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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2002
Commission file numbers: 33-62953, 33-88360, 33-89676, 33-91400,
333-00995, 333-02867, 333-24989, 333-25761, 333-97939,
333-26695, 333-97943 and 333-97941
American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation
Incorporated in the State of Connecticut
06-1241288
(Federal Employer Identification No.)
One Corporate Drive
Shelton, Connecticut 06484
Telephone Number (203) 926-1888
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes x No __
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As of November 12, 2002, there were 25,000 shares of outstanding common stock, par value $100 per share, of the registrant,
consisting of 100 shares of voting and 24,900 shares of non-voting common stock, all of which were owned by American Skandia, Inc.,
an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd., a Swedish corporation.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Item 1. Financial Statements:
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition -
September 30, 2002 (unaudited) and December 31, 2001 3
Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) -
Nine months ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001 4
Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) -
Three months ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001 5
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity -
Nine months ended September 30, 2002
(unaudited) and year ended December 31, 6
2001
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) -
Nine months ended September 30, 2002 and September 30, 2001 7
Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements 8
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations - Nine months ended September 30, 2002 13
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk 19
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 19
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
Signature 20
Certifications 21
Exhibit Index 23
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Consolidated Statements of Financial Condition
(in thousands except for number of shares and par value)
September 30, December 31,
2002 2001
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(unaudited)
ASSETS
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Investments:
Fixed maturities - at fair value $ 400,874 $ 362,831
Equity securities - at fair value 46,619 45,083
Derivative instruments - at fair value 20,170 5,525
Policy loans 7,375 6,559
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Total investments 475,038 419,998
Cash and cash equivalents 198,298 32,231
Accrued investment income 4,332 4,737
Deferred acquisition costs 1,140,949 1,383,281
Reinsurance receivable 5,816 7,249
Receivable from affiliates 4,076 3,283
Income tax receivable 35,248 30,537
Deferred income taxes
20,647 -
Fixed assets 12,967 17,752
Other assets 108,190 103,912
Separate account assets 21,580,343 26,038,549
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Total assets $ 23,585,904 $ 28,041,529
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER'S EQUITY
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Liabilities:
Reserves for future policy and contract benefits $ 145,935 $ 91,126
Drafts outstanding 68,817 64,438
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 114,924 160,261
Deferred income taxes - 54,980
Payable to affiliates 3,348 103,452
Future fees payable to American Skandia, Inc. ("ASI") 756,958 797,055
Short-term borrowing 105,270 10,000
Surplus notes 110,000 144,000
Separate account liabilities 21,580,343 26,038,549
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Total liabilities 22,885,595 27,463,861
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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Note 9)
Shareholder's equity:
Common stock, $100 par value, 25,000 shares authorized,
issued and outstanding 2,500 2,500
Additional paid-in capital 594,249 335,329
Retained earnings 95,264 239,078
Accumulated other comprehensive income 8,296 761
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Total shareholder's equity 700,309 577,668
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Total liabilities and shareholder's equity $ 23,585,904 $ 28,041,529
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See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2002 2001
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(unaudited)
REVENUES
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Annuity and life insurance charges and fees $ 280,307 $ 296,029
Fee income 75,371 84,936
Net investment income 14,807 15,384
Premium income 1,027 717
Net realized capital (losses) gains (5,751) 2,651
Other 1,042 947
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Total revenues 366,803 400,664
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EXPENSES
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Benefits:
Annuity and life insurance benefits 2,498 1,406
Change in annuity and life insurance policy reserves 2,261 (35,459)
Guaranteed minimum death benefit claims, net of hedge (12,823) 651
Return credited to contractowners (3,304) (4,346)
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(11,368) (37,748)
Expenses:
Underwriting, acquisition and other insurance expenses 137,138 135,408
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs 451,757 195,469
Interest expense 15,887 63,922
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604,782 394,799
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Total benefits and expenses 593,414 357,051
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(Loss) income from operations before income tax (benefit)
expense (226,611) 43,613
Income tax (benefit) expense (82,797) 11,005
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Net (loss) income $ (143,814) $ 32,608
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See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30,
2002 2001
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(unaudited)
REVENUES
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Annuity and life insurance charges and fees $ 92,228 $ 95,883
Fee income 23,202 26,960
Net investment income 5,128 5,006
Premium income 221 (295)
Net realized capital (losses) gains (2,327) 376
Other 498 320
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Total revenues 118,950 128,250
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EXPENSES
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Benefits:
Annuity and life insurance benefits 960 647
Change in annuity and life insurance policy reserves 859 (5,642)
Guaranteed minimum death benefit claims, net of hedge (13,121) (10,577)
Return credited to contractowners (13,410) (2,308)
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(24,712) (17,880)
Expenses:
Underwriting, acquisition and other insurance expenses 45,977 35,409
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs 296,918 76,120
Interest expense 5,564 29,818
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348,459 141,347
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Total benefits and expenses 323,747 123,467
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(Loss) income from operations before income tax benefit (204,797) 4,783
Income tax benefit (72,754) (480)
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Net (loss) income $ (132,043) $ 5,263
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See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Consolidated Statements of Shareholder's Equity
(in thousands)
September 30, December 31,
2002 2001
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(unaudited)
Common stock:
Beginning and ending balance $ 2,500 $ 2,500
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Additional paid in capital:
Beginning balance 335,329 287,329
Capital contributions 258,920 48,000
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Ending balance 594,249 335,329
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Retained earnings:
Beginning balance 239,078 205,979
Net (loss) income (143,814) 33,099
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Ending balance 95,264 239,078
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Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
Beginning balance 761 1,103
Other comprehensive income (loss) 7,535 (342)
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Ending balance 8,296 761
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Total shareholder's equity $ 700,309 $ 577,668
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See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2002 2001
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(unaudited)
Cash flow from operating activities:
Net (loss) income $ (143,814) $ 32,608
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Amortization and depreciation 10,832 1,407
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs 451,757 195,469
Deferred tax (benefit) expense (79,684) 54,833
Change in unrealized (gains) losses on derivatives (7,517) 5,342
Increase (decrease) in policy reserves 2,938 (28,821)
(Decrease) increase in net receivable/payable to affiliates (100,897) 67,591
(Increase) decrease in income tax receivable (4,711) 467
Increase in other assets (11,560) (5,624)
Decrease in accrued investment income 405 493
Decrease (increase) in reinsurance receivable 1,433 (21,183)
Deferral of acquisition costs (209,425) (173,238)
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses (45,937) (6,404)
Increase in drafts outstanding 4,379 8,880
Net realized capital gains on derivatives (42,196) (27,623)
Net realized capital losses (gains) on investments 5,751 (2,651)
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Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities (168,246) 101,546
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Cash flow from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed maturity investments (328,206) (313,676)
Proceeds from sale and maturity of fixed maturity investments 305,767 276,788
Purchase of derivatives (42,173) (52,629)
Proceeds from exercise or sale of derivative instruments 77,241 71,225
Purchase of shares in equity securities (39,430) (50,528)
Proceeds from sale of shares in equity securities 28,178 20,321
Sale (purchase) of fixed assets 2,708 (7,821)
Increase in policy loans (816) (2,253)
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 3,269 (58,573)
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Cash flow from financing activities:
Capital contribution 258,920 18,000
Pay down of surplus notes (34,000) -
Decrease in future fees payable to ASI, net (40,097) (96,461)
Net increase in short-term borrowing 95,270 -
Deposits to contract owner accounts 670,135 226,301
Withdrawals from contract owner accounts (118,941) (213,047)
Change in contract owner accounts, net of investment earnings (499,323) (10,073)
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Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 331,964 (75,280)
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 166,987 (32,307)
Change in foreign currency translation, net (920) 559
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 32,231 76,499
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 198,298 $ 44,751
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Income taxes paid (received) $ 1,700 $ (44,000)
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Interest paid $ 24,385 $ 44,339
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See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
September 30, 2002
(dollars in thousands)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation (the "Company")
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP") for
interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for
complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals)
considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the nine-month period ended
September 30, 2002 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31,
2002. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto in the Company's
audited consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period presentation.
2. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
The components of comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax, for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 were as
follows:
2002 2001
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Net (loss) income $ (143,814) $ 32,608
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in net unrealized gains on securities 8,133 1,000
Foreign currency translation (598) 363
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Other comprehensive income 7,535 1,363
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Comprehensive (loss) income $ (136,279) $ 33,971
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Other comprehensive income is shown net of taxes of $4,057 and $734 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. )
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)
September 30, 2002
2. COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (continued)
The components of comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax, for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 were as
follows:
2002 2001
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Net (loss) income $ (132,043) $ 5,263
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Change in net unrealized gains on securities 7,453 241
Foreign currency translation (82) 193
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Other comprehensive income 7,371 434
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Comprehensive (loss) income $ (124,672) $ 5,697
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Other comprehensive income is shown net of taxes of $3,969 and $234 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001,
respectively.
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, as of September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 were as
follows:
2002 2001
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Net unrealized gains on securities $ 8,878 $ 746
Foreign currency translation (582) 15
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Accumulated other comprehensive income $ 8,296 $ 761
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3. SHORT-TERM BORROWING AND SURPLUS NOTES
As of September 30, 2002, the Company had a $10,000 short-term loan payable to its parent company, American Skandia, Inc.
("ASI") as part of a revolving loan agreement. This loan has an interest rate of 2.26% and matures on December 12, 2002.
On January 3, 2002, the Company entered into a credit facility agreement with ASI. This credit facility terminates on
December 31, 2005 and bears interest at the offered rate in the London interbank market (LIBOR) plus 0.35 percent per annum
for the relevant interest period. Interest expense related to these borrowings was approximately $2,039 and $801 for the
nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively. During September 2002, the Company paid down $40,000 leaving
$95,270 outstanding under this credit facility as of September 30, 2002.
On August 29, 2002, the Company received permission from the State of Connecticut Department of Insurance to pay down
surplus notes in the principal amount of $34,000 and to pay related interest of $7,471.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. )
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
September 30, 2002
4. FOREIGN ENTITY
The Company has a 99.9% ownership in Skandia Vida, S.A. de C.V. ("Skandia Vida") which is a life insurance company domiciled
in Mexico, selling long-term savings products within Mexico. Skandia Vida, which is fully consolidated in the accompanying
financial statements, had total shareholders' equity of $5,090 as of September 30, 2002 and $4,179 as of December 31, 2001
and has generated losses of $1,889 and $2,146 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively and $479
and $679 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
5. CAPITALIZATION
The Company received $258,920 of capital contributions from ASI during the nine months ended September 30, 2002. Of the
total contributions, $60,200 and $195,000 were received in June 2002 and September 2002, respectively, from ASI to support
the Company's desired capital levels. The remaining $3,720 was received to support the Company's investment in Skandia
Vida.
6. INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded an income tax (benefit) expense of ($82,797) and $11,005 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002
and 2001, respectively and ($72,754) and ($480) for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively. The
effective income tax rate for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 and nine and three months ended September
30, 2001 varied from the corporate rate of 35% due primarily to the deduction for dividends received.
7. FUTURE FEES PAYABLE TO ASI
In a series of transactions with ASI, the Company has transferred certain rights to receive a portion of future fees and
contract charges expected to be realized on designated blocks of deferred annuity contracts.
The proceeds from the transfers have been recorded as a liability and are being amortized over the remaining surrender
charge period of the designated contracts using the interest method. The Company did not transfer the right to receive
future fees and charges after the expiration of the surrender charge period.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. )
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
September 30, 2002
7. FUTURE FEES PAYABLE TO ASI (continued)
In connection with these transactions, ASI, through special purpose trusts, issued collateralized notes in private
placements, which are secured by the rights to receive future fees and charges purchased from the Company.
Under the terms of Purchase Agreements between the Company and ASI, the rights transferred provide for ASI to receive a
percentage (60%, 80% or 100% depending on the underlying commission option) of future mortality and expense charges and
contingent deferred sales charges, after reinsurance, expected to be realized over the remaining surrender charge period of
the designated contracts (generally 6 to 8 years). The liability for future fees payable to ASI at the balance sheet date
is based on the consideration received less principal repayments according to amortization schedules that were developed at
the inception of the transactions. If actual mortality and expense charges and contingent deferred sales charges are less
than those projected in the original amortization schedules, calculated on a transaction by transaction basis, ASI has no
recourse against the Company. As account values associated with the designated contracts have declined, consistent with the
overall decline in the equity markets, current mortality and expense charges have been lower than expected on certain
transactions and it is likely that future mortality and expense charges, on those same transactions, will be lower than
originally projected. As a result, the ultimate cash flows associated with these transactions that will transfer to ASI may
be lower than the current carrying amount of the liability.
On April 12, 2002, the Company entered into a new Purchase Agreement with ASI. This transaction covers designated blocks of
business issued from November 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001. The estimated present value of the transaction at April
12, 2002, using a discount rate of 6.00%, was $101,713.
8. DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS
The Company uses the retrospective deposit method for amortizing deferred acquisition costs. This method results in
deferred acquisition costs being amortized in proportion to expected gross profits, from surrender charges and policy and
asset based fees, net of operating and claim costs, and being adjusted retrospectively and prospectively when estimates of
current and future gross profits to be realized from a group of products are revised. One critical assumption in estimating
future gross profits is the long-term fund growth rate. The long-term fund growth rate, in large part, determines the
estimated future asset levels on which the most significant revenues are based. When current period actual asset growth is
greater or less than the Company's long-term expectation, the Company adjusts the short-term asset growth rate to a level
that will allow the Company, in the short-term, to resume the long-term asset growth rate expectation. As asset growth
rates have been far below the Company's long-term expectation, the adjustment to the short-term asset growth rate had risen
to a level that in management's opinion was unreasonable and excessive in the current market environment. Based on an
analysis of those short-term rates, the related estimates of future gross profits and an impairment study, management of the
Company determined that the short-term asset
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. )
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
September 30, 2002
8. DEFERRED ACQUISITION COSTS (continued)
growth rate should be reduced to the level of the long-term growth rate expectation. This resulted in a current period
impairment charge of approximately $206,000. The Company also updated its future estimated gross profits with respect to
certain mortality assumptions reflecting actual experience and the decline in the equity markets resulting in additional
increased amortization.
9. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
As of the date of this filing, the Company is not involved in any legal proceedings outside of the ordinary course of its
business operations. The Company is involved in pending and threatened legal proceedings in the ordinary course of its
business operations. While the outcome of these legal proceedings cannot be determined at this time, after consideration of
the defenses available to the Company, applicable insurance coverage and any related reserves established, these legal
proceedings are not expected to result in liability for amounts material to the financial condition of the Company, although
they may adversely affect results of operations in future periods.
10. SEGMENT REPORTING
In recent years, in order to complete the array of products offered by the Company and its affiliates to meet a wide variety
of financial planning needs, the Company developed variable life insurance and qualified retirement plan products. Assets
under management and sales for products other than variable annuities have not been significant enough to warrant full
segment disclosures as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information" ("SFAS 131"), and the Company does not anticipate that those sales or assets under
management will be significant in the future due to a change in the Company's strategy. Effective July 31, 2002, the
Company has ceased to accept new business for the funding of qualified retirement plans and, effective after April 15, 2002,
the Company has ceased accepting applications for its flexible premium variable life insurance products. The Company
intends to continue to accept additional contributions to existing qualified plans, to service and accept additional
premiums for its existing flexible premium variable life insurance contracts, and to continue to offer and sell its single
premium variable life insurance products.
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AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Nine Months ended September 30, 2002
(dollars in thousands)
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the
September 30, 2002 financial statements and the notes included herein, as well as Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations contained in American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation's (the "Company") 2001 Annual Report on
Form 10-K.
General
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The Company, with its principal offices in Shelton, Connecticut, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Skandia, Inc. ("ASI"),
whose ultimate parent is Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. (publ) ("SICL"), a Swedish corporation. The Company has 99.9% ownership in
Skandia Vida, S.A. de C.V. ("Skandia Vida") which is a life insurance company domiciled in Mexico.
The Company was established in 1988 and is one of the larger providers of variable annuity contracts for the individual market in the
United States, according to Info-One's Variable Annuity Research & Data Service ("VARDS"). The Company also offers variable life
insurance and fixed annuity products. Affiliates of the Company also sponsor and distribute shares of registered investment
companies (mutual funds). Because these mutual funds are not sponsored or distributed by the Company, such products are not
discussed herein and are not reflected in the Company's financial statements.
The Company's products are sold primarily to individuals to provide for long-term savings and retirement purposes and to address the
economic impact of premature death, estate planning concerns and supplemental retirement needs. The investment performance of the
mutual funds supporting the variable annuity and variable life insurance contracts can significantly impact the market for the
Company's products.
Products and Distribution
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The Company offers a wide array of annuities, including: a) certain deferred and immediate annuities that are registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including variable annuities with fixed interest rate investment options that include a market
value adjustment feature; b) certain other fixed deferred annuities that are not registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; and c) fixed, adjustable and variable immediate annuities. Effective July 31, 2002, the Company ceased accepting new
business for the funding of qualified retirement plans. The Company intends to continue to accept additional contributions to
qualified plans existing on July 31, 2002.
During 1998 and 1999, the Company expanded its product offerings with the introduction of single premium and flexible premium
variable life insurance products and a term life insurance product. Effective April 15, 2002, the Company ceased accepting
applications for its flexible premium variable life insurance products. The Company intends to continue to service and accept
additional premiums for its existing flexible premium variable life insurance contracts and to continue to offer and sell its single
premium variable life insurance products.
The Company sells its annuity products through multiple distribution channels including, (a) independent financial planners; (b)
broker-dealers that generally are members of the New York Stock Exchange, including "wirehouse" and regional broker-dealer firms; and
(c) broker-dealers affiliated with banks or that specialize in marketing to customers of banks. The Company has selling agreements
with approximately one thousand two hundred broker/dealer firms and financial institutions.
The Company believes its continued success is dependent on its ability to enhance its relationships with both the selling firms and
their registered representatives. In cooperation with its affiliated broker-dealer, American Skandia Marketing, Incorporated, the
Company uses marketing teams to provide support to its primary distribution channels. In addition, the Company also offers a number
of private label and proprietary products distributed by select large distributors.
Results of Operations
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Annuity and life insurance sales for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 totaled $2,703,155 and $939,884,
respectively, compared to sales of approximately $2,994,287 and $833,968 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2001,
respectively. The decrease in sales for the nine months ended was primarily the result of the general decline in sales in the
industry, attributed in large part to the continued uncertainty in the equity markets. Sales for the three months ended increased
over the same period from the prior year due principally to favorable market reaction to certain of the Company's new generation of
products.
Average assets under management totaled $24,319,463 in the first nine months of 2002 and $27,504,637 in the first nine months of
2001, representing a decrease of 12%. Annuity and life insurance charges, fees and fee income decreased $25,287, or 7%, and $7,413
or 6% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2001. These declines
were primarily a result of the decline in assets under management offset by an increase in surrender charge income of $10,337 or 27%
and $7,240 or 57% for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, compared to the same periods in 2001. The
increase in surrender charge income caused by higher lapses when compared to the applicable prior year periods was primarily
attributable, the Company believes, to concerns, by contract holders, rating agencies and therefore, the Company's distribution
channels, surrounding the uncertainty in the equity markets and its impact on variable annuity companies (See Liquidity and Capital
Resources for rating agency actions).
Net investment income decreased $577, or 4% and increased $122 or 2%, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 as
compared to the same periods in 2001, respectively. The decrease for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 was principally driven
by increased amortization of premium paid for bonds in a lower interest rate environment and reduced yields on both short-term money
as well as fixed maturity investments as compared to the same period in 2001. The increase for the three months ended September 30,
2002 was principally driven by increased interest income earned from a larger average fixed maturity asset base as compared to the
same period in 2001.
Premium income represents premiums earned on the sale of ancillary contracts such as immediate annuities with life contingencies,
supplementary contracts with life contingencies and certain life insurance products. Increased sales of these products led to an
increase in premium income in the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same periods in 2001. Management
expects supplementary contracts to grow over time with the maturing of core business lines.
Net realized investment losses totaled $5,751 and $2,327 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, as
compared to gains of $2,651 and $376 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2001, respectively. During the nine and three
months ended September 30, 2002 losses on sales of mutual fund investments that are held in support of a deferred compensation program
for certain of the Company's employees were $8,493 and $4,721, respectively. The participants in this program bear the investment
risk of these assets and, accordingly, there was a reduction in the deferred compensation liability that offset these investment
losses. The deferred compensation program losses were offset by net gains of $2,742 and $2,394 on sales of fixed maturities for the
nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively. Included in the net gains for the nine months ended September 30, 2002,
was a realized loss of approximately $1,236 on the sale of a Worldcom, Inc. bond. The investment gains in the nine and three months
ended September 30, 2001 related primarily to sales of fixed maturity investments, resulting in gains of $4,963 and $1,385,
respectively, offset by losses on sales of mutual fund investments supporting the deferred compensation program in the amounts of
$2,312 and $1,009, respectively.
The change in annuity and life insurance policy reserves includes changes in reserves related to annuity contracts with mortality
risks as well as the Company's guaranteed minimum death benefit ("GMDB") liability. During the first nine months of 2001, the equity
markets, and, as a result, underlying fund performance, declined. In addition, during the same period, the Company updated certain
assumptions embedded in the calculation of the GMDB liability to reflect more realistic expectations as to risks inherent in the
benefit. Previous assumptions had been based on statutory valuation principles as an approximation for accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States. As a result, the GMDB reserve decreased $39,150 for the nine months ended September 30,
2001. However, offsetting the resulting increase in earnings and equity as a result of changes in the GMDB liability in 2001,
certain assumptions were also updated in the calculation of the deferred acquisition cost asset, resulting in additional amortization
of the deferred acquisition cost asset. The amortizations of such costs are determined in large part by changes in the expectations
of future gross profits of the variable annuity business. In 2001, the decline in equity markets resulted in a significantly lower
estimate of future gross profits, thereby increasing the expenses recognized through amortization. The GMDB liability decreased $623
during the first nine months of 2002.
The Company uses derivative instruments which consist of equity option contracts for risk management purposes, and not for trading or
speculation. The Company economically hedges the guaranteed minimum death benefit exposure associated with market value
fluctuations. Guaranteed minimum death benefit claims, net of hedge, consists of guaranteed minimum death benefit claims offset by
the results of the Company's option contracts. Guaranteed minimum death benefit claims, net of hedge, decreased for the nine and
three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same periods in 2001. This fluctuation was driven by an increase of hedge
related benefits of $27,432 and $8,336 during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively, as compared to the
same periods of 2001. Hedge related benefits were partially offset by increases in guaranteed minimum death benefit claims of
$13,959 and $5,793 for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002.
Return credited to contractowners consists primarily of net investment results from the Company's fixed, market value adjusted,
separate account investment option and changes in the Company's experience rated reinsurance receivables. Experience rated
reinsurance receivables decreased $10,796 and $2,152, both due to the unfavorable experience on certain blocks of variable annuity
business for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same periods in 2001, respectively. The decline
in the reinsurance receivable was partially offset by an increase of $9,384 and $8,172, for the nine and three months ended September
30, 2002, respectively, from increased net investment results on the Company's fixed, market value adjusted, separate account
investment option. As the equity markets decline, movement from variable investment options to fixed investment options, primarily
due to one of the Company's product features, has increased the assets invested in the fixed separate account investment option.
Included in the net investment results for the nine months ended September 30, 2002, was $9,441 of realized losses on sales and
impairments of certain securities, of which $5,743 related to Worldcom, Inc. bonds.
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, increased $256,288 or 131%, and
$220,798 or 290%, as compared to the same periods in 2001, respectively. In general, the increased amortization is due to the
further depressed equity markets during the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to 2001, thereby decreasing
long-term expectations of future gross profits from asset based fees and increased claim costs associated with minimum death benefit
guarantees. See Note 8 of Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements for a further discussion on amortization of deferred
acquisition costs.
Underwriting, acquisition and other insurance expenses for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001 were as follows:
For the nine months ended September 30, 2002 2001
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Commissions and purchase credits $ 242,747 $196,326
General operating expenses 103,816 112,320
Acquisition costs deferred (209,425) (173,238)
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Underwriting, acquisition and other insurance expenses $ 137,138 $ 135,408
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For the three months ended September 30, 2002 2001
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Commissions and purchase credits $ 91,811 $60,070
General operating expenses 34,933 27,925
Acquisition costs deferred (80,767) (52,586)
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Underwriting, acquisition and other insurance expenses $ 45,977 $ 35,409
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New products launched during 2002, as well as a larger distribution of sales on products with higher commissions as compared to the
prior year has led to a 24% and 53% increase in commissions and purchase credits for the nine and three months ended September 30,
2002, respectively. General operating expenses decreased 8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same
period in the prior year as a result of lower sales-based compensation, as well as expense reduction programs implemented during
2001. Variable compensation and long-term incentive plan expenses have decreased due to the decrease in sales and the decline in the
equity markets. General operating expenses increased 25% for the three months ended September 30, 2002 as compared to the same
period in the prior year, primarily due to losses on the sale or retirement of fixed assets and losses from sub-leasing activity.
The increase in capitalized deferred acquisition costs was mostly attributable to purchase credits deferred from one of the Company's
redesigned bonus variable annuity products.
Interest expense, for the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002, decreased approximately $48,035 or 75% and $24,254 or 81%,
compared to the nine and three months ended September 30, 2001, respectively, primarily due to lower interest expense related to the
future fees payable to ASI liability (See Note 7). Interest expense on these obligations is driven by the cash flows from the
underlying annuity contracts acting as collateral. Due to the depressed asset values of those annuity contracts driven by the weak
equity markets, the cash flows, and therefore the interest expense, has decreased from prior year levels.
The Company recorded an income tax (benefit) expense of ($82,797) and $11,005 for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001,
respectively and ($72,754) and ($480) for the three months ended September 30, 2002, respectively. The effective income tax rate for
the nine and three months ended September 30, 2002 and nine and three months ended September 30, 2001 varied from the corporate rate
of 35% due primarily to the deduction for dividends received. Management believes that the Company will produce sufficient taxable
income in the future to realize its deferred tax assets.
The Company considers Mexico an emerging market and has invested in the Skandia Vida operations with the expectation of generating
profits from long-term savings products in future years. However, Skandia Vida has generated net losses of approximately $1,889 and
$2,146 for the nine months ended and $479 and $679 for the three months ended September 30, 2002 and 2001, respectively.
Separate account assets and liabilities decreased $4,458,206 from December 31, 2001. This change resulted primarily from the declining
equity markets.
Significant Accounting Policies
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For information on the Company's significant accounting policies, see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company's
audited consolidated financial statements on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001. Specifically, for Deferred Acquisition
Costs, see Note 2L (and Note 8 of this Form 10-Q's Notes to Unaudited Financial Statements), for Separate Accounts, see Note 2O and
for the Company's employee profit sharing programs, see Note 13.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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The Company's liquidity requirements were generally met by cash from insurance operations, investment activities, borrowings from
ASI, reinsurance and the sale of rights to future fees and charges to ASI. Additionally, during the third quarter of 2002, the
Company received a capital contribution of $196,940 from ASI (see Note 5).
During the first nine months of 2002 and 2001, the Company received approximately $3,720 and $2,500, respectively, from ASI to
support its investment in Skandia Vida.
The Company continues to extend its reinsurance agreements for new blocks of business. The reinsurance agreements are modified
coinsurance arrangements where the reinsurer shares in the experience of a specific book of business.
The Company expects the continued use of reinsurance and securitization transactions to fund the cash strain anticipated from
acquisition costs on future years' sales volume. On April 12, 2002, the Company entered into a new securitization transaction with
ASI. This transaction covers designated blocks of business issued from November 1, 2000 through December 31, 2001. The estimated
present value of the transaction at April 12, 2002, using a discount rate of 6.00%, was approximately $101,713.
The Company has long-term surplus notes and short-term borrowings with ASI. No dividends have been paid to ASI.
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners ("NAIC") requires insurance companies to report information regarding minimum
Risk Based Capital ("RBC") requirements. These requirements are intended to allow insurance regulators to identify companies that
may need regulatory attention. The RBC model law requires that insurance companies apply various factors to asset, premium and
reserve items, all of which have inherent risks. The formula includes components for asset risk, insurance risk, interest risk and
business risk. The Company has complied with the NAIC's RBC reporting requirements and has total adjusted capital well above
required capital.
During 2002, all of the major rating agencies reviewed the U.S. life insurance sector, including the Company. Based on these reviews
the rating agencies have evolving concerns surrounding the risk profile of variable annuity companies due to their significant
exposure to equity market performance. This exposure has resulted, and may continue to result, in earnings volatility. Based on the
reviews made during 2002, the following ratings actions took place:
On May 8, 2002, Fitch Ratings downgraded the Company's "insurer financial strength" rating to A+ from AA- with a "stable" outlook.
On September 19, 2002, Fitch Ratings lowered the Company's "insurer financial strength" rating to A- from A+ with an "evolving"
outlook.
On September 27, 2002, A.M. Best Co. lowered the Company's "financial strength" rating to A- from A with negative implications.
On October 16, 2002, Standard and Poor's lowered the Company's "counterparty credit" and "financial strength" ratings to A- from A+
with a negative outlook and removed the Company from Credit Watch.
Forward Looking Information
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The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "1995 Act") provides a "safe harbor" for forward-looking statements, so
long as those statements are identified as forward-looking, and the statements are accompanied by meaningful cautionary statements
that identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the statement. We want
to take advantage of these safe harbor provisions.
Certain information contained in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is
forward-looking within the meaning of the 1995 Act or Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
These forward-looking statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events, and are subject to a number of significant
uncertainties and results may differ materially from these statements. You should not put undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
AMERICAN SKANDIA LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION
(an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd.)
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
There have been no material changes to the Company's market risk during the nine or three months ended September 30, 2002. The
Company has provided a discussion of its market risks in Item 7A of Part II of the December 31, 2001 Form 10-K.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure
controls and procedures pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14. Based on that evaluation, within the past 90 days, the Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that
all material information required to be filed in this quarterly report has been made known to them in a timely fashion. There have
been no significant changes in internal controls, or in factors that could significantly affect internal controls, subsequent to the
date the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer completed their evaluation.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
(a) See Exhibit Index
(b) None
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
American Skandia Life
Assurance Corporation
(Registrant)
by: /s/Thomas M. Mazzaferro
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Thomas M. Mazzaferro
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
November 12, 2002
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Wade A. Dokken, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors
any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls; and
6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether there were significant
changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of
our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Dated: November 12, 2002 /s/ Wade A. Dokken
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President and Chief Executive Officer
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Thomas M. Mazzaferro, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation;
2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made,
not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and
for, the periods presented in this quarterly report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14) for the registrant and have:
a) designed such disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
in which this quarterly report is being prepared;
b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this quarterly report (the "Evaluation Date"); and
c) presented in this quarterly report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures based
on our evaluation as of the Evaluation Date;
5. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation, to the registrant's
auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the registrant's
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data and have identified for the registrant's auditors
any material weaknesses in internal controls; and
b) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
registrant's internal controls; and
6. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have indicated in this quarterly report whether there were significant
changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls subsequent to the date of
our most recent evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Dated: November 12, 2002 /s/ Thomas M. Mazzaferro
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number Description Location
(2) Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or None
succession
(4) Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including None
indentures
(10) Material Contracts None
(11) Statement re: computation of per share earnings None
(15) Letter re: unaudited interim financial information None
(18) Letter re: change in accounting principles None
(19) Report furnished to security holders None
(22) Published report regarding matters submitted to vote of security holders None
(23) Consents of experts and counsel None
(24) Power of attorney None
(99) Certification Page 24
Exhibit 99
Certification
Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)
Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United
States Code), each of the undersigned officers of American Skandia Life Assurance Corporation, a Connecticut corporation (the
"Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's knowledge, that:
The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002 (the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the
requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly
presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: November 12, 2002 /s/ Wade A. Dokken
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 12, 2002 /s/ Thomas M. Mazzaferro
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director
The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and
(b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code) and is not being filed as part of a separate disclosure document.