to decrease or increase, respectively, in the current period.  During 2007 and 2006, changes in estimated future gross profits were driven by recent experience and expectations of future performance and are related mainly to changes in lapse assumptions, future growth rates of capital markets assumptions, and expense assumptions.  Changes in these assumptions resulted in (a decrease) an increase in DAC amortization of $(3.3) million and $4.7 million for the years ended December, 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

The amortization is reviewed regularly and adjusted, as appropriate, retrospectively when the Company records actual profits and revises its estimate of future gross profits to be realized from this group of products, including realized gains and losses from investments.

Although recovery of DAC is not assured, the Company believes it is more likely than not that all of these costs will be recovered from future profits.  The amount of DAC considered recoverable, however, could be reduced in the near term if the future estimates of gross profits are reduced.

DAC is also adjusted for amounts relating to unrealized investment gains and losses.  This adjustment, net of tax, is included with unrealized investment gains or losses that are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income.  DAC was increased (decreased) by $11.8 million and $(0.5) million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, relating to this adjustment.

Value of Business and Customer Renewals Acquired

VOBA represents the actuarially determined present value of projected future gross profits from the in-force policies included in the SLHIC asset transfer at May 31, 2007.  This amount is amortized in proportion to the projected premium income over the period to the first renewal of the transferred business.

A portion of the assets that were transferred to the Company under the SLHIC asset transfer are the value of customer renewals acquired (“VOCRA”).  VOCRA represents the actuarially determined present value of projected future profits arising from these in-force policies acquired at May 31, 2007 to these policies’ next renewal dates.  This amount is amortized in proportion to the projected premium income over the period from the first renewal date to the end of the projected life of the policies.

Other Assets

Property, equipment, and leasehold improvements, which are included in other assets, are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization.  Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line or accelerated method over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, which generally range from 3 to 10 years.  Amortization of leasehold improvements is calculated using the straight-line method over the lesser of the term of the lease or the estimated useful life of the improvements.



 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Policy Liabilities and Accruals

Future contract and policy benefit liabilities include amounts reserved for future policy benefits payable upon contingent events as well as liabilities for unpaid claims due as of the statement date.  Such liabilities are established in amounts adequate to meet the estimated future obligations of policies in force.

Policy reserves for annuity contracts include liabilities held for group pension and payout annuity payments and liabilities held for product guarantees on variable annuity products, such as guaranteed minimum death benefits (“GMDB”).  Reserves for pension and payout annuity contracts are calculated using the best-estimate interest and decrement assumptions.  Loss recognition testing is done periodically to make sure that these assumptions remain adequate.  For the year ended December 31, 2007, no additional reserves were deemed required as a result of the loss recognition testing.  Reserves for GMDB are calculated according to the methodology of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (the “AICPA”) Statement of Position 03-1, “Accounting and Reporting by Insurance Enterprises for Certain Nontraditional Long-Duration Contracts and for Separate Accounts” (“SOP 03-1”), whereby the expected benefits provided by the guarantees are spread over the duration of the contract in proportion to the benefit assessments.

Policy reserves for UL contracts are held for benefit coverages that are not fully provided for in the policy account value.  These include rider coverages and conversions from group policies.

Policy reserves for group life and health contracts are calculated using standard actuarial methods recognized by the American Academy of Actuaries.  For the tabular reserves, discount rates are based on the Company’s earned investment yield and the morbidity and mortality tables used are standard industry tables modified to reflect the Company’s actual experience when appropriate.  In particular, for the Company’s group known claim reserves, the mortality and morbidity tables for the early durations of claims are based exclusively on the Company’s experience, incorporating factors such as age at disability, sex and elimination periods.  These reserves are computed at amounts that, with interest compounded annually at assumed rates, are expected to meet the Company’s future obligations.

Liabilities for unpaid claims consist of the estimated amount payable for claims reported but not yet settled and an estimate of claims incurred but not reported.  The amount reported is based upon historical experience, adjusted for trends and current circumstances.  Management believes that the recorded liability is sufficient to provide for the associated claims adjustment expenses.  Revisions of these estimates are included in operations in the year such refinements are determined.

Contractholder deposit funds consist of policy values that accrue to the holders of universal life-type contracts and investment-related products such as deferred annuities.  The liabilities consist of deposits received plus interest credited, less accumulated policyholder charges, assessments, partial withdrawals and surrenders.  The liabilities are not reduced by surrender charges.

Revenue and Expenses

Premiums for traditional individual life and annuity products are considered earned revenue when due.  Premiums related to group disability insurance and group stop loss are recognized as earned revenue pro-rata over the contract period.  The unexpired portion of these premiums is recorded as unearned premiums.  Revenue from universal-type and investment-related products includes charges for cost of insurance (mortality), initiation and administration of the policy, and surrender charges.  Revenue is recognized when the charges are assessed, except that any portion of an assessment that relates to services to be provided in future years is deferred and recognized over the period during which the services are provided.

Benefits and expenses related to traditional life, annuity and disability contracts, including group policies, are recognized when incurred in a manner designed to match them with related premium revenue and to spread income recognition over the expected life of the policy.  For universal life-type and investment-type contracts, expenses include interest credited to policyholders’ accounts and death benefits in excess of account values, which are recognized as incurred.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

Other Operating Expenses

Operating expenses primarily represent allocated compensation and general and administrative expenses.  Management believes intercompany expenses are calculated on a reasonable basis; however, these amounts may not necessarily be indicative of the costs that would be incurred if the Company operated on a stand-alone basis.

Income Taxes

The Company will participate in a consolidated federal income tax return with Sun Life U.S. and other affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2007.  The Company filed a stand-alone federal income tax return for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.

Deferred income taxes are recognized when assets and liabilities have different values for financial statement and tax reporting purposes, and for other temporary taxable and deductible differences as defined by SFAS No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes.”  These differences primarily result from policy reserves, policy acquisition expenses and unrealized gains or losses on investments.

Separate Accounts

The Company has established separate accounts applicable to various classes of contracts providing variable benefits.  Contracts for which funds are invested in separate accounts include variable life insurance and individual qualified and non-qualified variable annuity contracts.  Assets and liabilities of the separate accounts, representing net deposits and accumulated net investment earnings, less fees, held primarily for the benefit of contractholders, are shown as separate captions in the consolidated financial statements.  Assets held in the separate accounts are carried at fair value and the investment risk of such securities is retained by the contractholder.  The activity of the separate accounts is not reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements except for: (1) the fees the Company receives, which are assessed periodically and recognized as revenue when assessed; and, (2) the activity related to the GMDB, guaranteed minimum accumulation benefit (“GMAB”) and guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefit (“GMWB”) which is reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

New and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which became effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006.  FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, and provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure, and transition.  The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007, and recognized an increase of $38 thousand in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits (“UTBs”) and related net interest, and an offsetting decrease in its January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings.

In March 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 156, “Accounting for Servicing of Financial Assets – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 140,” requiring all separately recognized servicing assets and liabilities to be initially measured at fair value and permits entities to choose to either subsequently measure servicing rights at fair value and report changes in fair value in earnings, or amortize servicing rights in proportion to, and over the estimated net servicing income or loss and assess the rights for impairment or the need for an increased obligation.  The option to subsequently measure servicing rights at fair value allows entities which utilize derivative instruments to hedge their servicing rights to account for such hedging relationships at fair value and avoid the complications of hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.”  SFAS No. 156 was effective for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006.  The adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.



 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

New and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements (continued)

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 133 and 140.”  This statement amended SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,” and SFAS No. 140, “Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities,” and resolves issues addressed in SFAS No. 133 Implementation Issue No. D1, “Application of Statement 133 to Beneficial Interests in Securitized Financial Assets.”  The Company began applying SFAS No. 155 to all financial instruments acquired, issued or subject to a remeasurement event beginning January 1, 2007.  The election did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations.

In September 2005, the AICPA issued Statement of Position 05-1, “Accounting by Insurance Enterprises for Deferred Acquisition Costs in Connection with Modifications or Exchanges of Insurance Contracts” (“SOP 05-1”).  SOP 05-1 provides guidance on accounting by insurance enterprises for DAC on internal replacements of insurance and investment contracts.  The adoption of SOP 05-1 on January 1, 2007 did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities,” which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value (the “FV option”).  The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex hedge accounting provisions.  SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and all interim periods within those fiscal years.

As of January 1, 2008, the Company has adopted the FV option for all available-for-sale fixed maturity securities attributable to certain life, health and annuity products.  At December 31, 2007, such available-for-sale securities had an amortized cost of $1,118 million and a fair value of $1,113 million.  The adoption of the FV option does not relieve the Company from its obligation to monitor those available-for-sale securities that are in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2007, which the Company will continue to do through its current portfolio monitoring process.

The FV option adoption will result in a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings, accumulated other comprehensive income, DAC, VOBA, deferred tax asset and certain other liabilities.  The Company is currently assessing the impact of the effects of this adoption.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements,” which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements, but does not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value.





 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted (continued)

SFAS No. 157 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be exchanged to sell an asset or transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.  The statement establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels (“Level 1, 2 and 3”).  Level 1 inputs are observable inputs that reflect quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.  Level 2 inputs are observable inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, for the asset or liability or prices for similar assets and liabilities.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs reflecting the reporting entity’s estimates of the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.  SFAS No. 157 requires that a fair value measurement technique include an adjustment for risks inherent in a particular valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and/or the risks inherent in the inputs to the model, if market participants would also include such an adjustment.  Quantitative and qualitative disclosures will focus on the inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements and the effects of the measurements in the financial statements.

The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and are to be applied prospectively, except for changes in fair value measurements that result from the initial application of SFAS No. 157, which are to be recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings in the year of adoption.  Effective January 1, 2008, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 and applied the provisions of the statement prospectively to assets and liabilities measured and disclosed at fair value.  The Company is currently assessing the impact of SFAS No. 157 on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141 (revised 2007), “Business Combinations” (“SFAS No. 141(R)”). This statement replaces SFAS No. 141 and establishes the principles and requirements for how the acquirer in a business combination: (a) measures and recognizes the identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interests in the acquired entity, (b) measures and recognizes positive goodwill acquired or a gain from bargain purchase (negative goodwill), and (c) determines the disclosure information that is useful to users of financial statements in evaluating the nature and financial effects of the business combination. Some of the significant changes to the existing accounting guidance on business combinations made by SFAS No. 141(R) include the following:

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Most of the identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree shall be measured at their acquisition-date fair values rather than SFAS No. 141’s requirement to allocate the cost of an acquisition to individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values;
 
  
Acquisition-related costs incurred by the acquirer shall be expensed in the periods in which the costs are incurred rather than included in the cost of the acquired entity;
 
  
Goodwill shall be measured as the excess of the consideration transferred, including the fair value of any contingent consideration, plus the fair value of any noncontrolling interest in the acquired entity, over the fair values of the acquired identifiable net assets, rather than measured as the excess of the cost of the acquired entity over the estimated fair values of the acquired identifiable net assets;






 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

1. DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)

ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED)

Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted (continued)

  
Contractual pre-acquisition contingencies are to be recognized at their acquisition date fair values and noncontractual pre-acquisition contingencies are to be recognized at their acquisition date fair values only if it is more likely than not that the contingency gives rise to an asset or liability, whereas SFAS No. 141 generally permitted the deferred recognition of pre-acquisition contingencies until the recognition criteria of SFAS No. 5, “Accounting for Contingencies” were met; and
 
  
Contingent consideration shall be recognized at the acquisition date rather than when the contingency is resolved and consideration is issued or becomes issuable.

SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for and shall be applied prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008, with earlier adoption prohibited. Assets and liabilities that arose from business combinations with acquisition dates prior to the SFAS No. 141(R) effective date shall not be adjusted upon adoption of SFAS No. 141(R) with certain exceptions for acquired deferred tax assets and acquired income tax positions. The Company expects to adopt SFAS No. 141(R) on January 1, 2009, and has not yet determined the effect of SFAS No. 141(R) on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.”  This statement amends Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51, “Consolidated Financial Statements” (“ARB 51”). Noncontrolling interest refers to the minority interest portion of the equity of a subsidiary that is not attributable directly or indirectly to a parent. SFAS No. 160 establishes accounting and reporting standards that require for-profit entities that prepare consolidated financial statements to: (a) present noncontrolling interests as a component of equity, separate from the parent’s equity, (b) separately present the amount of consolidated net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in the income statement, (c) consistently account for changes in a parent’s ownership interests in a subsidiary in which the parent entity has a controlling financial interest as equity transactions, (d) require an entity to measure at fair value its remaining interest in a subsidiary that is deconsolidated, (e) require an entity to provide sufficient disclosures that identify and clearly distinguish between interests of the parent and interests of noncontrolling owners. SFAS No. 160 applies to all for-profit entities that prepare consolidated financial statements, and affects those for-profit entities that have outstanding noncontrolling interests in one or more subsidiaries or that deconsolidate a subsidiary. SFAS No. 160 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008 with earlier adoption prohibited. The Company expects to adopt SFAS No. 160 on January 1, 2009 and has not yet determined the effect of SFAS No. 160 on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2007, the AICPA issued Statement of Position 07-1, “Clarification of the Scope of the Audit and Accounting Guide Investment Companies and Accounting by Parent Companies and Equity Method Investors for Investments in Investment Companies” (“SOP 07-1”).  SOP 07-1 provides guidance for determining whether an entity is within the scope of the AICPA Audit and Accounting Guide Investment Companies (“the Guide”).  This statement also addresses whether the specialized industry accounting principles of the Guide should be retained by a parent company in consolidation or by an investor that has the ability to exercise significant influence over the investment company and applies the equity method of accounting to its investment in the entity.  In addition, SOP 07-1 includes certain disclosure requirements for parent companies and equity method investors in investment companies that retain investment company accounting in the parent company’s consolidated financial statements or the financial statements of an equity method investor.  SOP 07-1 is effective for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2007, with earlier application encouraged; however, in November 2007, the FASB decided to (1) delay indefinitely the effective date of the SOP and (2) prohibit adoption of the SOP for an entity that has not early adopted the SOP.  The Company did not early adopt SOP 07-1.  SOP 07-1 as currently issued is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition or results of operations.




 
 

 

 SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

2. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSET

Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price paid and the fair value of the net assets acquired in connection with the Company’s business acquisitions.  Goodwill of $37.8 million, allocated to the Company’s Wealth Management Segment, is attributable to the 2002 acquisition of Keyport Benefit Life Insurance Company (“KBL”), which was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keyport Life Insurance Company.  Goodwill of $7.4 million, allocated to the Company’s Group Protection Segment, is attributable to the SLHIC asset transfer.  Additional information on the Company’s business segments is presented in Note 15.

An intangible asset with a gross carrying amount of $7.5 million and a net amortized balance of $7.3 million, allocated to the Group Protection Segment, is also attributable to the SLHIC asset transfer and represents the value of established distribution channels.  This intangible asset has an estimated useful life of 25 years.  Using a half-year convention and the straight-line method, the Company amortized $149 thousand for this intangible for the year ended December 31, 2007.  The Company estimates amortization of $299 thousand for this intangible for each of the five succeeding fiscal years.

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” goodwill and indefinite-lived assets are tested for impairment on an annual basis.  The Company completed the required impairment tests during the second quarter of 2007 and concluded that these assets were not impaired.

3. SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

The following is a summary of affiliated transactions for those affiliates that are not consolidated in the Company’s financial statements.

The Company has agreements with Sun Life U.S. and certain affiliates, under which the Company receives, as requested, certain investment and administrative services on a cost-reimbursement basis.  Expenses under these agreements amounted to approximately $26.5 million, $14.5 million and $16.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

The Company had $9.8 million and $1.0 million due to related parties at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, and $16.1 million and $5.6 million due from related parties at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

During 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company paid $2.0 million, $1.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in commission fees to Sun Life Financial Distributors, Inc.

During the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, the Company paid $1.5 million and $2.8 million, respectively, in commission fees to Independent Financial Marketing Group, Inc. (“IFMG”).  Effective November 7, 2007, IFMG was sold by Sun Life Financial and is no longer an affiliate of the Company.  IFMG will continue to distribute the Company’s products.  For that period of time in 2007 for when it was still affiliated, the Company paid $1.0 million in commission fees to IFMG.

During 2007, 2006 and 2005, the Company paid $1.3 million, $1.3 million and 1.5 million, respectively, in investment advisory fees to Sun Capital Advisers LLC, a registered investment adviser.

Effective December 31, 2007, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with SLOC, under which SLOC will fund a portion of the AXXX reserves attributable to certain individual UL policies sold by the Company.  Under the agreement, the Company ceded, and SLOC assumed, on a funds withheld 90% coinsurance basis, certain in-force policies at December 31, 2007.  Future new business also will be reinsured under this agreement.  At December 31, 2007, pursuant to this agreement, the Company ceded $63.1 million of policyholder balances, and recorded a funds withheld payable to SLOC of $71.6 million.  The Company also has received from SLOC a ceding commission of $54.2 million and recorded a deferred gain of $45.7 million.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

3. SIGNIFICANT TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES (continued)

Effective May 31, 2007, Sun Life Financial completed its acquisition of EBG.  Also effective May 31, 2007, the Company entered into a series of agreements with SLHIC, one of the acquired companies, through which the New York-issued business of SLHIC was transferred to the Company.  These agreements include a 100% coinsurance agreement for all existing and future new business issued in New York, a renewal rights agreement under which the Company has exclusive rights to renew in-force business assumed under the reinsurance agreement and an administrative service agreement under which the Company has agreed to assume direct responsibility for all sales and administration of existing and new business issued in New York.  These agreements, in accordance SFAS No. 141, were treated as a transfer of net assets between entities under common control.  The Company paid $40 million of total consideration to SLHIC.  SLHIC transferred assets to the Company at a carrying value of approximately $72 million, including $38.7 million of goodwill and other intangibles, as well as policyholder and other liabilities of approximately $32 million.

As part of the SLHIC asset transfer, the Company received certain intangible assets totaling $31.3 million.  These include the value of distribution, VOBA, and VOCRA.  The value of distribution acquired of $7.5 million is subject to amortization on a straight-line basis over its projected economic life of 25 years.  VOBA of $7.6 million is subject to amortization based upon expected premium income over the period from acquisition to the first customer renewal, which is generally not more than two years.  VOCRA of $16.2 million is subject to amortization based upon expected premium income over the projected life of the inforce business acquired, which is 20 years.  For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded $0.1 million, $5.9 million, and $1.9 million for amortization of the value of distribution, VOBA, and VOCRA, respectively.

Goodwill and value of distribution related to this transaction also have been presented in Note 2.

As more fully described in Note 9, the Company participates in a pension plan and other post-retirement benefit plans sponsored by Sun Life U.S.
















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS

Fixed Maturities

The amortized cost and fair value of the Company’s fixed maturities were as follows (in 000’s):

 
December 31, 2007
     
Gross
 
Gross
   
 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Value
Available-for-sale fixed maturities:
                     
Non-corporate securities
                     
    Asset backed securities
$
23,653
 
$
75
 
$
(210)
 
$
23,518
    Collateralized mortgage obligations
 
74,027
   
441
   
(783)
   
73,685
    Mortgage-backed securities
 
4,780
   
123
   
   
4,903
    Foreign government and agency securities
 
3,570
   
129
   
   
3,699
    U.S. treasury and agency securities
 
4,999
   
414
   
   
5,413
Total non-corporate securities
 
111,029
   
1,182
   
(993)
   
111,218
Corporate securities
                     
    Basic industry
 
14,169
   
120
   
(272)
   
14,017
    Capital goods
 
80,959
   
624
   
(1,379)
   
80,204
    Communications
 
97,081
   
1,761
   
(1,066)
   
97,776
    Consumer cyclical
 
90,088
   
445
   
(3,970)
   
86,563
    Consumer noncyclical
 
54,292
   
436
   
(502)
   
54,226
    Energy
 
51,459
   
670
   
(457)
   
51,672
    Finance
 
658,821
   
1,868
   
(29,468)
   
631,221
    Technology
 
25,500
   
40
   
(405)
   
25,135
    Transportation
 
12,926
   
373
   
(267)
   
13,032
    Utilities
 
89,372
   
1,957
   
(917)
   
90,412
    Other
 
32,752
   
355
   
(15)
   
33,092
Total corporate securities
 
1,207,419
   
8,649
   
(38,718)
   
1,177,350
Total available-for-sale fixed maturities
$
1,318,448
 
$
9,831
 
$
(39,711)
 
$
1,288,568











 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (continued)

 
December 31, 2006
     
Gross
 
Gross
   
 
Amortized
 
Unrealized
 
Unrealized
 
Fair
 
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Value
Available-for-sale fixed maturities:
                     
Non-corporate securities
                     
    Asset backed securities
$
27,539
 
$
213
 
$
(171)
 
$
27,581
    Collateralized mortgage obligations
 
60,756
   
129
   
(514)
   
60,371
    Mortgage-backed securities
 
47,339
   
79
   
(707)
   
46,711
    Foreign government and agency securities
 
5,662
   
174
   
(20)
   
5,816
    U.S. treasury and agency securities
 
5,897
   
88
   
(4)
   
5,981
Total non-corporate securities
 
147,193
   
683
   
(1,416)
   
146,460
Corporate securities
                     
    Basic industry
 
8,057
   
152
   
(59)
   
8,150
    Capital goods
 
114,508
   
1,023
   
(494)
   
115,037
    Communications
 
142,346
   
1,619
   
(1,573)
   
142,392
    Consumer cyclical
 
119,327
   
740
   
(1,447)
   
118,620
    Consumer noncyclical
 
39,116
   
291
   
(308)
   
39,099
    Energy
 
43,472
   
472
   
(248)
   
43,696
    Finance
 
691,623
   
4,892
   
(2,482)
   
694,033
    Technology
 
7,000
   
-
   
(405)
   
6,595
    Transportation
 
27,481
   
331
   
(53)
   
27,759
    Utilities
 
97,842
   
2,202
   
(1,296)
   
98,748
    Other
 
22,112
   
344
   
(2)
   
22,454
Total corporate securities
 
1,312,884
   
12,066
   
(8,367)
   
1,316,583
Total available-for-sale fixed maturities
$
1,460,077
 
$
12,749
 
$
(9,783)
 
$
1,463,043






















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

The amortized cost and estimated fair value by maturity periods for fixed maturity investments are shown below (in 000’s).  Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities on ABS and MBS because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

   
December 31, 2007
   
Amortized Cost
 
Fair Value
Maturities of available-for-sale fixed securities:
         
 
Due in one year or less
$
76,790
 
$
76,236
 
Due after one year through five years
 
483,297
   
474,938
 
Due after five years through ten years
 
365,312
   
354,804
 
Due after ten years
 
290,589
   
280,484
 
Subtotal – Maturities available-for-sale
 
1,215,988
   
1,186,462
ABS, CMO and MBS securities
 
102,460
   
102,106
Total – Available-for-sale
$
1,318,448
 
$
1,288,568

Gross gains of $2.0 million, $3.4 million and $4.6 million, and gross losses of $1.0 million, $10.2 million and $3.2 million were realized on the sale of fixed maturities for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Fixed maturities with an amortized cost of approximately $0.4 million and $0.5 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, were on deposit with governmental authorities as required by law.

As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, 95.8% and 96.2%, respectively, of the Company’s fixed maturities were investment grade.  Investment grade securities are those that are rated “BBB” or better by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations.  The Company incurred realized losses totaling $4.8 million, $0.8 million and $5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, for other-than-temporary impairments.

















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (continued)

Overview of the Company's Investment Holdings and Portfolio Monitoring Processes

At December 31, 2007, the Company held $1.6 billion in invested assets and cash.  Of this balance, $1.3 billion was invested in fixed-maturity securities designated as available-for-sale.  Of the $1.3 billion of available-for-sale fixed maturities, securities with a fair value of $913.4 million were in an unrealized loss position totaling $39.7 million.  At December 31, 2007, 90.8% of securities in an unrealized loss position, based on fair value, were securities with fair value to amortized cost percentages of greater than or equal to 90%.  The total unrealized loss position for such securities was $24.3 million.

In the available-for-sale fixed maturity portfolio, securities with a fair value of $54.6 million, representing 3.4% of the total invested asset balance, were comprised of below-investment-grade or not-rated securities.  Of the total of the securities that were below-investment-grade or not-rated at December 31, 2007, securities with a fair value of $27.6 million, representing 1.7% of the total invested asset balance, were in an unrealized loss position that totaled $2.9 million.  At December 31, 2007, 72% of these securities in an unrealized loss position, based on fair value, were securities with fair value to amortized cost percentages of greater than or equal to 90%.

The Company’s portfolio monitoring process is designed to identify securities that may be other-than-temporarily impaired.  The Company has a Credit Committee comprised of professionals from the investment and accounting functions that meets at least quarterly to review individual issues or issuers that may be of concern.  The process involves a quarterly screening of all impaired securities, with particular attention given to identification of those securities whose fair value to amortized cost percentages have been less than 80% for an extended period of time.  Additionally, the Company screens all sales transactions which generated realized losses in excess of $150 thousand and 10% of amortized cost in order to identify identical securities or issuers which the Company continues to hold.  Discrete credit events, such as a ratings downgrade, are also used to identify securities that may be other-than-temporarily impaired.  The securities identified are then evaluated based on issuer-specific facts and circumstances, such as the issuer’s ability to meet current and future interest and principal payments, an evaluation of the issuer’s financial condition and its near term recovery prospects, difficulties being experienced by an issuer’s parent or affiliate, and management’s assessment of the outlook for the issuer’s sector.  Based on this evaluation, issues or issuers are considered for inclusion on one of the Company’s following credit lists:

“Monitor List” – Management has concluded that the fair value will increase enough to recover the Company’s amortized cost but that changes in issuer-specific facts and circumstances require monitoring on a quarterly basis.  As of December 31, 2007, no securities were included on the Company’s Monitor List.

“Watch List” – Management has concluded that the fair value will increase enough to recover the Company’s amortized cost but that changes in issuer-specific facts and circumstances require continued monitoring during the quarter.  As of December 31, 2007, securities with an amortized cost of $11.4 million and a fair value of $10.4 million were included on the Company’s Watch List.  A security is moved from the Monitor List to the Watch List when changes in issuer-specific facts and circumstances increase the possibility that a security may become impaired within the next 24 months.

“Impaired List” – Management has concluded that the fair value will not increase enough to recover the Company’s amortized cost and an other-than-temporary impairment charge is recorded to income or the security is sold and a realized loss is recorded as a charge to income.  Impairments are classified as either credit-related or interest-related.  The Company categorizes impairments as credit-related if there are current concerns regarding the issuers’ ability to pay all principal and interest amounts due, according to the contractual terms of the security or if the decline in fair value of the security is driven by issuer-specific credit events.  The Company characterizes impairments as interest-related if the depression in fair value of the security was due to changes in interest or general credit spread widening and for which the Company has determined it no longer has the intent or ability to hold a security until recovery to amortized cost.  For the year ended December 31, 2007, other-than-temporary impairments of $4.8 million were recorded as a charge to income.  Of this balance, all impairments were deemed to be credit-related.





 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005


4. INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

Overview of the Company's Investment Holdings and Portfolio Monitoring Processes (continued)

At each balance sheet date, management also evaluates securities in an unrealized loss position and determines if the Company has the intent and ability to hold the securities until recovery.  If events or circumstances change, such as unexpected changes in the creditworthiness of the issuer, unanticipated changes in interest rates and/or credit spreads, changes in tax laws or accounting rules, changes in statutory capital requirements, or greater than expected liquidity needs, management will reconsider whether the Company has the intent and ability to hold a security until recovery.  If subsequent to the balance sheet date and due to an unexpected change in circumstances, the Company determines that it no longer intends to hold a security until recovery, a loss is recognized in net income in the period in which the intent to hold to recovery no longer exists.

There are inherent risks and uncertainties in management’s evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment.  These risks and uncertainties include factors both external and internal to the Company, such as general economic conditions, an issuer’s financial condition or near-term recovery prospects, market interest rates, unforeseen events which affect one or more issuers or industry sectors, and portfolio management parameters, including asset mix, interest rate risk, portfolio diversification, duration matching, and greater than expected liquidity needs.  All of these factors could impact management’s evaluation of securities for other-than-temporary impairment.

The Company discontinues accruing income on all of its holdings for issuers that are in default.  Investment income would not have increased materially if these holdings had been performing.
























 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

Overview of the Company's Investment Holdings and Portfolio Monitoring Processes (continued)

Unrealized Losses

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses of the Company’s available-for-sale fixed maturity investments, which were deemed to be temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category, industry sector, number of securities, and length of time that the individual securities had been in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2007 (dollar amounts in 000’s):

 
Less than Twelve Months
Twelve Months or More
Total
 
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized Losses
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized Losses
Non-Corporate Securities
                 
Asset backed securities
-
$                -
$                - 
16
$     12,806
$         (210)
16
$     12,806
$         (210)
Collateralized mortgage obligations
 
7
 
7,941
 
(69)
 
28
 
31,957
 
(714)
 
35
 
39,898
 
(783)
 
Total Non-Corporate
 
7
 
7,941
 
(69)
 
44
 
44,763
 
(924)
 
51
 
52,704
 
(993)
 
Corporate Securities
                 
Basic industry
5
8,461
(237)
1
962
(35)
6
9,423
(272)
Capital goods
14
52,401
(1,105)
3
7,918
(274)
17
60,319
(1,379)
Communications
15
46,697
(489)
6
7,572
(577)
21
54,269
(1,066)
Consumer cyclical
20
45,627
(2,158)
8
18,374
(1,812)
28
64,001
(3,970)
Consumer noncyclical
4
18,084
(113)
3
5,422
(389)
7
23,506
(502)
Energy
8
27,776
(401)
3
2,078
(56)
11
29,854
(457)
Finance
131
489,555
(25,280)
36
48,825
(4,188)
167
538,380
(29,468)
Technology
4
15,938
(44)
1
6,639
(361)
5
22,577
(405)
Transportation
6
5,557
(237)
1
739
(30)
7
6,296
(267)
Utilities
16
21,624
(251)
11
21,019
(666)
27
42,643
(917)
Other
5
7,393
(1)
1
2,015
(14)
6
9,408
(15)
Total Corporate Securities
228
739,113
(30,316)
74
121,563
(8,402)
302
860,676
(38,718)
 
Grand Total
 
235
 
$    747,054
 
$     (30,385)
 
118
 
$   166,326
 
$      (9,326)
 
353
 
$   913,380
 
$    (39,711)
















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

Overview of the Company's Investment Holdings and Portfolio Monitoring Processes (continued)

Unrealized Losses (continued)

The following table shows the fair value and gross unrealized losses of the Company’s available-for-sale fixed maturity investments, which were deemed to be temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category, industry sector, number of securities, and length of time that the individual securities had been in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2006 (dollar amounts in 000’s):

 
Less than Twelve Months
Twelve Months or More
Total
 
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized
Losses
 
 
#
 
Fair
Value
Gross
Unrealized Losses
Non-Corporate Securities
                 
Asset backed securities
-
$              -
$              - 
4
$      8,593
$        (171)
4
$      8,593
$        (171)
Collateralized mortgage obligations
 
4
 
6,530
 
(38)
 
16
 
28,111
 
(476)
 
20
 
34,641
 
(514)
Mortgage-backed securities
8
5,191
(28)
27
30,088
(679)
35
35,279
(707)
Foreign government and
agency securities
 
-
 
-
 
- 
 
1
 
985
 
(20)
 
1
 
985
 
(20)
U.S. treasury and agency
securities
 
1
 
315
 
(3)
 
1
 
747
 
(1)
 
2
 
1,062
 
(4)
 
Total Non-Corporate
 
13
 
12,036
 
(69)
 
49
 
68,524
 
(1,347)
 
62
 
80,560
 
(1,416)
 
Corporate Securities
                 
Basic industry
-
- 
2
1,960
(59)
2
1,960
(59)
Capital goods
4
16,008
(53)
4
15,147
(442)
8
31,155
(495)
Communications
6
16,214
(114)
16
32,831
(1,459)
22
49,045
(1,573)
Consumer cyclical
9
22,117
(223)
15
57,674
(1,224)
24
79,791
(1,447)
Consumer noncyclical
2
3,157
(76)
3
4,567
(231)
5
7,724
(307)
Energy
4
6,636
(116)
3
3,186
(132)
7
9,822
(248)
Finance
27
82,283
(529)
32
66,138
(1,953)
59
148,421
(2,482)
Technology
-
- 
1
6,595
(405)
1
6,595
(405)
Transportation
2
3,674
(24)
1
793
(29)
3
4,467
(53)
Utilities
9
11,438
(196)
10
27,897
(1,100)
19
39,335
(1,296)
Other
1
2,020
(2)
-
- 
1
2,020
(2)
Total Corporate
64
163,547
(1,333)
87
216,788
(7,034)
151
380,335
(8,367)
 
Grand Total
 
77
 
$  175,583
 
$     (1,402)
 
136
 
$  285,312
 
$  (8,381)
 
213
 
$  460,895
 
$     (9,783)

The Company’s available-for-sale fixed maturity gross unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2007 was $29.9 million greater than at December 31, 2006.  The increase in unrealized losses was primarily due to general credit spread widening, partially offset by a decrease in interest rates.  Credit spreads widened primarily due to the deterioration of the sub-prime mortgage market and other liquidity disruptions, impacting the overall credit market.

Deterioration in the U.S. housing market, combined with tightened lending conditions and the market’s flight to quality securities, as well as the increased likelihood of a U.S. recession, also caused credit spreads to widen considerably.  The sectors and industries most significantly impacted include mortgage originators, home builders, financial lenders, residential and commercial mortgage-backed investments, and other structured products, including consumer loan backed investments.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

Overview of the Company's Investment Holdings and Portfolio Monitoring Processes (continued)

Unrealized Losses (continued)

The sectors in the Company’s portfolio that recognized the largest unrealized losses were the Finance and Consumer Cyclical sectors.  As of December 31, 2007, there were 167 securities accounting for unrealized losses of $29.5 million in the Finance sector.  Of these unrealized losses, 98.6% were related to investment-grade issues (rated AAA through BBB-).  As of December 31, 2007, there were 28 securities accounting for unrealized losses of $4.0 million in the Consumer Cyclical sector.  Of these unrealized losses, 49.5% were related to investment-grade issues (rated AAA through BBB-).  All securities held at December 31, 2007 were subject to the Company’s portfolio monitoring process.

Because securities issued by the same issuer with different CUSIP numbers typically have different investment characteristics, such as secured or unsecured, shorter or longer maturities, or different interest rates, management’s analyses of unrealized and realized losses are performed at the CUSIP number level.  The Company also considers the credit condition of issuers at the entity level and considers various issues affecting an issuer collectively as facts and circumstances warrant.

Realized Losses

The sales of securities in the year ended December 31, 2007, which were in an unrealized loss position at the time of sale were primarily due to actual liquidity needs that were different from anticipated liquidity needs.  Management responded by selling certain securities that were in an unrealized gain position and by reconsidering the Company’s intent to hold certain securities that were in an unrealized loss position until recovery and selling them at a loss.  The objective of these sales was to keep the portfolio optimally balanced and diversified with respect to asset mix, interest rate risk, yield, duration, and credit quality.

During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded realized losses totaling $0.6 million on sales of securities with an aggregate fair value of $46.9 million.  The average percentage of selling price to amortized cost was 98.6%.  The largest single trading loss during the year ended December 31, 2007 was $0.2 million.

Mortgage Loans

The Company invests in commercial first mortgage loans throughout the United States.  Investments are diversified by property type and geographic area.  Mortgage loans are collateralized by the related properties and generally are no more than 75% of each property’s value at the time that the original loan is made.

The Company monitors the condition of the mortgage loans in its portfolio.  In those cases where mortgages have been restructured, appropriate allowances for losses have been made.  In those cases where, in management’s judgment, the mortgage loan’s value has been impaired, appropriate losses are recorded.  The Company had no restructured mortgage loans at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.












 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

Mortgage Loans (continued)

Mortgage loans comprise the following property types (in 000’s):

 
December 31,
Property Type:
2007
 
2006
Office building
$
47,284
 
$
52,777
Residential
 
1,609
   
1,700
Retail
 
79,356
   
66,564
Industrial/warehouse
 
32,672
   
31,842
Other
 
9,520
   
8,645
Valuation allowance
 
(236)
   
(236)
           
Total
$
170,205
 
$
161,292

Mortgage loans comprise the following geographic regions (in 000’s):

 
December 31,
Geographic region:
2007
 
2006
Alabama
$
1,838
 
$
-
Arizona
 
6,322
   
5,485
California
 
5,579
   
10,481
Colorado
 
9,812
   
5,773
Delaware
 
-
   
11,279
Florida
 
16,151
   
22,592
Georgia
 
8,453
   
7,206
Idaho
 
578
   
594
Illinois
 
1,919
   
1,987
Indiana
 
6,722
   
6,114
Kansas
 
2,664
   
2,729
Louisiana
 
1,475
   
-
Maryland
 
9,972
   
10,345
Massachusetts
 
486
   
536
Michigan
 
3,136
   
324
Minnesota
 
528
   
550
Mississippi
 
738
   
770
Missouri
 
8,266
   
7,297
Nevada
 
57
   
1,184
New Jersey
 
6,598
   
9,305
New Mexico
 
697
   
-
New York
 
17,357
   
15,256
North Carolina
 
3,018
   
3,261
Ohio
 
11,252
   
9,806
Oregon
 
994
   
-
Pennsylvania
 
10,163
   
7,360
South Carolina
 
-
   
537
Tennessee
 
2,100
   
-
Texas
 
27,725
   
14,535
Utah
 
2,292
   
2,492
Virginia
 
3,549
   
3,730
Valuation allowance
 
(236)
   
(236)
Total
$
170,205
 
$
161,292





 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

4. INVESTMENTS (Continued)

Mortgage Loans (continued)

At December 31, 2007, scheduled mortgage loan maturities were as follows (in 000’s):

2008
$
4,699
2009
 
192
2010
 
1,027
2011
 
11,440
2012
 
5,173
Thereafter
 
147,674
Total
$
170,205

Actual maturities could differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to prepay obligations, with or without prepayment penalties, and loans may be refinanced.

The Company has made funding commitments of mortgage loans on real estate and other loans into the future.  The outstanding funding commitments for these mortgages amounted to $3.4 million and $7.8 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Securities Lending

On May 1, 2006, the Company established a securities lending program which requires the borrower to provide collateral on a daily basis in amounts in excess of 102% of the fair value of the applicable securities loaned.  The Company retains effective control over all loaned securities and, therefore, continues to report such loaned securities as fixed maturities in its consolidated balance sheet.

Cash collateral received on securities lending transactions is reflected in other invested assets with an offsetting liability recognized in other liabilities for the obligation to return the collateral.  The fair value of collateral held and included in other invested assets was $69.1 million and $65.8 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.  Fee income earned on securities lending transactions was $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.



















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005


5. NET REALIZED INVESTMENT LOSSES

Net realized investment losses consisted of the following for the years ended December 31 (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                 
Fixed maturities
$
1,028 
 
$
(6,834)
 
$
1,462 
Mortgage loans
 
(21)
   
   
- 
Short-term investments
 
18 
   
   
(2)
Other-than-temporary impairments
 
(4,823)
   
(771)
   
(5,546)
Sales of previously impaired assets
 
311 
   
1,524 
   
- 
Total
$
(3,487)
 
$
(6,081)
 
$
(4,086)


6. NET INVESTMENT INCOME

Net investment income consisted of the following for the years ended December 31 (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                 
Fixed maturities
$
84,065 
 
$
88,091 
 
$
87,428 
Mortgage loans
 
11,249 
   
10,017 
   
8,500 
Other
 
266 
   
591 
   
(211)
Gross investment income
 
95,580 
   
98,699 
   
95,717 
Less: Investment expenses
 
1,271 
   
1,334 
   
1,453 
Net investment income
$
94,309 
 
$
97,365 
 
$
94,264 





















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

7. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

SFAS No. 107, “Disclosure about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,” excludes certain insurance liabilities and other non-financial instruments from its disclosure requirements.  The fair value amounts presented herein do not include the expected interest margin (interest earnings over interest credited) to be earned in the future on investment-type products or other intangible items.  Accordingly, the aggregate fair value amounts presented herein do not necessarily represent the underlying value to the Company.  Likewise, care should be exercised in deriving conclusions about the Company's business or financial condition based on the fair value information presented herein.

The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments at December 31 (in 000’s):

     
 2007
 
 2006
     
  Carrying
  Estimated
 
  Carrying
  Estimated
     
  Amount
  Fair Value
 
  Amount
  Fair Value
Financial assets:
         
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$          65,901
$          65,901
 
$          54,231
$          54,231
 
Fixed maturities
1,288,568
1,288,568
 
1,463,043
1,463,043
 
Equity securities
-
-
 
17
17
 
Mortgage loans
170,205
172,128
 
161,292
162,268
 
Policy loans
118
118
 
139
139
 
Separate account assets
929,008
929,008
 
796,827
796,827
           
Financial liabilities:
         
 
Contractholder deposit funds and other policy liabilities
 
1,285,259
 
1,187,534
 
 
1,437,396
 
1,397,225
 
Separate account liabilities
929,008
929,008
 
796,827
796,827

The following methods were used by the Company in determining the estimated fair value of its financial instruments:

Cash and cash equivalents: The fair values of cash and cash equivalents are estimated to be cost plus accrued interest.

Fixed maturities and equity securities: The Company determines the fair value of its publicly-traded fixed maturities using four primary pricing methods: third-party pricing services, independent dealer quotes, pricing matrices, and pricing models.  Prices are first sought from third-party pricing services; the remaining unpriced securities are priced using one of the remaining three methods.  Third-party pricing services derive the security prices through recently reported trades for identical or similar securities with adjustments for trading volumes and market observable information through the reporting date.  In the event that there are no recent market trades, pricing services and brokers may use pricing matrices and models to develop a security price based on future expected cash flows discounted at an estimated market rate using collateral performance and vintages.

Structured securities, such as CMO, CMBS, and ABS, are priced using a matrix, fair value model or independent broker quotations.  CMBS securities, which are a subset of the Company's CMO holdings, are priced using the last sale price of the day or a broker quote, if no sales were transacted that day.  Other CMOs and ABS are priced using matrices, models and independent broker quotations.  Typical inputs used by these three pricing methods include, but are not limited to, reported trades, benchmark yields, issuer spreads, bids and/or estimated cash flows and prepayment speeds.  In addition, estimates of expected future prepayments are factors in determining the price of ABS, MBS, CMBS, and CMO.  These estimates are based on the underlying collateral and structure of the security, as well as prepayment speeds previously experienced in the market at interest rate levels projected for the underlying collateral.  Actual prepayment experience may vary from these estimates.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

7. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Continued)

For privately-placed fixed maturities, fair values are estimated using matrices, which take into account credit spreads for publicly-traded securities of similar credit risk, maturity, prepayment and liquidity characteristics.  A portion of privately-placed fixed maturities are also priced using market prices or dealer quotes.  The fair values of mortgages are estimated by discounting future cash flows using current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

The fair value of equity securities are based on quoted market prices.  Equity securities are included as a component of other invested assets.

Mortgage loans: The fair values of mortgage are estimated by discounting future cash flows using current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities.

Policy loans: Policy loans are stated at unpaid principal balances, which approximate fair value.

Separate account assets and liabilities: The estimated fair value of assets held in separate accounts is based on quoted market prices.  The fair value of liabilities related to separate accounts is the amount payable on demand, which excludes surrender charges.

Contractholder deposit funds and other policy liabilities: The fair values of the Company’s general account insurance reserves and contractholder deposits under investment-type contracts (insurance, annuity and pension contracts that do not involve mortality or morbidity risks) are estimated using discounted cash flow analyses or surrender values based on interest rates currently being offered for similar contracts with maturities consistent with those remaining for all contracts being valued.  Those contracts that are deemed to have short-term guarantees have a carrying amount equal to the estimated market value.  The fair values of other deposits with future maturity dates are estimated using discounted cash flows.  GMABs and GMWBs are considered to be derivatives under SFAS No. 133, and are included in contractholder deposit funds.  The fair value of the embedded derivatives is calculated stochastically using risk neutral scenarios over a fifty-year projection.  Policyholder assumptions are based on experience studies and industry standards.


















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

8. REINSURANCE

Reinsurance ceded contracts do not relieve the Company from its obligations to policyholders.  The Company remains liable to its policyholders for the portion reinsured to the extent that any reinsurer does not meet the obligations assumed under the reinsurance agreement.  To minimize its exposure to significant losses from reinsurer insolvencies, the Company regularly evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentrations of credit risk.  Management believes that any liability from this contingency is unlikely.  The following discussion is organized by the Company’s business segments involved in reinsurance agreements.  Additional information on the Company's business segments is presented in Note 15.

Group Protection Segment

The Company has an agreement with an unrelated company whereby the unrelated company reinsures the mortality risks of the Company’s group life contracts.  Under this agreement, certain group life mortality benefits are reinsured on a yearly- renewable term basis.  The agreement provides that the unrelated company will reinsure amounts in excess of $0.7 million per claim for group life contracts ceded by the Company.

The Company has an agreement with an unrelated company whereby the unrelated company reinsures the morbidity risks of the Company’s group stop loss contracts.  Under this agreement, certain stop loss benefits are reinsured on a yearly-renewable term basis.  The agreement provides that the unrelated company will reinsure specific claims for amounts in excess of $1.0 million per claim for stop loss contracts ceded by the Company.  The retention limit was raised to $1.5 million for policies sold or renewed on or after January 1, 2006.

The Company has an agreement with an unrelated company whereby the unrelated company reinsures the morbidity risks of the Company’s group long-term disability contracts.  Under this agreement, certain long-term disability benefits are reinsured on a yearly-renewable term basis.  The agreement provides that the unrelated company will reinsure amounts in excess of $4 thousand per claim per month for long-term disability contracts ceded by the Company.  The retention limit was raised to $9 thousand per claim per month for claims incurred on or after January 1, 2006.

The Company has an agreement with an unrelated company whereby the unrelated company reinsures 100% of the risks on a quota share basis for certain specific group life and disability policies.

The Company has an agreement, effective May 31, 2007, to assume the net risks of an affiliate, SLHIC, for its New York-issued policies.

The effects of reinsurance were as follows (in 000’s):

       
For the Years Ended December 31,
       
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                       
Premiums and annuity considerations:
               
 
Direct
$
47,194
 
$
40,773
 
$
34,863
 
Assumed – Affiliated
 
46,582
   
-
   
-
 
Ceded – Non-affiliated
 
2,894
   
2,451
   
2,616
Net premiums and annuity considerations
$
90,882
 
$
38,322
 
$
32,247
                       
Policyowner benefits:
           
 
Direct
$
43,967
 
$
31,579
 
$
27,388
 
Assumed – Affiliated
 
30,018
   
-
   
-
 
Ceded – Non-affiliated
 
4,676
   
2,322
   
1,725
Net policyowner benefits
$
69,309
 
$
29,257
 
$
25,663


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

8. REINSURANCE (Continued)

Group Protection Segment (continued)

The Company is contingently liable for the portion of the policies reinsured under each of its existing reinsurance agreements in the event the reinsurance companies are unable to pay their portion of any reinsured claim.  Management believes that any liability from this contingency is unlikely.  However, to limit the possibility of such losses, the Company regularly evaluates the financial condition of its reinsurers and monitors concentration of credit risk.

The following schedule reflects related party reinsurance information as recorded in income for the year ended December 31, 2007 (in 000's).

       
2007
           
Assumed premiums
$
46,582
Assumed benefits, included in policyowner benefits
$
30,018
Assumed commissions, included in other operating expenses
$
4,583

The Company had no related party reinsurance transactions for the years ended December 31, 2006 or 2005.

Individual Protection Segment

Effective December 31, 2007, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with SLOC, under which SLOC will fund a portion of the AXXX reserves attributable to certain individual UL policies sold by the Company.  Under the agreement, the Company ceded, and SLOC assumed, on a funds withheld 90% coinsurance basis, certain in-force policies at December 31, 2007.  Future new business also will be reinsured under this agreement.  At December 31, 2007, pursuant to this agreement, the Company ceded $63.1 million of policyholder balances, and recorded a funds withheld payable to SLOC of $71.6 million.  The Company also has received from SLOC a ceding commission of $54.2 million and recorded a deferred gain of $45.7 million.

9.  RETIREMENT PLANS

Pension Plan

The Company participates in a non-contributory defined benefit pension plan (the “Pension Plan”) that is sponsored by Sun Life U.S., which is directly liable for the related obligations.  Benefits under the Pension Plan are based on years of service and employees’ average compensation.  The Company is allocated a portion of the Pension Plan’s expenses, or allocated a credit if expected return on plan assets exceeds the Pension Plan’s expenses.  The allocated (credit) expenses were $(165) thousand, $(38) thousand and $211 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.  Included in the 2005 allocation is a curtailment charge of $205 thousand related to changes in the Pension Plan.

401(k) Savings Plan

The Company participates in a savings plan that qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plan”) sponsored by Sun Life U.S. for which substantially all employees of at least age 21 are eligible to participate at date of hire.  Employer contributions are matched up to a specified amount of the employee’s contributions to the 401(k) Plan.  The Company’s portion of this employer contribution was $21 thousand, $45 thousand, and $16 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.




 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

9.  RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)

Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

The Company participates in a plan sponsored by Sun Life U.S. that provides certain health, dental and life insurance benefits (“post-retirement benefits”) for retired employees and dependents.  Substantially all employees of the participating companies may become eligible for these benefits if they reach normal retirement age, or retire early upon satisfying an alternate age-plus-service condition.  Life insurance benefits are generally set at a fixed amount.  The Company is allocated a portion of these post-retirement benefit plan expenses.  The allocated expenses were $9 thousand, $13 thousand and $8 thousand for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

10. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The Company adopted FIN 48 on January 1, 2007.  FIN 48 establishes a comprehensive reporting model which addresses how a business entity should recognize, measure, present and disclose uncertain tax positions that the entity has taken or plans to take on a tax return.

As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company recognized an increase of $38 thousand in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits (“UTBs”) and related net interest, which was accounted for as a reduction to the January 1, 2007 balance of retained earnings.  The liability for UTBs related to permanent and temporary tax adjustments, exclusive of interest, was $2.5 million as of December 31, 2007 ($0.6 million as of January 1, 2007).  Of this total, $256 thousand of tax benefits would favorably affect the Company’s effective tax rate if the tax benefits were recognized in the financial statements.  In addition, consistent with the provisions of FIN 48, the Company reclassified $2.3 million of income taxes from deferred tax liabilities to accrued expenses and taxes at December 31, 2007.

The net increase in the tax liability, excluding accrued interest, of $1,966 thousand since the date of adoption resulted from the following (in 000’s):

Balance at January 1, 2007
 
$            554
Gross increases related to tax positions in prior years
 
2,464
Gross decreases related to tax positions in prior years
 
(498)
Gross increases related to tax positions in current year
 
-
Settlements
 
-
Close of tax examinations / statutes of limitations
 
-
     
Balance at December 31, 2007
     
$         2,520

The Company records interest and penalties related to income taxes as a component of other income or expense in the consolidated statements of operations.  The Company recognized $38 thousand of net interest and penalties as at January 1, 2007.  During the years ended December 31, 2007, the Company recognized an additional $75 thousand in gross interest and penalties related to UTBs.

While the Company expects the amount of unrecognized tax liabilities to change in the next twelve months, it does not expect the change to have a significant impact on its results of operations or financial position.

The Company’s federal income tax returns are periodically audited by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), and provisions are made in the consolidated financial statements in anticipation of the results of these audits.  In August 2006, the IRS issued a Revenue Agent’s Report for the Company’s tax years 2001 and 2002.  The Company is currently at the Appeals Division of the IRS with respect to the tax years 2001 and 2002.  In the first quarter of 2007, the IRS commenced an examination of the Company’s U.S. federal income tax returns for the tax years 2003 and 2004.  This examination is anticipated to be completed by August 1, 2008.  While the final outcome of the appeal and ongoing tax examinations is not determinable, the Company does not believe that any adjustments would be material to its financial position.


 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

10. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES (continued)

The Company's accounting records for tax years 2001 through 2007 remain subject to examination by the IRS.

The Company will participate in a consolidated federal income tax return with Sun Life U.S. and other affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2007.  The Company filed a stand-alone federal income tax return for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005.  A summary of the components of federal income tax expense (benefit) in the statements of income for the years ended December 31, is as follows (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
Federal income tax expense (benefit):
               
   Current
$
8,651 
 
$
(2,783)
 
$
3,225 
   Deferred
 
290 
   
10,193 
   
(947)
                 
Total federal income tax expense
$
8,941 
 
$
7,410 
 
$
2,278 

Federal income taxes attributable to operations are different from the amounts determined by multiplying income before federal income taxes by the statutory federal income tax rate of 35%.  The Company’s effective rate differed from the statutory federal income tax rate as follows (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
                 
Federal income tax expense at statutory rate
$
9,571 
 
$
8,275 
 
$
2,702 
Prior year adjustments, including settlements
 
(208)
   
(340)
   
(424)
Separate account dividend received deduction
 
(438)
   
(525)
   
Other permanent items
 
16 
   
   
                 
Total federal income tax expense
$
8,941 
 
$
7,410 
 
$
2,278 

Net deferred income tax (liabilities) assets represent the tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities used for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes.  The components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31 were as follows (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
           
Deferred tax assets:
         
   Actuarial liabilities
$
31,025 
 
$
4,555 
   Net operating loss
 
   
7,954 
   Investments, net
 
1,532 
   
762 
           
Total deferred tax assets
 
32,557 
   
13,271 
           
Deferred tax liabilities:
         
   Deferred policy acquisition costs
 
(31,110)
   
(18,836)
   Other
 
(2,492)
   
(1,388)
           
Total deferred tax liabilities
 
(33,602)
   
(20,224)
           
Net deferred tax liability
$
(1,045)
 
$
(6,953)

The Company had a federal income tax payment of $67 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2007.  The Company had no net income tax payments for the year ended December 31, 2006.  The Company received income tax refunds of approximately $274 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2005.




 
 

 


SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

11. LIABILITY FOR UNPAID CLAIMS AND CLAIMS ADJUSTMENT EXPENSES

Activity in the liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expenses, which is related to the Company’s stop loss, group life and group disability insurance products is summarized below (in 000’s):

   
2007
 
2006
             
Balance at January 1
$
36,689
 
$
33,141
Less: reinsurance recoverable
 
(5,906)
   
(5,886)
Net balance at January 1
 
30,783
   
27,255
Incurred related to:
         
 
Current year
 
96,377
   
26,644
 
Prior years
 
(1,805)
   
(1,294)
Total incurred
 
94,572
   
25,350
Paid losses related to:
         
 
Current year
 
(47,531)
   
(14,881)
 
Prior years
 
(8,867)
   
(6,941)
Total paid
 
(56,398)
   
(21,822)
             
Balance at December 31
 
74,878
   
36,689
Less: reinsurance recoverable
 
(5,921)
   
(5,906)
Net balance at December 31
$
68,957
 
$
30,783

The Company regularly updates its estimates of liabilities for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expenses as new information becomes available and events occur which may impact the resolution of unsettled claims.  Changes in prior estimates are recorded in results of operations in the year such changes are determined.

As a result of changes in estimates of insured events in prior years, the liability for unpaid claims and claims adjustment expense decreased by $1.8 million and $1.3 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively.  The favorable development experienced in both years was driven mainly by better than expected loss experience in group life.



















 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

12.  LIABILITIES FOR CONTRACT GUARANTEES

As disclosed in Note 1, the Company records its reserves for GMDBs in accordance with SOP 03-1, whereby the expected benefits provided by the guarantees are spread over the duration of the contract in proportion to the benefit assessments.  The major provisions of SOP 03-1 that affect the Company require:

Establishment of reserves primarily related to death benefit and income benefit guarantees provided under variable annuity contracts.
Deferral of sales inducements that meet certain criteria, and amortization using the same method used for DAC.
Reporting and measuring the Company’s interest in its separate accounts as investments.

The Company offers various guarantees to certain policyholders including a return of no less than (a) total deposits made on the contract adjusted for any customer withdrawals, (b) total deposits made on the contract adjusted for any customer withdrawals plus a minimum return, or (c) the highest contract value on a specified anniversary date minus any customer withdrawals following the contract anniversary.  These guarantees include benefits that are payable in the event of death, upon annuitization, or at specified dates during the accumulation period of an annuity.

The table below represents information regarding the Company’s variable annuity contracts with guarantees at December 31, 2007 (in 000’s):

 
Benefit Type
 
Account Balance
Net Amount
at Risk (a)
Average
Attained Age
Minimum Death
$
1,005,573
$
24,860
63.8
Minimum Accumulation or
Withdrawal
 
$
 
395,132
 
$
 
581
 
60.7

(a) Net amount at risk represents the difference between the guaranteed benefit and account balance.

The table below represents information regarding the Company’s variable annuity contracts with guarantees at December 31, 2006 (in 000’s):

 
Benefit Type
 
Account Balance
Net Amount
at Risk (a)
Average
Attained Age
Minimum Death
$
895,458
$
31,752
63.8
Minimum Accumulation or
Withdrawal
 
$
 
232,257
 
$
 
6
 
60.2

(a) Net amount at risk represents the difference between the guaranteed benefit and account balance.











 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

12.  LIABILITIES FOR CONTRACT GUARANTEES (continued)

The following roll-forward summarizes the reserve for the GMDB for the years ended December 31, (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
Balance at January 1
$
681
 
$
681
Benefit Ratio Change / Assumption Changes
 
183
   
84
Incurred guaranteed benefits
 
603
   
840
Paid guaranteed benefits
 
(806) 
   
(972) 
Interest
 
49
   
48
           
Balance at December 31
$
710
 
$
681

Because the Company has not issued products that contain a guaranteed minimum income benefit (“GMIB”), there was no requirement for a GMIB reserve as of December 31, 2007.

The liability for death benefit guarantees is established equal to a benefit ratio multiplied by the cumulative contract charges earned, plus accrued interest and less contract benefit payments.  The benefit ratio is calculated as the estimated present value of all expected contract benefits divided by the present value of all expected contract charges.  The benefit ratio may be in excess of 100%.  For guarantees in the event of death, benefits represent the current guaranteed minimum death payments in excess of the current account balance.  For guarantees at annuitization, benefits represent the present value of the minimum guaranteed annuity benefits in excess of the current account balance.

Projected benefits and assessments used in determining the liability for guarantees are developed using models and stochastic scenarios that are also used in the development of estimated future gross profits.  Underlying assumptions for the liability related to income benefits include assumed future annuitization elections based upon factors such as eligibility conditions and the annuitant’s attained age.

The liability for guarantees is re-evaluated regularly, and adjustments are made to the liability balance through a charge or credit to policyowner benefits.

GMABs and GMWBs are considered to be derivatives under SFAS No. 133, and are recorded at fair value through earnings.  The fair value of the embedded derivatives is calculated stochastically using risk neutral scenarios over a fifty-year projection.  Policyholder assumptions are based on experience studies.  The net balance of GMABs and GMWBs constituted (a liability) an asset in the amount of $(3.6) million and $0.4 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

13. DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS

The changes in DAC for the years ended December 31 were as follow (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
           
Balance at January 1
$
85,021 
 
$
80,640 
Acquisition costs deferred
 
32,796 
   
24,163 
Amortized to expense during year
 
(12,138)
   
(18,422)
Adjustment related to change in unrealized
         
     investment (gains) losses during year
 
12,447 
   
(1,360)
Balance at December 31
$
118,126 
 
$
85,021 






 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

14. VALUE OF BUSINESS AND CUSTOMER RENEWALS ACQUIRED

The changes in VOBA and VOCRA for the year ended December 31, 2007 were as follows (in 000's):

 
2007
     
Balance at January 1
$
Amount capitalized resulting from the SLHIC asset transfer
 
23,854 
Amortized to expense during the year
 
(7,783) 
Balance at December 31
$
16,071 

Additions to VOBA and VOCRA were a result of the SLHIC asset transfer, as described in Note 1.  VOBA transferred was $7.6 million and VOCRA transferred was $16.2 million.

15. SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company conducts business principally in three operating segments and maintains a Corporate Segment to provide for the capital needs of the three operating segments and to engage in other financing-related activities.  Each segment is defined consistently with the way results are evaluated by the chief operating decision-maker.

Net investment income is allocated based on segmented assets by line of business.  Allocations of operating expenses among segments are made using both standard rates and actual expenses incurred.  Management evaluates the results of the operating segments on an after-tax basis.  The Company does not materially depend on one or a few customers, brokers or agents for a significant portion of its operations.

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted a new capital allocation methodology for measurement of segment operating results to be more closely aligned with rating agency standards.  The changes impact the amount of capital and income on capital that is allocated to the Company’s Wealth Management, Individual Protection and Group Protection Segments from the Corporate Segment.

Wealth Management

The Wealth Management Segment markets, sells and administers fixed and variable annuity products.

Group Protection

The Group Protection Segment markets, sells and administers group life, stop loss, long-term disability and short-term disability, and group dental insurance products.  These products are sold to small and mid-size employers that provide group benefits for their employees.

Individual Protection

The Individual Protection Segment markets, sells and administers universal life insurance, variable universal life insurance and conversions from the Company’s group life product.

Corporate

The Corporate Segment includes the unallocated capital of the Company and items not otherwise attributable to the other segments.




 
 

 

 SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

15. SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued)

The following amounts pertained to the various business segments (in 000’s):

Year ended December 31, 2007
 
 
Wealth
 
Group
 
Individual
       
 
Management
 
Protection
 
Protection
 
Corporate
 
Totals
Total Revenues
$
93,074 
 
$
93,253 
 
$
15,646 
 
$
2,412 
 
$
204,385 
Total Expenditures
 
80,877 
   
93,232 
   
7,019 
   
(4,091)
   
177,037 
Pretax Income
 
12,197 
   
21 
   
8,627 
   
6,503 
   
27,348 
                             
Net Income
$
8,274 
 
$
13 
 
$
5,608 
 
$
4,512 
 
$
18,407 
                             
Total Assets
$
2,308,807 
 
$
120,942 
 
$
371,845 
 
$
68,973 
 
$
2,870,567 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2006
 
 
Wealth
 
Group
 
Individual
       
 
Management
 
Protection
 
Protection
 
Corporate
 
Totals
Total Revenues
$
97,296 
 
$
39,833 
 
$
8,226 
 
$
5,334 
 
$
150,689 
Total Expenditures
 
86,956 
   
35,356 
   
7,662 
   
(2,928)
   
127,046 
Pretax Income
 
10,340 
   
4,477 
   
564 
   
8,262 
   
23,643 
                             
Net Income
$
7,803 
 
$
2,910 
 
$
366 
 
$
5,154 
 
$
16,233 
                             
Total Assets
$
2,357,623 
 
$
80,969 
 
$
123,752 
 
$
139,340 
 
$
2,701,684 
 
 
Year ended December 31, 2005
 
 
Wealth
 
Group
 
Individual
       
 
Management
 
Protection
 
Protection
 
Corporate
 
Totals
Total Revenues
$
101,854 
 
$
32,604 
 
$
1,366 
 
$
179 
 
$
136,003 
Total Expenditures
 
94,084 
   
32,333 
   
1,899 
   
(32)
   
128,284 
Pretax Income (Loss)
 
7,770 
   
271 
   
(533)
   
211 
   
7,719 
                             
Net Income (Loss)
$
5,475 
 
$
176 
 
$
(347)
 
$
137 
 
$
5,441 
                             
Total Assets
$
2,649,575 
 
$
55,319 
 
$
10,575 
 
$
1,069 
 
$
2,716,538 












 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

15. SEGMENT INFORMATION (continued)

As described earlier, effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted a new capital allocation methodology for measurement of segment operating results to be more closely aligned with rating agency standards.  The following provides a summary of the amounts allocated from the Corporate Segment to the other segments related to the allocation of income on capital for the years presented (in 000’s):

       Year ended December 31, 2007
 
 
Wealth
 
Group
 
Individual
       
 
Management
 
Protection
 
Protection
 
Corporate
 
Totals
Pretax income (loss)
$
2,903 
 
$
648 
 
$
3,708 
 
$
(7,259) 
 
$
-
                             
       Year ended December 31, 2006
                             
Pretax income (loss)
$
4,401 
 
$
775 
 
$
814 
 
$
(5,990) 
 
$
-
                             
       Year ended December 31, 2005
                             
Pretax income (loss)
$
12,379 
 
$
362 
 
$
 
$
(12,741) 
 
$
-

16. REGULATORY FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Company is required to file quarterly and annual statements with the New York State Insurance Department prepared on a statutory accounting basis prescribed or permitted by the State of New York.  For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, there were no permitted practices followed.  Statutory net income and capital stock and surplus differ from net income and stockholder’s equity reported in accordance with GAAP for stock life insurance companies primarily because, under statutory basis accounting, policy acquisition costs are expensed when incurred, reserves are based on different assumptions, investments are valued differently, and income tax expense reflects only taxes paid or currently payable.

The Company’s statutory capital and surplus, and net (loss) income were as follows (in 000’s):

 
Unaudited for the Years ended December 31,
 
2007
2006
2005
       
Statutory capital and surplus
$      206,952 
$      132,693 
$      180,009 
Statutory net loss
(25,380)
(51,183)
(11,841)

17. DIVIDEND RESTRICTIONS

The Company’s ability to pay dividends is subject to certain statutory restrictions.  The State of New York has enacted laws governing the payment of dividends to stockholders by domestic insurers.  New York law permits a domestic stock life insurance company to distribute a dividend to its shareholders without prior notice to the New York Superintendent of Insurance where the aggregate amount of such dividends in any calendar year does not exceed the lesser of: (i) ten percent of its surplus to policyholders as of the immediately preceding calendar year; or (ii) its net gain from operations for the immediately preceding calendar year, not including realized capital gains.  The Company is permitted to pay dividends up to a maximum of $20.7 million in 2008 without prior approval from the New York Superintendent of Insurance.  No dividends were paid by the Company during 2007, 2006 or 2005.





 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

18. COMPONENTS OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

The components of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income as of December 31, were as follows (in 000’s):

 
2007
 
2006
 
2005
Unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale
securities
 
$
 
(29,880)
 
 
$
 
2,976 
 
 
$
 
(1,785)
Changes in reserves due to unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities
 
 
(592)
   
 
(452)
   
 
(3)
Changes in DAC due to unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale securities
 
 
11,780 
   
 
(537)
   
 
823 
Tax effect and other
 
6,768 
   
(555)
   
477 
                 
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income
$
(11,924)
 
$
1,432 
 
$
(488)

19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Regulatory and Industry Developments

Under the insurance guaranty fund laws of New York, insurers licensed to do business in the State of New York can be assessed by state insurance guaranty associations for certain obligations of insolvent insurance companies to policyholders and claimants.  The insurance guaranty laws of New York provide, however, that an assessment may be excused or deferred if it would threaten an insurer’s insolvency and further provide annual limits on such assessments.  Part of the assessments paid by the Company pursuant to these laws may be used as credits for a portion of the associated premium taxes.

Litigation, Income Taxes and Other Matters

In Revenue Ruling 2007-61, issued on September 25, 2007, the IRS announced its intention to issue regulations with respect to certain computational aspects of the dividends received deduction (the “DRD”) on separate account assets held in connection with variable annuity contracts.  Revenue Ruling 2006-61 suspended Revenue Ruling 2007-54, issued on August 16, 2007, that purported to change accepted industry and IRS interpretations of the statutes governing computational questions impacting the DRD.  New DRD regulations that the IRS proposes for issuance on this matter will be subject to public comment, at which time the insurance industry and other interested parties will have the opportunity to raise comments and questions about the content, scope, and application of new regulations.  The timing, substance, and effective date of the new regulations are unknown, but they could result in the elimination of some or all of the separate account DRD tax benefit that the Company ultimately receives.  For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company recorded a benefit of $438 thousand related to the separate account DRD.

The Company is not aware of any contingent liabilities arising from litigation or other matters that could have a material effect upon the financial condition, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.






 
 

 

SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
(A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.))
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

19. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Continued)

Indemnities

In the normal course of business, the Company has entered into agreements that include indemnities in favor of third parties, such as contracts with advisors and consultants, outsourcing agreements, underwriting and agency agreements, information technology agreements, distribution agreements and service agreements.  The Company has also agreed to indemnify its directors and certain of its officers and employees in accordance with the Company’s by-laws.  The Company believes any potential liability under these agreements is neither probable nor estimatable.  Therefore, the Company has not recorded any associated liability.

Lease Commitments

The Company leases various facilities and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases with terms of up to 10 years.  As of December 31, 2007, minimum future lease payments under such leases were as follows (in 000’s):

2008
$             283
2009
283
2010
44
Total
$             610

Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was $1.5 million, $0.8 million and $1.0 million, respectively.






























 
 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of
Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholder’s equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.  The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.  Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No.109”.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
April 18, 2008




 
 

 


PART C

ITEM 26.  EXHIBITS

A.
Resolution of the Board of Directors of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, dated April 24, 2003, authorizing the establishment of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

B.
None.

C.
Principal Underwriting Agreement between Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., dated February 1, 2003 (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

D.
(1)  Flexible Premium Combination Fixed and Variable Life Insurance Policy (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(2)  Waiver of Monthly Deductions Rider (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(3)  Accidental Death Benefit Rider (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(4)  Payment of Stipulated Premium Rider (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(5)  Accelerated Death Benefit Rider (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(6)  Aviation Exclusion Endorsement (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

E.
(1) Application for Flexible Premium Combination Fixed and Variable Life Insurance Policy (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)
 
 
(2) Aviation Questionnaire (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

 
(3) Certificate of Insurability (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

 
(4) Personal Finance Questionnaire (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

F.
Charter and By-Laws of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Incorporated herein by reference to the Depositor's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, File No. 333-01079, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2004.)

G.
Specimen Reinsurance Contract.  (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form N-6, File No. 333-100829, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30, 2002.)

 
H.           (1)      Participation Agreement, dated April 17, 2000, by and among AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc., AIM Distributors, Inc., Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, and Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 23 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account C on Form N-4, File No. 333-67864, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 6, 2002.)

 
(2)      Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated December 13, 2004, by and among Sun Capital Advisers Trust, Sun Capital Advisers, Inc., Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F on Form N-4, File No. 333-83516, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2005.)

 
(3)      Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated September 1, 2004, by and among Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Variable Insurance Products Fund and Fidelity Distributors Corporation (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account C on Form N-4, File No. 333-119151, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005.)

 
(4)      Participation Agreement, dated September 1, 2001, by and among Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., Alliance Capital Management L.P. and Alliance Fund Distributors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F on Form N-4, File No. 333-82957, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 27, 2001.)

 
(5)      Participation Agreement, dated September 16, 2002, by and among the Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust, Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc., Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of KBL Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-102278, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 31, 2002.)

 
(6)      Participation Agreement, dated February 17, 1998, by and among Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust, Goldman, Sachs & Co., and Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 13 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F on Form N-4, File No. 033-41628, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 1999.)

 
(7)      Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated November 6, 2002, by and among MFS/Sun Life Series Trust, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), and Massachusetts Financial Services Company (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account C on Form N-4, File No. 333-107983, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 28, 2004.)

 
(8)      Participation Agreement, dated August 3, 2003, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Deutsche Asset Management VIT Funds and Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account J on Form N-6, File No. 333-136433, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2006.)
 
 
 
(9)
Participation Agreement, dated May 1, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Scudder Variable Series II, Scudder Distributors, Inc. and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form N-6, File No. 333-100831, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005.)

 
(10)
Participation Agreement, dated September 16, 2002, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, PIMCO Variable Insurance Trust and PIMCO Funds Distributors LLC. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form N-6, File No. 333-59662, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2003.)

 
(11)
Participation Agreement, dated February 17, 1998, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), The Alger American Fund and Fred Alger and Company, Incorporated. (Incorporated herein by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form S-6, File No. 333-68601, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 1999.)

 
(12)
Participation Agreement, dated February 17, 1998, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Lord, Abbett & Co. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G on Form S-6, File No. 333-13087, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2002.)

 
(13)
Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated August 1, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G on Form S-6, File No. 333-13087, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 1999.)
 
 
 
(14)
Amended and Restated Participation Agreement, dated May 1, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund, The Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth Fund, Inc. and Dreyfus Life and Annuity Index Fund, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form N-6, File No. 333-100831, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005.)

 
(15)
Participation Agreement, dated August 6, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Delaware VIP Trust, Delaware Management Company and Delaware Distributors, LP. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account I on Form N-6, File No. 333-100831, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2005.)

 
(16)
Participation Agreement, dated August 6, 2004, by and among Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Van Kampen Life Investments Trust, Van Kampen Funds Inc., Van Kampen Asset Management (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File 333-105438, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005.)
 
 
 
(17)
Participation Agreement, dated December 31, 2002, by and among Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds, OppenheimerFunds, Inc. and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File 333-105438, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2005.)

 
(18a)   Participation Agreement, dated May 13, 2004, by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc., Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and FAM Distributors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account G on Form N-6, File No. 333-111688, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2005.)

 
(18b)  Amendment 1, dated October 1, 2006, to the Participation Agreement by and among Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, Merrill Lynch Variable Series Funds, Inc., Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. and FAM Distributors, Inc. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment 1 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account J on Form N-6, Exhibit 15b, File No. 333-136435, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2007.)

I.
(1)
Administrative Services Agreement by and between Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, dated November 21, 2000. (Incorporated herein by reference to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2003.)

(2)           Amendment No. 1, dated January 1, 2002, to the Administrative Services Agreement by and between Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.) and Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, dated November 21, 2000.  (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account C on Form N-4, File No. 333-119151, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2005.)

J.
(1)
Powers of Attorney. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 7 to the Registration Statement of Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Account D on Form N-6, File No. 333-105437, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2008.)

(2)
Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Depositor dated July 24, 2003, authorizing the use of Powers of Attorney for Officer signatures. (Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement of Keyport Variable Account A on Form N-4, File No. 333-100475, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2004.)

K.           Legal Opinion.

L.           None.

M.           None.

N.           Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

O.           None.

P.           None.

Q.           None.

ITEM 27.  DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE DEPOSITOR

Name and
Principal Positions and Officers
Business Address
With Depositor                
   
Thomas A. Bogart
Director
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
 
150 King Street West
 
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H 1J9
 
   
Ronald H. Friesen
Director and Senior Vice President and Chief
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
Financial Officer and Treasurer
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Scott M. Davis
Director and Senior Vice President and General
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
Counsel
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA  02481
 
   
Leila Heckman
Director
Bear Stearns Asset Management
 
383 Madison Avenue
 
New York, NY 10179
 
   
Donald B. Henderson, Jr.
Director
Dewey & LeBoeuf, L.L.P.
 
125 West 55th Street
 
New York, NY 10019
 
   
Peter R. O'Flinn
Director
344 Cream Hill Road
 
West Cornwall, CT 06796
 
   
Robert C. Salipante
Director and Chairman and President
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
 
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Barbara Z. Shattuck
Director
Shattuck Hammond Partners LLC
 
630 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2950
 
New York, NY 10019
 
   
David K. Stevenson
Director
47 Village Avenue, Unit 301
 
Dedham, MA 02026
 
   
Keith Gubbay
Director and Senior Vice President and Chief
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
Actuary
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Michael E. Shunney
Director and Senior Vice President and
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
General Manager, Sun Life Financial
One Sun Life Executive Park
Distribution Group
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Michele G. Van Leer
Director and Senior Vice President and
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
General Manager, Retail Insurance and
One Sun Life Executive Park
Annuity Division
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
James M.A. Anderson
Executive Vice President and Chief Investment
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Officer
150 King Street West
 
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5H 1J9
 
   
Michael S. Bloom
Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel and
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
Secretary
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Maura E. Slattery Machold
Vice President, Human Resources
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
 
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
John R. Wright
Executive Vice President, Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
U.S. Operations
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   
Janet Whitehouse
Director and Senior Vice President and General
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.)
Manager, Employee Benefits Group
One Sun Life Executive Park
 
Wellesley Hills, MA 02481
 
   


ITEM 28.  PERSONS CONTROLLED BY OR UNDER COMMON CONTROL WITH THE DEPOSITOR OR THE REGISTRANT

No person is directly or indirectly controlled by the Registrant.  The Registrant is a separate account of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.), which is ultimately controlled by Sun Life Financial.

The organization chart of Sun Life Financial is incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-6 of Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Account F, File No. 333-83516, filed February 12, 2008.

None of the companies listed in such organization chart is a subsidiary of the Registrant; therefore, the only financial statements being filed are those of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.

ITEM 29.  INDEMNIFICATION

Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York pursuant to the certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or otherwise, Sun Life (N.Y.) 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 Sun Life (N.Y.) of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, controlling person of Sun Life (N.Y.) 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, Sun Life (N.Y.) will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by them 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)  Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), acts as general distributor for the Registrant, Sun Life of Canada (U.S.) Variable Accounts C, D, E, F, G, I and K, Keyport Variable Account A, KMA Variable Account, Keyport Variable Account I, KBL Variable Account A, KBL Variable Annuity Account, Sun Life (N.Y.) Variable Accounts A, B, C, J and N and Money Market Variable Account, High Yield Variable Account, Capital Appreciation Variable Account, Government Securities Variable Account, World Governments Variable Account and Total Return Variable Account.

(b)
Name and Principal
Position and Offices
Business Address*
with Underwriter
   
James J. Cahill
President
Scott M. Davis
Director
Michele G. Van Leer
Director
Ronald H. Friesen
Director
Ann B. Teixeira
Assistant Vice President, Compliance
Michael S. Bloom
Secretary
Kathleen T. Baron
Chief Compliance Officer
Michael L. Gentile
Vice President
William T. Evers
Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel
Jane F. Jette
Financial/Operations Principal and Treasurer
Alyssa M. Gair
Assistant Secretary
Michelle D’Albero
Counsel

* The principal business address of all directors and officers of the principal underwriter is One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481.

(c)  
Not applicable.

ITEM 31.  LOCATION OF ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS

Accounts, books and other documents required to be maintained by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Rules promulgated thereunder are maintained by Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, in whole or in part, at its Home Office at 60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1115, New York, New York 10165, at the offices of Clarendon Insurance Agency, Inc., at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts 02481 or at the offices of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (U.S.), at One Sun Life Executive Park, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts  02481.

ITEM 32.  MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Not applicable.

ITEM 33.  FEE REPRESENTATION

Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York hereby represents that the aggregate fees and charges under the Policy are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be incurred, and the risks assumed by Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York.

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

As required by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets the requirements of Securities Act Rule 485(b) for effectiveness and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement and has caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf, in the Town of Wellesley Hills, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts on this 16th day of September, 2008.

 
SUN LIFE (N.Y.) VARIABLE ACCOUNT D
 
(Registrant)
   
 
SUN LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK
 
(Depositor)
   
 
By: /s/ Robert C. Salipante*
 
 Robert C. Salipante
 
 President

*By:
/s/ Sandra M. DaDalt
 
Sandra M. DaDalt
 
Assistant Vice President
 
and Senior Counsel

As required by the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities with the Depositor, Sun Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York, and on the dates indicated.

SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
     
/s/ Robert C. Salipante*
President and Chairman and Director
September 16, 2008
Robert C. Salipante
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
     
     
/s/ Ronald H. Friesen*
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
September 16, 2008
Ronald H. Friesen
and Treasurer and Director
 
 
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
     
/s/ Michael K. Moran*
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
September 16, 2008
Michael K. Moran
(Principal Accounting Officer)
 
     
     
*By: /s/ Sandra M. DaDalt
Attorney-in-Fact for:
September 16, 2008
Sandra M. DaDalt
Keith Gubbay,  Director
 
 
Janet Whitehouse, Director
 
 
Donald B. Henderson, Jr., Director
 
 
Peter R. O'Flinn, Director
 
 
David K. Stevenson, Director
 
 
Barbara Z. Shattuck, Director
 
 
Leila Heckman, Director
 
 
Thomas A. Bogart, Director
 
 
Scott M. Davis, Director
 
 
Michele G. Van Leer, Director
 

*Sandra M. DaDalt has signed this document on the indicated date on behalf of the above Directors and Officers of the Depositor pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and a resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing use of powers of attorney for Officer signatures. Resolution of Board of Directors is incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4 (File No. 333-100475) filed on April 23, 2004.


 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

   
K
Legal Opinion
   
N
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
   
 
Representation of Counsel Pursuant to Rule 485(b)