PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE OF NEW JERSEY - FORM 10-Q

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE OF NEW JERSEY - FORM 10-Q - August 14, 2014

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


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

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2014


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

For the Transition Period from to

Commission file number 333-18053

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

New Jersey

22-2426091

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(973) 802-6000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including area code)

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of the Regulation S-T ((§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

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

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

As of August 13, 2014, 400,000 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock (par value $5) were outstanding.

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey meets the conditions set

forth in General Instruction (H) (1) (a) and (b) on Form 10-Q and

is therefore filing this Form 10-Q in the reduced disclosure format.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page Number
PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements:
	Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013		4
	Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013		5
	Unaudited Interim Statements of Equity For the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013		6
	Unaudited Interim Statements of Cash Flows For the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013		7
	Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements		8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		40
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		48
PART II—OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		48
Item 1A.	Risk Factors		48
Item 6.	Exhibits		49
SIGNATURES			50

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain of the statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including but not limited to those in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “includes,” “plans,” “assumes,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “should,” “will,” “shall” or variations of such words are generally part of forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are made based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects upon Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey will be those anticipated by management. These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, and there are certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from expectations or estimates reflected in such forward-looking statements, including, among others: (1) general economic, market and political conditions, including the performance and fluctuations of fixed income, equity, real estate and other financial markets; (2) the availability and cost of additional debt or equity capital or external financing for our operations; (3) interest rate fluctuations or prolonged periods of low interest rates; (4) the degree to which we choose not to hedge risks, or the potential ineffectiveness or insufficiency of hedging or risk management strategies we do implement, with regard to variable annuity or other product guarantees; (5) any inability to access our credit facilities; (6) reestimates of our reserves for future policy benefits and claims; (7) differences between actual experience regarding mortality, longevity, morbidity, persistency, surrender experience, interest rates or market returns and the assumptions we use in pricing our products, establishing liabilities and reserves or for other purposes; (8) changes in our assumptions related to deferred policy acquisition costs; (9) changes in our financial strength or credit ratings; (10) statutory reserve requirements associated with term and universal life insurance policies under Regulation XXX and Guideline AXXX; (11) investment losses, defaults and counterparty non-performance; (12) competition in our product lines and for personnel; (13) difficulties in marketing and distributing products through current or future distribution channels; (14) changes in tax law; (15) regulatory or legislative changes, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; (16) inability to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of infringement of the intellectual property rights of others; (17) adverse determinations in litigation or regulatory matters and our exposure to contingent liabilities; (18) domestic or international military actions, natural or man-made disasters including terrorist activities or pandemic disease, or other events resulting in catastrophic loss of life; (19) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and procedures in identifying, monitoring and managing risks; (20) interruption in telecommunication, information technology or other operational systems or failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data on such systems; and (21) changes in statutory or accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), practices or policies. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey does not intend, and is under no obligation, to update any particular forward-looking statement included in this document. See “Risk Factors” herein and in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for discussion of certain risks relating to our business and investment in our securities.

Part I—Financial Information

Item 1. Financial Statements

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position

As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands, except share amounts)


	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
ASSETS
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost: 2014–$882,083; 2013–$889,548)	$	945,478	$	927,341
Equity securities, available-for-sale, at fair value (cost: 2014–$11,642; 2013–$91)		12,160		116
Policy loans		179,949		176,885
Short-term investments		26,499		5,180
Commercial mortgage and other loans		288,466		292,532
Other long-term investments		40,147		37,505

Total investments		1,492,699		1,439,559
Cash and cash equivalents		29,897		40,641
Deferred policy acquisition costs		449,979		439,315
Accrued investment income		14,829		15,024
Reinsurance recoverables		1,127,485		999,240
Receivables from parents and affiliates		39,183		34,479
Deferred sales inducements		84,594		88,350
Other assets		8,910		8,264
Separate account assets		11,066,225		10,235,426

TOTAL ASSETS	$	14,313,801	$	13,300,298

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
LIABILITIES
Policyholders’ account balances	$	1,412,443	$	1,360,664
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities		990,179		772,537
Cash collateral for loaned securities		3,181		4,081
Income taxes		32,977		23,467
Short-term debt to affiliates		24,000		24,000
Long-term debt to affiliates		93,000		93,000
Payables to parent and affiliates		4,049		4,607
Other liabilities		72,560		132,083
Separate account liabilities		11,066,225		10,235,426

TOTAL LIABILITIES		13,698,614		12,649,865


COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (See Note 6)

EQUITY
Common stock, ($5 par value; 400,000 shares, authorized, issued and outstanding)		2,000		2,000
Additional paid-in capital		211,147		211,147
Retained earnings		369,996		420,185
Accumulated other comprehensive income		32,044		17,101

TOTAL EQUITY		615,187		650,433

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$	14,313,801	$	13,300,298

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands)


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014		2013		2014		2013
REVENUES
Premiums	$	3,272	$	3,985	$	5,974	$	6,494
Policy charges and fee income		48,783		43,068		95,473		80,261
Net investment income		17,244		16,966		34,000		33,998
Asset administration fees		9,609		8,054		18,803		16,389
Other income		786		701		1,544		1,626
Realized investment gains (losses), net:
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities		-		-		-		-
Other-than-temporary impairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to other comprehensive income		-		-		-		-
Other realized investment gains (losses), net		(5,887)		12,937		(22,450)		27,914

Total realized investment gains (losses), net		(5,887)		12,937		(22,450)		27,914

TOTAL REVENUES		73,807		85,711		133,344		166,682


BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholders’ benefits		8,617		7,718		17,445		16,326
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		10,339		5,021		20,373		10,159
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs		6,760		(7,242)		12,458		(16,013)
General, administrative and other expenses		21,935		19,863		46,163		36,321

TOTAL BENEFITS AND EXPENSES		47,651		25,360		96,439		46,793


INCOME (LOSS) FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES		26,156		60,351		36,905		119,889

Income Taxes:
Total income tax expense (benefit)		4,773		18,354		7,094		34,560

NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	21,383	$	41,997	$	29,811	$	85,329


Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(7)		11		(7)		(24)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
Unrealized investment gains (losses) for the period		13,687		(29,526)		25,431		(34,188)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income		(2,162)		(1,304)		(2,434)		(3,257)

Net unrealized investment gains (losses)		11,525		(30,830)		22,997		(37,445)

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax		11,518		(30,819)		22,990		(37,469)

Less: Income tax expense (benefit) related to:
Foreign currency translation adjustments		(2)		3		(2)		(9)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)		4,034		(10,791)		8,049		(13,106)

Total		4,032		(10,788)		8,047		(13,115)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:		7,486		(20,031)		14,943		(24,354)

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)	$	28,869	$	21,966	$	44,754	$	60,975

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Unaudited Interim Statements of Equity

Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands)


	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Equity

Balance, December 31, 2013	$	2,000	$	211,147	$	420,185		$	17,101		$	650,433
Dividend to parent		-		-		(80,000	)		-			(80,000	)
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)		-		-		29,811			-			29,811
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		-		-		-			14,943			14,943

Total comprehensive income (loss)												44,754


Balance, June 30, 2014	$	2,000	$	211,147	$	369,996		$	32,044		$	615,187


	Common Stock		Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total Equity

Balance, December 31, 2012	$	2,000	$	211,049	$	409,342		$	47,449		$	669,840
Dividend to parent		-		-		(155,000	)		-			(155,000	)
Comprehensive income (loss):
Net income (loss)		-		-		85,329			-			85,329
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax		-		-		-			(24,354	)		(24,354	)

Total comprehensive income (loss)												60,975


Balance, June 30, 2013	$	2,000	$	211,049	$	339,671		$	23,095		$	575,815

See Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Unaudited Interim Statements of Cash Flows

Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands)


	2014		2013
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income	$	29,811	$	85,329
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Policy charges and fee income		3,507		4,722
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		20,373		10,159
Realized investment (gains) losses, net		22,450		(27,914)
Amortization and other non-cash items		(4,413)		(4,027)
Change in:
Future policy benefits and other insurance liabilities		64,835		72,038
Reinsurance recoverables		(36,064)		(60,158)
Accrued investment income		195		441
Receivables from parent and affiliates		(1,167)		(5,495)
Payables to parent and affiliates		(557)		1,287
Deferred policy acquisition costs		(16,048)		(46,085)
Income taxes payable		1,464		69,388
Deferred sales inducements		(471)		(1,106)
Other, net		(9,611)		(807)

Cash flows from operating activities	$	74,304	$	97,772

CASH FLOWS FROM (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale/maturity/prepayment of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	99,304	$	126,697
Short-term investments		26,614		12,908
Policy loans		11,167		10,010
Ceded policy loans		(525)		(415)
Commercial mortgage and other loans		9,653		11,381
Other long-term investments		701		827
Equity securities, available-for-sale		2,058		288
Payments for the purchase/origination of:
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale		(89,666)		(62,925)
Short-term investments		(47,930)		(11,787)
Policy loans		(11,831)		(7,788)
Ceded policy loans		1,215		1,077
Commercial mortgage and other loans		(5,468)		(60,149)
Other long-term investments		(1,583)		(2,532)
Equity securities, available-for-sale		(13,551)		(5,253)
Notes receivable from parent and affiliates, net		(3,275)		105
Other, net		14		174

Cash flows from (used in) investing activities	$	(23,103)	$	12,618

CASH FLOWS USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Policyholders’ account deposits	$	126,660	$	135,240
Ceded policyholders’ account deposits		(41,836)		(73,417)
Policyholders’ account withdrawals		(65,173)		(60,815)
Ceded policyholders’ account withdrawals		1,992		1,481
Net change in securities sold under agreement to repurchase and cash collateral for loaned securities		(900)		3,561
Dividend to parent		(80,000)		(155,000)
Net change in short-term borrowing		-		3,000
Drafts outstanding		(2,688)		945

Cash flows used in financing activities	$	(61,945)	$	(145,005)

NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS		(10,744)		(34,615)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR		40,641		50,596

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD	$	29,897	$	15,981

See Unaudited Interim Notes to Financial Statements

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements

1. BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, or the “Company”, is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life”), which in turn is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential Insurance”). Prudential Insurance is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential Financial”). The Company is a stock life insurance company organized in 1982 under the laws of the State of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in New Jersey and New York only, and sells such products primarily through affiliated and unaffiliated distributors.

Basis of Presentation

The Unaudited Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Use of Estimates

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

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRONOUNCEMENTS

This section supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, Note 2 to the Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued updated guidance establishing a single definition of a public entity for use in financial accounting and reporting guidance. This new guidance is effective for all current and future reporting periods and did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or financial statement disclosures.

In July 2013, the FASB issued new guidance regarding derivatives. The guidance permits the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) to be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting, in addition to the United States Treasury rate and London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The guidance also removes the restriction on using different benchmark rates for similar hedges. The guidance is effective for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013, and was applied prospectively. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.

In July 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when net operating loss carryforwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carryforwards exist. This new guidance became effective for interim or annual reporting periods that began after December 15, 2013, and was applied prospectively. Adoption of the guidance did not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.

In February 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the presentation of comprehensive income. Under the guidance, an entity is required to separately present information about significant items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) by component as well as changes in accumulated other comprehensive income balances by component in either the financial statements or the notes to the financial statements. The guidance does not change the items that are reported in other comprehensive income, does not change when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income, and does not amend any existing requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income. The guidance became effective for interim or annual reporting periods that began after December 15, 2012 and was applied prospectively. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 3.

In December 2011 and January 2013, the FASB issued updated guidance regarding the disclosure of recognized derivative instruments (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements and securities borrowing/lending transactions that are offset in the statement of financial position or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement (irrespective of whether they are offset in the statement of financial position). This new guidance requires an entity to disclose information on both a gross and net basis about instruments and transactions within the scope of this guidance. This new guidance became effective for interim or annual reporting periods that began on or after January 1, 2013, and was applied retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The disclosures required by this guidance are included in Note 5.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance for troubled debt restructurings clarifying when an in substance repossession or foreclosure occurs, and when a creditor is considered to have received physical possession of residential real estate property collateralizing a consumer mortgage loan. The new guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2014. This guidance can be elected for prospective adoption or by using a modified retrospective transition method. This guidance is not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or financial statement disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance on accounting for revenue recognition. The guidance is based on the core principle that revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods and services. The guidance also requires additional disclosures about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. Revenue recognition for insurance contracts is explicitly scoped out of the guidance. The new guidance is effective for annual periods and interim periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2016 and must be applied using one of two retrospective application methods. Early adoption is not permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and financial statement disclosures.

In August 2014, the FASB issued updated guidance for measuring the financial assets and the financial liabilities of a consolidated collateralized financing entity. Under the guidance, an entity within scope is permitted to measure both the financial assets and financial liabilities of a consolidated collateralized financing entity based on either the fair value of the financial assets or financial liabilities, whichever is more observable. When elected, the measurement alternative will eliminate the measurement difference that exists when both are measured at fair value. The new guidance is effective for annual periods and interim reporting periods within those annual periods, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption will be permitted. This guidance can be elected for modified retrospective or full retrospective adoption. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the guidance on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and financial statement disclosures.

3. INVESTMENTS

Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

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


	June 30, 2014
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Other-than- temporary Impairments in AOCI (3)
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	24,190	$	3,466	$	-	$	27,656	$	-
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions		9,765		870		-		10,635		-
Foreign government bonds		4,428		178		-		4,606		-
Public utilities		104,350		7,317		151		111,516		-
All other corporate securities		591,274		44,493		1,419		634,348		(45	)
Asset-backed securities (1)		41,142		1,525		104		42,563		(79	)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		82,758		4,222		5		86,975		-
Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)		24,176		3,003		-		27,179		(265	)

Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	882,083	$	65,074	$	1,679	$	945,478	$	(389	)


Equity securities, available-for-sale
Common Stocks:
Mutual funds	$	11,589	$	486	$	-	$	12,075
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		53		32		-		85

Total equity securities, available-for-sale	$	11,642	$	518	$	-	$	12,160

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

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

(3)

Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in “AOCI,” which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $0.6 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


	December 31, 2013
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gains		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Other-than- temporary Impairments in AOCI (3)
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	24,842	$	2,939	$	-	$	27,781	$	-
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions		4,781		53		153		4,681		-
Foreign government bonds		11,457		901		-		12,358		-
Public utilities		105,717		3,898		2,371		107,244		-
All other corporate securities		600,938		34,010		7,582		627,366		(45	)
Asset-backed securities (1)		51,651		611		1,084		51,178		(102	)
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		63,090		3,763		14		66,839		-
Residential mortgage-backed securities (2)		27,072		2,827		5		29,894		(281	)

Total fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	889,548	$	49,002	$	11,209	$	927,341	$	(428	)

Equity securities, available-for-sale
Common Stocks:
Mutual funds	$	38	$	-	$	1	$	37
Non-redeemable preferred stocks		53		26		-		79

Total equity securities available-for-sale	$	91	$	26	$	1	$	116

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

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

(3)

Represents the amount of other-than-temporary impairment losses in “AOCI,” which were not included in earnings. Amount excludes $0.7 million of net unrealized gains on impaired available-for-sale securities relating to changes in the value of such securities subsequent to the impairment measurement date.

The amortized cost and fair value of fixed maturities by contractual maturities at June 30, 2014, are as follows:


	Available-for-Sale
	Amortized Cost		Fair Value
	(in thousands)
Due in one year or less	$	39,647	$	41,140
Due after one year through five years		266,238		288,202
Due after five years through ten years		167,970		179,522
Due after ten years		260,152		279,897
Asset-backed securities		41,142		42,563
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		82,758		86,975
Residential mortgage-backed securities		24,176		27,179

Total	$	882,083	$	945,478

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

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


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
Proceeds from sales	$	35,560		$	52,790		$	41,432		$	59,165
Proceeds from maturities/repayments		29,615			41,417			57,704			68,935
Gross investment gains from sales, prepayments, and maturities		2,327			1,493			2,650			3,464
Gross investment losses from sales and maturities		(198	)		(189	)		(249	)		(311	)
Equity securities, available-for-sale
Proceeds from sales	$	2,058		$	-		$	2,058		$	288
Gross investment gains from sales		58			-			58			104
Fixed maturity and equity security impairments
Net writedowns for other-than-temporary impairment losses on fixed maturities recognized in earnings (1)	$	(25	)	$	-		$	(25	)	$	-

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

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

As discussed in Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, a portion of certain other-than-temporary impairment (“OTTI”) losses on fixed maturity securities are recognized in “Other Comprehensive income (loss)” (“OCI”). For these securities, the net amount recognized in earnings (“credit loss impairments”) represents the difference between the amortized cost of the security and the net present value of its projected future cash flows discounted at the effective interest rate implicit in the debt security prior to impairment. Any remaining difference between the fair value and amortized cost is recognized in OCI. The following tables set forth the amount of pre-tax credit loss impairments on fixed maturity securities held by the Company as of the dates indicated, for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in OCI, and the corresponding changes in such amounts.

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


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2014		Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	702	$	716
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period		(10)		(17)
Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses		3		7
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in cash flows expected to be collected		(15)		(26)

Balance, end of period	$	680	$	680


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2013		Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
	(in thousands)
Balance, beginning of period	$	720	$	2,411
Credit loss impairments previously recognized on securities which matured, paid down, prepaid or were sold during the period		(13)		(1,645)
Additional credit loss impairments recognized in the current period on securities Increases due to the passage of time on previously recorded credit losses		11		21
Accretion of credit loss impairments previously recognized due to an increase in cash flows expected to be collected		-		(69)

Balance, end of period	$	718	$	718

Trading Account Assets

There were no “Trading account assets” as of both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans

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


	June 30, 2014						December 31, 2013
	Amount (in thousands)			% of Total			Amount (in thousands)			% of Total
Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type:
Apartments/Multi-Family	$	85,675			30.4	%	$	81,484			28.5	%
Retail		64,759			23.0			65,353			22.9
Industrial		34,815			12.4			40,281			14.1
Office		30,546			10.8			30,635			10.7
Other		25,739			9.1			25,277			8.8
Hospitality		23,961			8.5			24,186			8.5

Total commercial mortgage loans		265,495			94.2			267,216			93.5
Agricultural property loans		16,346			5.8			18,691			6.5

Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type		281,841			100.0	%		285,907			100.0	%

Valuation allowance		(1,785	)					(1,785	)

Total net commercial and agricultural mortgage loans by property type		280,056						284,122


Other Loans
Uncollateralized loans	$	8,410					$	8,410

Total other loans		8,410						8,410

Total commercial mortgage and other loans	$	288,466					$	292,532

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

The commercial mortgage and agricultural property loans are geographically dispersed throughout the United States and other countries with the largest concentrations in Illinois (15%), Texas (14%), and New York (11%) at June 30, 2014.

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


	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Allowance for losses, beginning of year	$	1,785	$	1,162
Addition to / (release of) allowance of losses		-		623

Total ending balance (1)	$	1,785	$	1,785

(1)	Agricultural loans represent less than $0.1 million of the ending allowance at both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

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


	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Allowance for Credit Losses:
Ending balance: individually evaluated for impairment (1)	$	-	$	-
Ending balance: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)		1,785		1,785

Total ending balance	$	1,785	$	1,785


Recorded Investment: (3)
Ending balance gross of reserves: individually evaluated for impairment (1)	$	-	$	-
Ending balance gross of reserves: collectively evaluated for impairment (2)		290,251		294,317

Total ending balance, gross of reserves	$	290,251	$	294,317

(1)	There were no loans individually evaluated for impairments at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

(2)

Agricultural loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $16.3 million and $18.7 million at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, and no related allowance for both periods. Uncollateralized loans collectively evaluated for impairment had a recorded investment of $8.4 million at both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and no related allowance for both periods.

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

Impaired loans include those loans for which it is probable that all amounts due will not be collected according to the contractual terms of the loan agreement. There were no impaired commercial mortgage and other loans identified in management’s specific review of probable loan losses and no related allowance for losses, at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Impaired commercial mortgage and other loans with no allowance for losses are loans in which the fair value of the collateral or the net present value of the loans’ expected future cash flows equals or exceeds the recorded investment. The company had no such loans at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. See Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for information regarding the Company’s accounting policies for non-performing loans.

The following table sets forth certain key credit quality indicators as of June 30, 2014, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.

Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans


	Debt Service Coverage Ratio - June 30, 2014
	Greater than 1.2X		1.0X to <1.2X		Less than 1.0X		Total
Loan-to-Value Ratio	(in thousands)
0%-59.99%	$	150,814	$	-	$	1,735	$	152,549
60%-69.99%		82,683		-		4,917		87,600
70%-79.99%		34,135		2,848		-		36,983
Greater than 80%		3,170		1,539		-		4,709

Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans	$	270,802	$	4,387	$	6,652	$	281,841

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

The following table sets forth certain key credit quality indicators as of December 31, 2013, based upon the recorded investment gross of allowance for credit losses.

Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans


	Debt Service Coverage Ratio - December 31, 2013
	Greater than 1.2X		1.0X to <1.2X		Less than 1.0X		Total
Loan-to-Value Ratio	(in thousands)
0%-59.99%	$	136,909	$	-	$	1,833	$	138,742
60%-69.99%		81,355		-		-		81,355
70%-79.99%		56,392		2,900		4,956		64,248
Greater than 80%		-		1,562		-		1,562

Total commercial and agricultural mortgage loans	$	274,656	$	4,462	$	6,789	$	285,907

As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, all commercial mortgage and other loans were in current status. The Company defines current in its aging of past due commercial mortgage and agricultural loans as less than 30 days past due.

There were no commercial mortgage and other loans in nonaccrual status as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. Nonaccrual loans are those on which the accrual of interest has been suspended after the loans become 90 days delinquent as to principal or interest payments, or earlier when the Company has doubts about collectability and loans for which a loan specific reserve has been established. See Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, for further discussion regarding nonaccrual status loans.

For the three and six months ended both June 30, 2014 and 2013, there were no commercial mortgage and other loans acquired or sold, other than those through direct origination.

The Company’s commercial mortgage and other loans may occasionally be involved in a troubled debt restructuring. As of both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had no significant commitments to fund to borrowers that have been involved in a troubled debt restructuring. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, there were no new troubled debt restructurings related to commercial mortgage and other loans, and no payment defaults on commercial mortgage and other loans that were modified as a troubled debt restructuring within the 12 months preceding each respective period. For additional information relating to the accounting for troubled debt restructurings, see Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Net Investment Income

Net investment income for the three and six months ended June 30, was from the following sources:


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale	$	11,154		$	11,626		$	22,391		$	23,662
Equity securities, available-for-sale		-			-			-			-
Trading account assets		-			3			-			7
Commercial mortgage and other loans		3,354			3,236			6,759			6,365
Policy loans		2,497			2,432			4,969			4,797
Short-term investments and cash equivalents		23			27			30			47
Other long-term investments		1,045			490			1,478			827

Gross investment income		18,073			17,814			35,627			35,705
Less: investment expenses		(829	)		(848	)		(1,627	)		(1,707	)

Net investment income	$	17,244		$	16,966		$	34,000		$	33,998

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Realized Investment Gains (Losses), Net

Realized investment gains (losses), net, for the three and six months ended June 30, were from the following sources:


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities	$	2,104		$	1,304		$	2,376		$	3,154
Equity securities		58			-			58			104
Commercial mortgage and other loans		-			(190	)		-			(569	)
Short-term investments and cash equivalents		2			1			2			1
Joint ventures and limited partnerships		1			(1	)		-			(9	)
Derivatives		(8,052	)		11,823			(24,886	)		25,233

Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	(5,887	)	$	12,937		$	(22,450	)	$	27,914

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The balance of and changes in each component of “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, are as follows:


		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013		$	68		$	17,033		$	17,101
Change in other comprehensive income before reclassifications			(7	)		25,431			25,424
Amounts reclassified from AOCI			-			(2,434	)		(2,434	)
Income tax benefit (expense)			2			(8,049	)		(8,047	)

Balance, June 30, 2014		$	63		$	31,981		$	32,044


		Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment			Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses) (1)			Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2012		$	44		$	47,406		$	47,449
Change in other comprehensive income before reclassifications			(24	)		(34,188	)		(34,212	)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI			-			(3,257	)		(3,257	)
Income tax benefit (expense)			9			13,106			13,115

Balance, June 30, 2013		$	29		$	23,067		$	23,095

(1)	Includes cash flow hedges of ($3.7) million and ($3.1) million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively and ($1.0) million and ($1.3) million as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2014			Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
	(in thousands)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI (1)(2):
Net unrealized investment gains (losses):
Cash flow hedges - Currency/Interest rate (3)	$	(124	)	$	(168	)

Net unrealized investment gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities (4)		2,286			2,602

Total net unrealized investment gains (losses)		2,162			2,434

Total reclassifications for the period	$	2,162		$	2,434

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

(1)	All amounts are shown before tax.

(2)	Positive amounts indicate gains/benefits reclassified out of AOCI. Negative amounts indicate losses/costs reclassified out of AOCI.

(3)	See Note 5 for additional information on cash flow hedges.

(4)	See table below for additional information on unrealized investment gains (losses), including the impact on deferred policy acquisition and other costs, future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances.

Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)

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

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


	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments		Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policy Holder Account Balances (1)			Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	224	$	(628	)	$	152		$	87		$	(165	)
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period		25		-			-			(8	)		17
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income		10		-			-			(3	)		7
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs		-		59			-			(21	)		38
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances		-		-			(9	)		3			(6	)

Balance, June 30, 2014	$	259	$	(569	)	$	143		$	58		$	(109	)

(1)	Balances are net of reinsurance.

All Other Net Unrealized Investment Gains and Losses in AOCI


	Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (1)			Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs and Other Costs			Future Policy Benefits and Policy Holder Account Balances (2)		Deferred Income Tax (Liability) Benefit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Related To Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	35,984		$	(11,654	)	$	2,126	$	(9,258	)	$	17,198
Net investment gains (losses) on investments arising during the period		27,802			-			-		(9,731	)		18,071
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income		(2,444	)		-			-		855			(1,589	)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on deferred policy acquisition costs and other costs		-			(5,499	)		-		1,925			(3,574	)
Impact of net unrealized investment (gains) losses on future policy benefits and policyholders’ account balances		-			-			3,052		(1,068	)		1,984

Balance, June 30, 2014	$	61,342		$	(17,153	)	$	5,178	$	(17,277	)	$	32,090

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

(2)	Balances are net of reinsurance.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments by Asset Class

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


	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturity securities on which an OTTI loss has been recognized	$	259		$	224
Fixed maturity securities, available-for-sale - all other		63,136			37,569
Equity securities, available-for-sale		518			25
Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges (1)		(3,704	)		(3,057	)
Other investments		1,392			1,447

Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments	$	61,601		$	36,208

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

Duration of Gross Unrealized Loss Positions for Fixed Maturities and Equity Securities

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


	June 30, 2014
	Less than twelve months				Twelve months or more				Total
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-	$	-
Corporate securities		24,587		305		40,238		1,265		64,825		1,570
Asset-backed securities		5,480		55		5,947		49		11,427		104
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		-		-		669		5		669		5
Residential mortgage-backed securities		-		-		-		-		-		-

Total	$	30,067	$	360	$	46,854	$	1,319	$	76,921	$	1,679


Equity securities, available-for-sale	$	1	$	-	$	8	$	-	$	9	$	-


	December 31, 2013
	Less than twelve months				Twelve months or more				Total
	Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses		Fair Value		Gross Unrealized Losses
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available-for-sale
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions	$	2,628	$	153	$	-	$	-	$	2,628	$	153
Corporate securities		185,613		9,740		2,612		213		188,225		9,953
Asset-backed securities		31,499		1,068		642		16		32,141		1,084
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		397		10		268		4		665		14
Residential mortgage-backed securities		936		5		-		-		936		5

Total	$	221,073	$	10,976	$	3,522	$	233	$	224,595	$	11,209


Equity securities, available-for-sale	$	22	$	1	$	-	$	-	$	22	$	1

The gross unrealized losses on fixed maturity securities at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, are composed of $1.5 million and $11.1 million, respectively, related to high or highest quality securities based on the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) or equivalent rating and $0.2 million and $0.1 million, respectively, related to other than high or highest quality securities based on NAIC or equivalent rating. At June 30, 2014 $1.3 million of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were concentrated in the consumer cyclical and finance sectors of the Company’s corporate securities. At December 31, 2013 $0.2 million of gross unrealized losses of twelve months or more were concentrated in the consumer non-cyclical, communications, and basic industry sectors of the Company’s corporate securities and in asset-backed securities. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Company concluded that an adjustment to earnings for other-than-temporary impairments for these securities was not warranted at June 30, 2014 or December 31, 2013. These conclusions are based on a detailed analysis of the underlying credit and cash flows on each security. The gross unrealized losses are primarily attributable to credit spread widening and increased liquidity discounts. At June 30, 2014, the Company does not intend to sell these securities and it is not more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell these securities before the anticipated recovery of its remaining amortized cost basis.

At both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, none of the gross unrealized losses related to equity securities represented declines in value of greater than 20%. In accordance with its policy described in Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in its 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company concluded that an adjustment for other-than-temporary impairments for these equity securities was not warranted at June 30, 2014 or December 31, 2013.

4. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

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

Level 1 - Fair value is based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the Company for identical assets or liabilities. The Company’s Level 1 assets and liabilities primarily include certain cash equivalents, short term investments and equity securities that trade on an active exchange market.

Level 2 - Fair value is based on significant inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability through corroboration with observable market data. Level 2 inputs include quoted market prices in active markets for similar assets and liabilities, quoted market prices in markets that are not active for identical or similar assets or liabilities, and other market observable inputs. The Company’s Level 2 assets and liabilities include: fixed maturities (corporate public and private bonds, most government securities, certain asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, etc.), certain equity securities (mutual funds, which do not actively trade and are priced based on a net asset value), certain short-term investments and certain cash equivalents (primarily commercial paper), and certain over-the-counter derivatives.

Level 3 - Fair value is based on at least one or more significant unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The assets and liabilities in this category may require significant judgment or estimation in determining the fair value. The Company’s Level 3 assets and liabilities primarily include: certain private fixed maturities and equity securities, certain manually priced public equity securities and fixed maturities, certain highly structured over-the-counter derivative contracts, certain real estate funds for which the Company is the general partner, and embedded derivatives resulting from certain products with guaranteed benefits.

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


	As of June 30, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Netting (1)			Total
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	-	$	27,656	$	-	$	-		$	27,656
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions		-		10,635		-		-			10,635
Foreign government bonds		-		4,606		-		-			4,606
Corporate securities		-		741,034		4,830		-			745,864
Asset-backed securities		-		30,857		11,706		-			42,563
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		-		86,975		-		-			86,975
Residential mortgage-backed securities		-		27,179		-		-			27,179

Sub-total		-		928,942		16,536		-			945,478
Equity securities, available for sale:		-		12,075		85		-			12,160
Short-term investments		186		26,313		-		-			26,499
Cash equivalents		1,985		2,000		-		-			3,985
Other long-term investments		-		5,720		-		(5,291	)		429
Reinsurance recoverables		-		-		106,872		-			106,872
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-		7,265		7,657		-			14,922

Sub-total excluding separate account assets		2,171		982,315		131,150		(5,291	)		1,110,345
Separate account assets (2)		60,222		10,999,306		6,697		-			11,066,225

Total assets	$	62,393	$	11,981,621	$	137,847	$	(5,291	)	$	12,176,570

Future policy benefits (4)		-		-		137,875		-			137,875
Payables to parent and affiliates		-		5,291		-		(5,291	)		-

Total liabilities	$	-	$	5,291	$	137,875	$	(5,291	)	$	137,875

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	As of December 31, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3			Netting (1)			Total
	(in thousands)
Fixed maturities, available for sale:
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government authorities and agencies	$	-	$	27,781	$	-		$	-		$	27,781
Obligations of U.S. states and their political subdivisions		-		4,681		-			-			4,681
Foreign government bonds		-		12,358		-			-			12,358
Corporate securities		-		730,248		4,362			-			734,610
Asset-backed securities		-		35,155		16,023			-			51,178
Commercial mortgage-backed securities		-		66,839		-			-			66,839
Residential mortgage-backed securities		-		29,894		-			-			29,894

Sub-total		-		906,956		20,385			-			927,341
Equity securities, available for sale:		-		37		79			-			116
Short-term investments		182		4,998		-			-			5,180
Cash equivalents		-		13,999		-			-			13,999
Other long-term investments		-		5,124		-			(5,124	)		-
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-		30,581		3,138			-			33,719

Sub-total excluding separate account assets		182		961,695		23,602			(5,124	)		980,355
Separate account assets (2)		60,601		10,168,133		6,692			-			10,235,426

Total assets	$	60,783	$	11,129,828	$	30,294		$	(5,124	)	$	11,215,781

Future policy benefits (4)		-		-		(38,190	)		-			(38,190	)
Payables to parent and affiliates		-		5,125		-			(5,124	)		1
Other liabilities (3)		-		-		43,340						43,340

Total liabilities	$	-	$	5,125	$	5,150		$	(5,124	)	$	5,151

(1)	“Netting” amounts represent the impact of offsetting asset and liability positions held within the same counterparty, subject to master netting arrangements.

(2)

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

(3)	Reinsurance of variable annuity living benefit features that were classified as “Other Liabilities” at December 31, 2013 were reclassified to “Reinsurance Recoverables” at June 30, 2014 as they were in a net asset position.

(4)

As of June 30, 2014, the net embedded derivative liability position of $138 million includes $80 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $218 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position. As of December 31, 2013, the net embedded derivative asset position of $38 million includes $109 million of embedded derivatives in an asset position and $71 million of embedded derivatives in a liability position.

The methods and assumptions the Company uses to estimate the fair value of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are summarized below.

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

Internally-developed valuations or indicative broker quotes are also used to determine fair value in circumstances where vendor pricing is not available, or where the Company ultimately concludes that pricing information received from the independent pricing service is not reflective of market activity. If the Company concludes the values from both pricing services and brokers are not reflective of market activity, it may over-ride the information with an internally-developed valuation. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, over-rides on a net basis were not material. Pricing service over-rides, internally-developed valuations and indicative broker quotes are generally included in Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The fair value of private fixed maturities, which are comprised of investments in private placement securities, originated by internal private asset managers, are primarily determined using a discounted cash flow model. If the fair value is determined using pricing inputs that are observable in the market, the securities are reflected within Level 2; otherwise a Level 3 classification is used.

Equity Securities – Equity securities consist principally of investments in common and preferred stock of publicly traded companies, perpetual preferred stock, privately traded securities, as well as mutual fund shares. The fair values of most publicly traded equity securities are based on

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quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and are classified within Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Estimated fair values for most privately traded equity securities are determined using discounted cash flow, earnings multiple and other valuation—models that require a substantial level of judgment around inputs and therefore are classified within Level 3. The fair values of mutual fund shares that transact regularly (but do not trade in active markets because they are not publicly available) are based on transaction prices of identical fund shares and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of perpetual preferred stock are based on inputs obtained from independent pricing services that are primarily based on indicative broker quotes. As a result, the fair values of perpetual preferred stock are classified as Level 3.

Derivative Instruments – Derivatives are recorded at fair value either as assets, within “Other long-term investments,” or as liabilities, within “Payables to parent and affiliates,” except for embedded derivatives which are recorded with the associated host contract. The fair values of derivative contracts can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates, credit spreads, market volatility, expected returns, non-performance risk (“NPR”), liquidity and other factors. Liquidity valuation adjustments are made to reflect the cost of exiting significant risk positions, and consider the bid-ask spread, maturity, complexity, and other specific attributes of the underlying derivative position.

The majority of the Company’s derivative positions are traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative market and are classified within Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. OTC derivatives classified within Level 2 are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market input values from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. The Company’s policy is to use mid-market pricing in determining its best estimate of fair value. The fair values of most OTC derivatives, including interest rate, cross currency swaps, currency forward contracts and single name credit default swaps are determined using discounted cash flow models. The fair values of European style option contracts are determined using Black-Scholes option pricing models. These models’ key inputs include the contractual terms of the respective contract, along with significant observable inputs, including interest rates, currency rates, credit spreads, equity prices, index dividend yields, NPR, volatility and other factors.

The Company’s credit derivatives linked to an index are valued using models that utilize actively quoted or observable market inputs, including overnight indexed swap discount rates, obtained from external market data providers, third-party pricing vendors and/or recent trading activity. These derivatives are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

To reflect the market’s perception of its own and the counterparty’s NPR, the Company incorporates additional spreads over LIBOR into the discount rate used in determining the fair value of OTC derivative assets and liabilities that are not otherwise collateralized.

Derivatives classified as Level 3 include structured products. These derivatives are valued based upon models, such as Monte Carlo simulation models and other techniques that utilize significant unobservable inputs. Level 3 methodologies are validated through periodic comparison of the Company’s fair values to external broker-dealer values. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, all derivatives were classified within Level 2. See Note 5 for more details on the fair value of derivative instruments by primary underlying.

Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments – Cash equivalents and short-term investments include money market instruments, commercial paper and other highly liquid debt instruments. Certain money market instruments are valued using unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible for identical assets and are primarily classified as Level 1. The remaining instruments in this category are generally fair valued based on market observable inputs and, these investments have primarily been classified within Level 2.

Separate Account Assets – Separate Account Assets include fixed maturity securities, treasuries, equity securities and real estate investments for which values are determined consistent with similar instruments described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities,” “Equity Securities” and “Other Long-Term Investments.”

Receivables from Parent and Affiliates – Receivables from parent and affiliates carried at fair value include affiliated bonds within our legal entity whose fair value are determined consistent with similar securities described above under “Fixed Maturity Securities” managed by affiliated asset managers.

Reinsurance Recoverables – Reinsurance recoverables carried at fair value include the reinsurance of our living benefit guarantees on certain of our variable annuities. These guarantees are accounted for as embedded derivatives and are recorded in “Reinsurance Recoverables” or “Other Liabilities” when fair value is in an asset or liability position, respectively. The methods and assumption used to estimate the fair value are consistent with those described below in “Future Policy Benefits.” The reinsurance agreements covering these guarantees are derivatives with fair value determined in the same manner as the living benefit guarantee.

Future Policy Benefits – The liability for future policy benefits primarily includes general account liabilities for the optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity contracts, including guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMAB”), guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWB”) and guaranteed minimum income and withdrawal benefits (“GMIWB”), accounted for as embedded derivatives. The fair values of the GMAB, GMWB, and GMIWB liabilities are calculated as the present value of future expected benefit payments to contractholders less the present value of assessed rider fees attributable to the optional living benefit feature. This methodology could result in either a liability or contra-liability balance, given changing capital market conditions and various actuarial assumptions. Since there is no observable active market for the transfer of these obligations, the valuations are calculated using internally developed models with option pricing techniques. The models are based on a risk neutral valuation framework and incorporate premiums for risks inherent in valuation techniques, inputs, and the general uncertainty around the timing and amount of future cash flows. The determination of these risk premiums requires the use of management judgment.

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The significant inputs to the valuation models for these embedded derivatives include capital market assumptions, such as interest rate levels and volatility assumptions, the Company’s market-perceived NPR, as well as actuarially determined assumptions, including contractholder behavior, such as lapse rates, benefit utilization rates, withdrawal rates, and mortality rates. Since many of these assumptions are unobservable and are considered to be significant inputs to the liability valuation, the liability included in future policy benefits has been reflected within Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

Capital market inputs and actual policyholders’ account values are updated each quarter based on capital market conditions as of the end of the quarter, including interest rates, equity markets, and volatility. In the risk neutral valuation, the initial swap curve drives the total return used to grow the policyholders’ account values. The Company’s discount rate assumption is based on the LIBOR swap curve adjusted for an additional spread relative to LIBOR to reflect NPR.

Actuarial assumptions, including contractholder behavior and mortality, are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data. These assumptions are generally updated in the third quarter of each year unless a material change that the Company feels is indicative of a long term trend is observed in an interim period.

Transfers between Levels 1 and 2 – Transfers between levels are generally reported at the values as of the beginning of the period in which the transfers occur. Periodically there are transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 for assets held in the Company’s Separate Account. The classification of Separate Account funds may vary dependent on the availability of information to the public. Should a fund’s net asset value become publicly observable, the fund would be transferred from Level 2 to Level 1. During the three months ended June 30, 2014 there were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, $0.2 million was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, there were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2.

Level 3 Assets and Liabilities by Price Source – The tables below present the balances of Level 3 assets and liabilities measured at fair value with their corresponding pricing sources.


	As of June 30, 2014
	Internal (1)			External (2)		Total
	(in thousands)
Corporate securities	$	4,830		$	-	$	4,830
Asset-backed securities		38			11,668		11,706
Equity securities		85			-		85
Reinsurance recoverables		106,872			-		106,872
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-			7,657		7,657

Subtotal excluding separate account assets		111,825			19,325		131,150
Separate account assets		6,697			-		6,697

Total assets	$	118,522		$	19,325	$	137,847

Future policy benefits	$	137,875		$	-	$	137,875

Total liabilities	$	137,875		$	-	$	137,875


	As of December 31, 2013
	Internal (1)			External (2)		Total
	(in thousands)
Corporate securities	$	4,362		$	-	$	4,362
Asset-backed securities		50			15,973		16,023
Equity securities		79			-		79
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-			3,138		3,138

Subtotal excluding separate account assets		4,491			19,111		23,602
Separate account assets		6,692			-		6,692

Total assets	$	11,183		$	19,111	$	30,294

Future policy benefits	$	(38,190	)	$	-	$	(38,190	)

Other liabilities		43,340			-		43,340

Total liabilities	$	5,150		$	-	$	5,150

(1)	Represents valuations which could incorporate both internally-derived and market inputs. See below for additional information related to internally-developed valuation for significant items in the above table.

(2)	Represents unadjusted prices from independent pricing services and independent non-binding broker quotes where pricing inputs are not readily available.

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Quantitative Information Regarding Internally Priced Level 3 Assets and Liabilities – The table below presents quantitative information on significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities (see narrative below for quantitative information for separate account assets).

As of June 30, 2014

Fair Value

Valuation Techniques

Unobservable Inputs

Minimum

Maximum

Weighted
Average

Impact of Increase
in Input on Fair
Value (1)

(in thousands)

Assets:

Corporate securities

4,830

Market comparables

EBITDA multiples (2)

6.0X

6.00X

Increase

Reinsurance recoverables

106,872

Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.

Liabilities:

Future policy benefits (3)

137,875

Discounted cash flow

Lapse rate (4)

11%

Decrease

NPR spread (5)

0.02%

1.03%

Decrease

Utilization rate (6)

70%

98%

Increase

With drawal rate (7)

86%

100%

Increase

Mortality rate (8)

13%

Decrease

Equity Volatility curve

14%

28%

Increase

As of December 31, 2013

Fair Value

Valuation Techniques

Unobservable Inputs

Minimum

Maximum

Weighted
Average

Impact of Increase
in Input on Fair
Value (1)

(in thousands)

Assets:

Corporate securities

4,362

Discounted cash flow

Discount rate

11.0%

11.00%

Decrease

Market comparables

EBITDA multiples (2)

6.0X

7.0X

6.09X

Increase

Liabilities:

Future policy benefits (3)

(38,190

)

Discounted cash flow

Lapse rate (4)

11%

Decrease

NPR spread (5)

0.08%

1.09%

Decrease

Utilization rate (6)

70%

94%

Increase

Withdrawal rate (7)

86%

100%

Increase

Mortality rate (8)

13%

Decrease

Equity Volatility curve

15%

28%

Increase

Other Liabilities

43,340

Represents reinsurance of variable annuity living benefits in a liability position. Fair values are determined in the same manner as future policy benefits.

(1)	Conversely, the impact of a decrease in input would have the opposite impact for the fair value as that presented in the table.

(2)	EBITDA multiples represent multiples of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and are amounts used when the reporting entity has determined that market participants would use such multiples when pricing the investments.

(3)

Future policy benefits primarily represent general account liabilities for the optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity contracts which are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Since the valuation methodology for these liabilities uses a range of inputs that vary at the contract level over the cash flow projection period, presenting a range, rather than weighted average, is a more meaningful representation of the unobservable inputs used in the valuation.

(4)

Base lapse rates are adjusted at the contract level based on a comparison of the benefit amount and the policyholder account value and reflect other factors, such as the applicability of any surrender charges. A dynamic lapse adjustment reduces the base lapse rate when the benefit amount is greater than the account value, as in-the-money contracts are less likely to lapse. Lapse rates are also generally assumed to be lower for the period where surrender charges apply.

(5)

To reflect NPR, the Company incorporates an additional spread over LIBOR into the discount rate used in the valuation of individual living benefit contracts in a liability position and generally not to those in a contra-liability position. In determining the NPR spread, the Company reflects the financial strength ratings of the Company and its affiliates as these are insurance liabilities and senior to debt. The additional spread over LIBOR is determined by utilizing the credit spreads associated with issuing funding agreements, adjusted for any illiquidity risk premium.

(6)

The utilization rate assumption estimates the percentage of contracts that will utilize the benefit during the contract duration, and begin lifetime withdrawals at various time intervals from contract inception. The remaining contractholders are assumed to either begin lifetime withdrawals immediately or never utilize the benefit. These assumptions vary based on the product type, the age of the contractholder and the age of the contract. The impact of changes in these assumptions is highly dependent on the contract type and age of the contractholder at the time of the sale and the timing of the first lifetime income withdrawal.

(7)	The withdrawal rate assumption estimates the magnitude of annual contractholder withdrawals relative to the maximum allowable amount under the contract. The fair value of the liability will generally increase the closer the withdrawal rate is to 100%.

(8)

Range reflects the mortality rate for the vast majority of business with living benefits, with policyholders ranging from 35 to 90 years old. While the majority of living benefits have a minimum age requirement, certain benefits do not have an age restriction. This results in contractholders for certain benefits with mortality rates approaching 0%. Based on historical experience, the Company applies a set of age and duration specific mortality rate adjustments compared to standard industry tables. A mortality improvement assumption is also incorporated into the overall mortality table.

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Interrelationships Between Unobservable Inputs – In addition to the sensitivities of fair value measurements to changes in each unobservable input in isolation, as reflected in the table above, interrelationships between these inputs may also exist, such that a change in one unobservable input may give rise to a change in another, or multiple, inputs. Examples of such interrelationships for significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities are as follows:

Corporate Securities – The rate used to discount future cash flows reflects current risk free rates plus credit and liquidity spread requirements that market participants would use to value an asset. The discount rate may be influenced by many factors, including market cycles, expectations of default, collateral, term, and asset complexity. Each of these factors can influence discount rates, either in isolation, or in response to other factors.

Future Policy Benefits – The Company expects benefit utilization and withdrawal rates to generally be correlated with lapse rates. However, behavior is generally highly dependent on the facts and circumstances surrounding the individual contractholder, such as their liquidity needs or tax situation, which could drive lapse behavior independent of other contractholder behavior assumptions. To the extent more efficient contractholder behavior results in greater in-the-moneyness at the contract level, lapse rates may decline for those contracts. Similarly, to the extent that increases in equity volatility are correlated with overall declines in the capital markets, lapse rates may decline as contracts become more in-the-money.

Separate Account Assets – In addition to the significant internally-priced Level 3 assets and liabilities presented and described above, the Company also has internally-priced separate account assets reported within Level 3. Changes in the fair value of separate account assets are borne by customers and thus are offset by changes in separate account liabilities on the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statement of Financial Position. As a result, changes in value associated with these investments do not impact the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statement of Operations. In addition, fees earned by the Company related to the management of most separate account assets classified as Level 3 do not change due to changes in the fair value of these investments. Quantitative information about significant internally-priced Level 3 separate account assets is as follows:

Real Estate and Other Invested Assets – Separate account assets include $6.7 million of investments in real estate as of both June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, that are classified as Level 3 and reported at fair value which is determined by the Company’s equity in net assets of the entities. Fair value estimates of real estate are based on property appraisal reports prepared by independent real estate appraisers. Key inputs and assumptions to the appraisal process include rental income and expense amounts, related growth rates, discount rates and capitalization rates. Because of the subjective nature of inputs and the judgment involved in the appraisal process, real estate investments are typically included in the Level 3 Classification. Key unobservable inputs to real estate valuation include capitalization rates, which ranged from 5.00% to 10.00% (6.27% weighted average) as of June 30, 2014 and 5.00% to 10.00% (6.82% weighted average) as of December 31, 2013 and discount rates which ranged from 6.75% to 10.50% (7.22% weighted average) as of June 30, 2014 and 6.75% to 11.00% (7.90% weighted average) as of December 31, 2013.

Valuation Process for Fair Value Measurements Categorized within Level 3 – The Company has established an internal control infrastructure over the valuation of financial instruments that requires ongoing oversight by its various Business Groups. These management control functions are segregated from the trading and investing functions. For invested assets, the Company has established oversight teams, often in the form of Pricing Committees within each asset management group. The teams, which typically include representation from investment, accounting, operations, legal and other disciplines are responsible for overseeing and monitoring the pricing of the Company’s investments and performing periodic due diligence reviews of independent pricing services. An actuarial valuation team oversees the valuation of optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity contracts.

The Company has also established policies and guidelines that require the establishment of valuation methodologies and consistent application of such methodologies. These policies and guidelines govern the use of inputs and price source hierarchies and provide controls around the valuation processes. These controls include appropriate review and analysis of investment prices against market activity or indicators of reasonableness, approval of price source changes, price overrides, methodology changes and classification of fair value hierarchy levels. For optional living benefit features of the Company’s variable annuity products, the actuarial valuation unit periodically performs baseline testing of contract input data and actuarial assumptions are reviewed at least annually, and updated based upon emerging experience, future expectations and other data, including any observable market data, such as available industry studies. The valuation policies and guidelines are reviewed and updated as appropriate.

Within the trading and investing functions, the Company has established policies and procedures that relate to the approval of all new transaction types, transaction pricing sources and fair value hierarchy coding within the financial reporting system. For variable annuity product changes or new launches of optional living benefit features, the actuarial valuation unit validates input logic and new product features and agrees new input data directly to source documents.

Changes in Level 3 assets and liabilities – The following tables provide summaries of the changes in fair values of Level 3 assets and liabilities as of the dates indicated, as well as the portion of gains or losses included in income attributable to unrealized gains or losses related to those assets and liabilities still held at the end of their respective periods.

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	Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
	Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
	Corporate Securities			Asset-Backed Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	5,308		$	21,965		$	82		$	3,639
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		-			46			-			-
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			-			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		236			7			3			18
Net investment income		11			9			-			-
Purchases		145			-			-			4,000
Sales		-			-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			-			-
Settlements		-			(4,702	)		-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			492			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		(870	)		(6,111	)		-			-
Other (4)		-			-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	4,830		$	11,706		$	85		$	7,657

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
	Reinsurance Recoverables			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	54,940		$	6,692		$	(77,844	)
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		40,107			-			(46,028	)
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		-			5			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		-			-			-
Net investment income		-			-			-
Purchases		11,825			-			-
Sales		-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			(14,003	)
Settlements		-			-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		-			-			-
Other (4)		-			-			0

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	106,872		$	6,697		$	(137,875	)

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	40,205		$	-		$	(19,187	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	$	-		$	5		$	-

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	Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
	Fixed Maturities - Available For Sale
	Corporate Securities			Asset-Backed Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale			Receivables from Parents and Affiliates
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	4,362		$	16,023		$	79		$	3,138
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		-			46			-			-
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			-			-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		-			-			-			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		19			6			6			17
Net investment income		16			61			-			-
Purchases		1,355			-			-			4,000
Sales		(52	)		-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			-			-
Settlements		-			(5,642	)		-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			7,812			-			992
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		(870	)		(6,600	)		-			(490	)

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	4,830		$	11,706		$	85		$	7,657

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
	Reinsurance Recoverables (4)			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	(43,340	)	$	6,692		$	38,190
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		127,043			-			(148,553	)
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		-			5			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		-			-			-
Net investment income		-			-			-
Purchases		23,169			-			-
Sales		-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			(27,512	)
Settlements		-			-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	106,872		$	6,697		$	(137,875	)

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	127,109		$	-		$	(148,814	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	$	-		$	5		$	-

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


	Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
	Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
	Corporate Securities			Asset-Backed Securities			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	6,350		$	21,960		$	1,417		$	1,070
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		(87	)		-			-			-
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			23			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		(159	)		(99	)		-			3
Net investment income		10			69			-			-
Purchases		259			6,827			-			-
Sales		-			-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			-			-
Settlements		(782	)		(2,185	)		-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		(941	)		-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	4,650		$	26,572		$	1,440		$	1,073

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	23		$	-

	Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
	Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits			Other Liabilities (4)
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	1,500		$	6,262		$	(43,614	)	$	27,649
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		-			-			91,275			(75,060	)
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		-			167			-			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		(2	)		-			-			-
Net investment income		-			-			-			-
Purchases		1,151			-			-			10,101
Sales		(500	)		-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			(12,261	)		-
Settlements		-			-			-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	2,149		$	6,429		$	35,400		$	(37,310	)

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	90,874		$	(74,820	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	$	-		$	167		$	-		$	-

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


	Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
	Fixed Maturities Available For Sale
	Corporate Securities			Asset-Backed Securities			Trading Account Assets - Equity Securities			Equity Securities, Available for Sale
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	6,073		$	18,301		$	1,390		$	1,067
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		(86	)		-			-			-
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			50			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		134			58			-			6
Net investment income		16			158			-			-
Purchases		270			12,017			-			-
Sales		-			-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			-			-
Settlements		(816	)		(3,962	)		-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		(941	)		-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	4,650		$	26,572		$	1,440		$	1,073

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	50		$	-

	Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
	Receivables from Parents and Affiliates			Separate Account Assets (1)			Future Policy Benefits			Other Liabilities (4)
	(in thousands)
Fair Value, beginning of period assets/(liabilities)	$	998		$	6,201		$	(116,673	)	$	85,164
Total gains (losses) (realized/unrealized):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net		-			-			175,885			(142,005	)
Asset management fees and other income		-			-			-			-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances		-			228			-			-
Included in other comprehensive income (loss)		-			-			-			-
Net investment income		-			-			-			-
Purchases		1,651			-			-			19,531
Sales		(500	)		-			-			-
Issuances		-			-			(23,812	)		-
Settlements		-			-			-			-
Transfers into Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-
Transfers out of Level 3 (2)		-			-			-			-

Fair Value, end of period assets/(liabilities)	$	2,149		$	6,429		$	35,400		$	(37,310	)

Unrealized gains (losses) for the period relating to those
Level 3 assets that were still held at the end of the period (3):
Included in earnings:
Realized investment gains (losses), net	$	-		$	-		$	175,211		$	(141,564	)
Asset management fees and other income	$	-		$	-		$	-		$	-
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances	$	-		$	227		$	-		$	-

(1)

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

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

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

(4)	Reinsurance of variable annuity living benefit features that were classified as “Other Liabilities” at 2013 and were reclassified to “Reinsurance Recoverables” at 2014 as they were in a net asset position.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Transfers – Transfers into Level 3 are generally the result of unobservable inputs utilized within valuation methodologies and the use of indicative broker quotes for assets that were previously valued using observable inputs. Transfers out of Level 3 are generally due to the use of observable inputs in valuation methodologies as well as the availability of pricing service information for certain assets that the Company is able to validate.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The table below presents the carrying amount and fair value by fair value hierarchy level of certain financial instruments that are not reported at fair value. However, in some cases, as described below, the carrying amount equals or approximates fair value.


	June 30, 2014
	Fair Value								Carrying Amount (1)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Commercial mortgage and other loans	$	-	$	-	$	300,635	$	300,635	$	288,466
Policy loans		-		-		179,949		179,949		179,949
Other long term investments		-		-		1,023		1,023		860
Cash and cash equivalents		3,140		22,772		-		25,912		25,912
Accrued investment income		-		14,829		-		14,829		14,829
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-		24,337		-		24,337		24,261
Other assets		-		3,888		-		3,888		3,888

Total assets	$	3,140	$	65,826	$	481,607	$	550,573	$	538,165

Liabilities:
Policyholders’ account balances - investment contracts	$	-	$	137,318	$	10,958	$	148,276	$	150,302
Cash collateral for loaned securities		-		3,181		-		3,181		3,181
Short-term debt		-		24,158		-		24,158		24,000
Long-term debt		-		94,962		-		94,962		93,000
Payables to parent and affiliates		-		4,049		-		4,049		4,049
Other liabilities		-		42,949		-		42,949		42,949

Total liabilities	$	-	$	306,617	$	10,958	$	317,575	$	317,481


	December 31, 2013
	Fair Value								Carrying Amount (1)
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Total
	(in thousands)
Assets:
Commercial mortgage and other loans	$	-	$	-	$	297,317	$	297,317	$	292,532
Policy loans		-		-		176,885		176,885		176,885
Other long term investments		-		-		744		744		658
Cash and cash equivalents		1,091		25,551		-		26,642		26,642
Accrued investment income		-		15,024		-		15,024		15,024
Receivables from parents and affiliates		-		23,198		-		23,198		23,090
Other assets		-		3,941		-		3,941		3,941

Total assets	$	1,091	$	67,714	$	474,946	$	543,751	$	538,772

Liabilities:
Policyholders’ account balances - investment contracts	$	-	$	130,026	$	10,956	$	140,982	$	143,294
Cash collateral for loaned securities		-		4,081		-		4,081		4,081
Short-term debt		-		24,569		-		24,569		24,000
Long-term debt		-		100,677		-		100,677		93,000
Payables to parent and affiliates		-		4,607		-		4,607		4,607
Other liabilities		-		48,662		-		48,662		48,662

Total liabilities	$	-	$	312,622	$	10,956	$	323,578	$	317,644

(1)

Carrying values presented herein differ from those in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position because certain items within the respective financial statement captions are not considered financial instruments or out of scope under authoritative guidance relating to disclosures of the fair value of financial instruments. Financial statement captions excluded from the above table are not considered financial instruments.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

The fair values presented above have been determined by using available market information and by applying market valuation methodologies, as described in more detail below.

Commercial Mortgage and Other Loans

The fair value of most commercial mortgage loans is based upon the present value of the expected future cash flows discounted at the appropriate U.S. Treasury rate plus an appropriate credit spread for similar quality loans. The quality ratings for these loans, a primary determinant of the credit spreads and a significant component of the pricing process, are based on an internally-developed methodology.

Policy Loans

During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company changed the valuation technique used to fair value policy loans. For the period ended December 31, 2013, the fair value of policy loans was determined by discounting expected cash flows at the current loan coupon rate. As a result the carrying value of the policy loans approximates the fair value for the year ended December 31, 2013. Prior to this change, the fair value of U.S. insurance policy loans was calculated by discounting expected cash flows based upon current U.S. Treasury rates and historical loan repayment patterns.

Other Long-term Investments

Other long-term investments include investments in joint ventures and limited partnerships. The estimated fair values of these cost method investments are generally based on the Company’s share of the net asset value (“NAV”) as provided in the financial statements of the investees. In certain circumstances, management may adjust the NAV by a premium or discount when it has sufficient evidence to support applying such adjustments. No such adjustments were made as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Accrued Investment Income, Receivables from Parent and Affiliates and Other Assets

The Company believes that due to the short-term nature of certain assets, the carrying value approximates fair value. These assets include: cash and cash equivalents, accrued investment income, and other assets that meet the definition of financial instruments, including receivables, such as unsettled trades and accounts receivable. Also included in receivables from parents and affiliates is an affiliated note whose fair value is determined in the same manner as the underlying debt described below under “Short-Term and Long-Term Debt”.

Policyholders’ Account Balances - Investment Contracts

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

Cash Collateral for Loaned Securities

This represents the collateral received or paid in connection with loaning or borrowing securities, similar to the securities sold under agreement to repurchase below. For these transactions, the carrying value of the related asset/liability approximates fair value as they equal the amount of cash collateral received or paid.

Short-Term and Long-Term Debt

The fair value of short-term and long-term debt is generally determined by either prices obtained from independent pricing services, which are validated by the Company, or discounted cash flow models. These fair values consider the Company’s own NPR. Discounted cash flow models predominately use market observable inputs such as the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for debt and financial instruments with similar terms and remaining maturities. For commercial paper issuances and other debt with a maturity of less than 90 days, the carrying value approximates fair value.

Other Liabilities and Payables to Parent and Affiliates

Other liabilities and payables to parent and affiliates are primarily payables, such as unsettled trades, drafts, escrow deposits and accrued expense payables. Due to the short term until settlement of most of these liabilities, the Company believes that carrying value approximates fair value.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

5. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

Types of Derivative Instruments and Derivative Strategies

Interest Rate Contracts

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

Equity Contracts

Equity index options are contracts which will settle in cash based on differentials in the underlying indices at the time of exercise and the strike price. The Company uses combinations of purchases and sales of equity index options to hedge the effects of adverse changes in equity indices within a predetermined range.

Foreign Exchange Contracts

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

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

Credit Contracts

Credit derivatives are used by the Company to enhance the return on the Company’s investment portfolio by creating credit exposure similar to an investment in public fixed maturity cash instruments. With credit derivatives the Company can sell credit protection on an identified name, and in return receive a quarterly premium. With credit default derivatives, this premium or credit spread generally corresponds to the difference between the yield on the referenced name’s public fixed maturity cash instruments and swap rates, at the time the agreement is executed. If there is an event of default by the referenced name, as defined by the agreement, then the Company is obligated to pay the counterparty the referenced amount of the contract and receive in return the referenced defaulted security or similar security or pay the referenced amount less the auction recovery rate. See credit derivatives written section for discussion of guarantees related to credit derivatives written. In addition to selling credit protection, the Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio.

Embedded Derivatives

The Company sells variable annuity products, which may include guaranteed benefit features that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. The Company has reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain of these benefit features to an affiliate, Pruco Reinsurance Ltd., or “Pruco Re”. The embedded derivatives related to the living benefit features and the related reinsurance agreements are carried at fair value. These embedded derivatives are marked to market through “Realized investment gains (losses), net” based on the change in value of the underlying contractual guarantees, which are determined using valuation models, as described in Note 4.

The fair value of the living benefit feature embedded derivatives included in “Future policy benefits” was a liability of $138 million and an asset of $38 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. The fair value of the embedded derivatives related to the reinsurance of certain of these benefits to Pruco Re included in “Reinsurance recoverables” was an asset of $106 million and a liability of $43 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively.

Prior to disposal in the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company invested in fixed maturities that, in addition to a stated coupon, provided a return based upon the results of an underlying portfolio of fixed income investments and related investment activity. The Company accounted for these investments as available-for-sale fixed maturities containing embedded derivatives. Such embedded derivatives are marked to market through “Realized investment gains (losses), net,” based upon the change in value of the underlying portfolio.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

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


	June 30, 2014							December 31, 2013
	Notional Amount		Gross Fair Value					Notional Amount		Gross Fair Value
Primary Underlying	Notional Amount		Assets		Liabilities			Notional Amount		Assets		Liabilities

	(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Currency/Interest Rate
Currency Swaps	$	44,238	$	-	$	(4,098	)	$	41,256	$	-	$	(3,328	)

Total Qualifying Hedges	$	44,238	$	-	$	(4,098	)	$	41,256	$	-	$	(3,328	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedge Accounting Instruments:
Interest Rate
Interest Rate Swaps	$	57,200	$	5,311	$	-		$	57,200	$	3,443	$	-
Credit
Credit Default Swaps		8,275		11		(524	)		9,275		15		(499	)
Currency/Interest Rate
Currency Swaps		10,370		-		(568	)		10,370		-		(556	)
Equity
Equity Options		1,870,401		397		(100	)		1,870,001		1,666		(742	)

Total Non-Qualifying Hedges		1,946,246		5,719		(1,192	)		1,946,846		5,124		(1,797	)

Total Derivatives (1)	$	1,990,484	$	5,719	$	(5,290	)	$	1,988,102	$	5,124	$	(5,125	)

(1)

Excludes embedded derivatives which contain multiple underlyings. The fair value of these embedded derivatives was a liability of $138 million and an asset of $38 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, included in “Future policy benefits.” The reinsurance of the embedded derivatives was an asset of $106 million and a liability of $43 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively, included in “Reinsurance Recoverables” and “Other Liabilities.”

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The following table presents recognized derivative instruments (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), and repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, that are offset in the balance sheet, and/or are subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset in the balance sheet.


	June 30, 2014
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Financial Instruments		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Position			Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position		Financial Instruments/ Collateral			Net Amount

	(in thousands)
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Derivatives	$	5,720	$	(5,291	)	$	429	$	(252	)	$	177
Securities purchased under agreement to resell		22,772		-			22,772		(22,772	)		-

Total Assets	$	28,492	$	(5,291	)	$	23,201	$	(23,024	)	$	177

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	$	5,291	$	(5,291	)	$	-	$	-		$	-
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase		-		-			-		-			-

Total Liabilities	$	5,291	$	(5,291	)	$	-	$	-		$	-

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


	December 31, 2013
	Gross Amounts of Recognized Financial Instruments		Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Financial Position			Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Financial Position		Financial Instruments/ Collateral			Net Amount

	(in thousands)
Offsetting of Financial Assets:
Derivatives	$	5,124	$	(5,124	)	$	-	$	-		$	-
Securities purchased under agreement to resell		25,551		-			25,551		(25,551	)		-

Total Assets	$	30,675	$	(5,124	)	$	25,551	$	(25,551	)	$	-

Offsetting of Financial Liabilities:
Derivatives	$	5,125	$	(5,124	)	$	1	$	-		$	1
Securities sold under agreement to repurchase		-		-			-		-			-

Total Liabilities	$	5,125	$	(5,124	)	$	1	$	-		$	1

For information regarding the rights of offset associated with the derivative assets and liabilities in the table above see “Credit Risk” below. For securities purchased under agreements to resell and securities sold under agreements to repurchase, the Company monitors the value of the securities and maintains collateral, as appropriate, to protect against credit exposure. Where the Company has entered into repurchase and resale agreements with the same counterparty, in the event of default, the Company would generally be permitted to exercise rights of offset. For additional information on the Company’s accounting policy for securities repurchase and resale agreements, see Note 2 to the Company’s Financial Statements included in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Cash Flow Hedges

The primary derivative instruments used by the Company in its cash flow hedge accounting relationships are currency swaps. These instruments are only designated for hedge accounting in instances where the appropriate criteria are met. The Company does not use futures, options, credit, equity or embedded derivatives in any of its cash flow hedge accounting relationships.

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


		Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
		Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)				Net Investment Income				Other Income				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$		-		$		(18	)	$		(106	)	$		(453	)

Total cash flow hedges			-				(18	)			(106	)			(453	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
Interest Rate			1,393				-				-				-
Currency			-				-				-				-
Currency/Interest Rate			(243	)			-				(3	)			-
Credit			(111	)			-				-				-
Equity			(372	)			-				-				-
Embedded Derivatives			(8,719	)			-				-				-

Total non-qualifying hedges			(8,052	)			-				(3	)			-

Total	$		(8,052	)	$		(18	)	$		(109	)	$		(453	)

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


		Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
		Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)				Net Investment Income				Other Income				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$		-		$		(28	)	$		(140	)	$		(647	)

Total cash flow hedges			-				(28	)			(140	)			(647	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
Interest Rate			2,810				-				-				-
Currency			-				-				-				-
Currency/Interest Rate			(1	)			-				(1	)			-
Credit			(151	)			-				-				-
Equity			(636	)			-				-				-
Embedded Derivatives			(26,908	)			-				-				-

Total non-qualifying hedges			(24,886	)			-				(1	)			-

Total	$		(24,886	)	$		(28	)	$		(141	)	$		(647	)


		Three Months Ended June 30, 2013
		Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)				Net Investment Income				Other Income				Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$		-		$		18		$		-		$		(281	)

Total cash flow hedges			-				18				-				(281	)

Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
Interest Rate			(2,806	)			-				-				-
Currency			-				-				-				-
Currency/Interest Rate			320				-				9				-
Credit			(113	)			-				-				-
Equity			(273	)			-				-				-
Embedded Derivatives			14,695				-				-				-

Total non-qualifying hedges			11,823				-				9				-

Total	$		11,823		$		18		$		9		$		(281	)

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)


		Six Months Ended June 30, 2013
		Realized Investment Gains/(Losses)				Net Investment Income			Other Income			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) (1)
		(in thousands)
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments:
Cash flow hedges
Currency/Interest Rate	$		-		$		30	$		4	$		311

Total cash flow hedges			-				30			4			311

Derivatives Not Qualifying as Hedging Instruments:
Interest Rate			(3,450	)			-			-			-
Currency			-				-			-			-
Currency/Interest Rate			275				-			11			-
Credit			(611	)			-			-			-
Equity			(2,210	)			-			-			-
Embedded Derivatives			31,229				-			-			-

Total non-qualifying hedges			25,233				-			11			-

Total	$		25,233		$		30	$		15	$		311

(1)

Amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).”

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, the ineffective portion of derivatives accounted for using hedge accounting was not material to the Company’s results of operations and there were no material amounts reclassified into earnings relating to instances in which the Company discontinued cash flow hedge accounting because the forecasted transaction did not occur by the anticipated date or within the additional time period permitted by the authoritative guidance for the accounting for derivatives and hedging.

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


	(in thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2013	$	(3,057	)
Net deferred gains (losses) on cash flow hedges from January 1 to June 30, 2014		(815	)
Amount reclassified into current period earnings		168

Balance, June 30, 2014	$	(3,704	)

As of June 30, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not have any qualifying cash flow hedges of forecasted transactions other than those related to the variability of the payment or receipt of interest or foreign currency amounts on existing financial instruments. The maximum length of time for which these variable cash flows are hedged is 14 years. Income amounts deferred in “Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)” as a result of cash flow hedges are included in “Net unrealized investment gains (losses)” in the Unaudited Interim Statements of Equity.

Credit Derivatives

The Company has no exposure from credit derivatives where it has written credit protection as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013.

The Company has purchased credit protection using credit derivatives in order to hedge specific credit exposures in the Company’s investment portfolio. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company had $8 million and $9 million of outstanding notional amounts, respectively, reported at fair value as a liability of less than $1 million for both periods.

Credit Risk

The Company is exposed to credit-related losses in the event of non-performance by our counterparty to financial derivative transactions.

The Company has credit risk exposure to an affiliate, Prudential Global Funding, LLC (“PGF”), related to its over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative transactions. PGF manages credit risk with external counterparties by entering into derivative transactions with highly rated major international financial institutions and other creditworthy counterparties, and by obtaining collateral where appropriate, see Note 7. Additionally, limits are set on single party credit exposures which are subject to periodic management review.

Under fair value measurements, the Company incorporates the market’s perception of its own and the counterparty’s non-performance risk in determining the fair value of the portion of its OTC derivative assets and liabilities that are uncollateralized. Credit spreads are applied to the derivative fair values on a net basis by counterparty. To reflect the Company’s own credit spread a proxy based on relevant debt spreads is applied to OTC derivative net liability positions. Similarly, the Company’s counterparty’s credit spread is applied to OTC derivative net asset positions.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

6. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND LITIGATION AND REGULATORY MATTERS

Commitments

The Company has made no outstanding commitments to fund commercial loans as of June 30, 2014. The Company has made commitments to purchase or fund investments, mostly private fixed maturities, of $7 million as of June 30, 2014.

Contingent Liabilities

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

The Company is subject to the laws and regulations of states and other jurisdictions concerning the identification, reporting and escheatment of unclaimed or abandoned funds, and is subject to audit and examination for compliance with these requirements. For additional discussion of these matters, see “Litigation and Regulatory Matters” below.

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

Litigation and Regulatory Matters

The Company is subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of its business. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to the Company and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which it operates. The Company is subject to class action lawsuits and other litigation involving a variety of issues and allegations involving sales practices, claims payments and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duty to customers. The Company is also subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its investments, contracts, leases and labor and employment relationships, including claims of discrimination and harassment, and could be exposed to claims or litigation concerning certain business or process patents. In addition, the Company, along with other participants in the businesses in which it engages, may be subject from time to time to investigations, examinations and inquiries, in some cases industry-wide, concerning issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus. In some of the Company’s pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. The outcome of litigation or a regulatory matter, and the amount or range of potential loss at any particular time, is often inherently uncertain. The following is a summary of certain pending proceedings.

The Company establishes accruals for litigation and regulatory matters when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. For litigation and regulatory matters where a loss may be reasonably possible, but not probable, or is probable but not reasonably estimable, no accrual is established, but the matter, if material, is disclosed, including matters discussed below. As of June 30, 2014, the aggregate range of reasonably possible losses in excess of accruals established is not currently estimable. The Company reviews relevant information with respect to its litigation and regulatory matters on a quarterly and annual basis and updates its accruals, disclosures and estimates of reasonably possible loss based on such reviews.

In January 2013, a qui tam action on behalf of the State of Florida, Total Asset Recovery Services v. Met Life Inc., et al., Manulife Financial Corporation, et. al., Prudential Financial, Inc., The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and Prudential Insurance Agency, LLC., filed in the Circuit Court of Leon County, Florida, was served on Prudential Insurance. The complaint alleges that Prudential Insurance failed to escheat life insurance proceeds to the State of Florida in violation of the Florida False Claims Act and seeks injunctive relief, compensatory damages, civil penalties, treble damages, prejudgment interest, attorneys’ fees and costs. In March 2013, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. In August 2013, the court dismissed the complaint with prejudice. In September 2013, plaintiff filed an appeal with Florida’s Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County.

In January 2012, a Global Resolution Agreement entered into by the Company and a third party auditor became effective upon its acceptance by the unclaimed property departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. Under the terms of the Global Resolution Agreement, the third party auditor acting on behalf of the signatory states will compare expanded matching criteria to the Social Security Master Death File (“SSMDF”) to identify deceased insureds and contractholders where a valid claim has not been made. In February 2012, a Regulatory Settlement Agreement entered into by the Company to resolve a multi-state market conduct examination regarding its adherence to state claim settlement practices became effective upon its acceptance by the insurance departments of 20 states and jurisdictions. The Regulatory Settlement Agreement applies prospectively and requires the Company to adopt and implement additional procedures comparing its records to the SSMDF to identify unclaimed death benefits and prescribes procedures for identifying and locating beneficiaries once deaths are identified. Substantially all other jurisdictions that are not signatories to the Global Resolution Agreement or the Regulatory Settlement Agreement have entered into similar agreements with the Company.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

The Company is one of several companies subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General regarding its unclaimed property procedures. Additionally, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) has requested that 172 life insurers (including the Company) provide data to the NYDFS regarding use of the SSMDF. The New York Office of Unclaimed Funds is conducting an audit of the Company’s compliance with New York’s unclaimed property laws. In February 2012, the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General requested information regarding the Company’s unclaimed property procedures. In December 2013, this matter was closed without prejudice.

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

7. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

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

Expense Charges and Allocations

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

The Company’s general and administrative expenses are charged to the Company using allocation methodologies based on business production processes. Management believes that the methodology is reasonable and reflects costs incurred by Prudential Insurance to process transactions on behalf of the Company. The Company operates under service and lease agreements whereby services of officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space are provided by Prudential Insurance. The Company reviews its allocation methodology periodically which it may adjust accordingly. General and administrative expenses include allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock option program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Company for the stock option program was less than $1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013; and less than $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. The expense charged to the Company for the deferred compensation program was less than $1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013; and $1 million and less than $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The Company is charged for its share of employee benefits expenses. These expenses include costs for funded and non-funded contributory and non-contributory defined benefit pension plans. Some of these benefits are based on final group earnings and length of service while others are based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during career. The Company’s share of net expense for the pension plans was $1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013; and $1 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013.

Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for its employee’s 401(k) plans. The plans provide for salary reduction contributions by employees and matching contributions by the Company of up to 4% of annual salary. The Company’s expense for its share of the voluntary savings plan was less than $1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013; and $1 million and less than $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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

The Company pays commissions and certain other fees to Prudential Annuities Distributors, Incorporated (“PAD”) in consideration for PAD’s marketing and underwriting of the Company’s products. Commissions and fees are paid by PAD to broker-dealers who sell the Company’s products. Commissions and fees paid by the Company to PAD were $21 million and $18 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively; and $41 million and $40 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Corporate Owned Life Insurance

The Company has sold three Corporate Owned Life Insurance, or “COLI”, policies to Prudential Insurance and one to Prudential Financial. The cash surrender value included in separate accounts for these COLI contracts was $1,495 million at June 30, 2014 and $1,196 million at June 30, 2013. Fees related to these COLI policies were $5 million and $4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively; and $12 million and $9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Derivative Trades

In its ordinary course of business, the Company enters into OTC derivative contracts with an affiliate, PGF.

Reinsurance with Affiliates

The Company participates in reinsurance with its affiliates Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Captive Company (“PARCC”), Pruco Re, Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Term Company (“PAR Term”), Prudential Arizona Reinsurance Universal Company (“PAR U”), and Prudential Term Reinsurance Company (“Term Re”), and its parent companies, Pruco Life and Prudential Insurance, in order to provide risk diversification and additional capacity for future growth, limit the maximum net loss potential, manage the statutory capital for its individual life business, facilitate its capital market hedging program and align accounting methodology for the assets and liabilities of living benefit riders contained in annuities contracts. Life reinsurance is accomplished through various plans of reinsurance, primarily yearly renewable term and coinsurance. Reinsurance ceded arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer. Ceded balances would represent a liability of the Company in the event the reinsurers were unable to meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance agreements. The Company believes a material reinsurance liability resulting from such inability of reinsurers to meet their obligations is unlikely.

Effective April 1, 2008, the Company entered into an agreement to reinsure certain COLI policies with Pruco Life.

Reinsurance premiums, commissions, expense reimbursements, benefits and reserves related to reinsured long duration contracts are accounted for using assumptions consistent with those used to account for the underlying contracts. Amounts recoverable from reinsurers for long duration reinsurance arrangements, are estimated in a manner consistent with the claim liabilities and policy benefits associated with the reinsured policies. Reinsurance premiums ceded for interest-sensitive life products are accounted for as a reduction of policy charges and fee income. Reinsurance premiums ceded for term insurance products are accounted for as a reduction of premiums.

Realized investment gains and losses include the impact of reinsurance agreements that are accounted for as embedded derivatives. Changes in the fair value of the embedded derivatives are recognized through “Realized investment gains (losses).” The Company has entered into reinsurance agreements to transfer the risk related to certain living benefit options on variable annuities to Pruco Re and to Pruco Life. The reinsurance agreements are derivatives and have been accounted for in the same manner as an embedded derivative. See Note 5 for additional information related to the accounting for embedded derivatives.

Reinsurance amounts included in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:


	June 30, 2014			December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
Reinsurance recoverables	$	1,127,485		$	999,240
Policy loans		(13,182	)		(12,340	)
Deferred policy acquisition costs		(211,798	)		(207,517	)
Other liabilities (reinsurance payables) (1)		28,826			76,499

(1)

December 31, 2013 includes $43 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverables to other liabilities.

The reinsurance recoverables by counterparty is broken out below.


	Reinsurance Recoverables
	June 30, 2014		December 31, 2013
	(in thousands)
PARCC	$	470,692	$	482,633
PAR Term		98,172		82,322
Prudential Insurance		27,935		28,457
PAR U		415,438		397,776
Pruco Life		3,710		6,008
Pruco Re (1)		106,293		50
Term Re		4,724		-
Unaffiliated		521		1,994

Total reinsurance recoverables	$	1,127,485	$	999,240

(1)

December 31, 2013 excludes $43 million reclassed from reinsurance recoverable to other liabilities.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Reinsurance amounts, excluding investment gains (losses) on affiliated asset transfers, included in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, were as follows:


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
	(in thousands)
Premiums:
Direct	$	49,138		$	47,635		$	96,034		$	92,387
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		(45,866	)		(43,650	)		(90,060	)		(85,893	)

Net Premiums		3,272			3,985			5,974			6,494

Policy charges and fee income:
Direct		72,522			63,058			140,906			117,544
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		(23,739	)		(19,990	)		(45,433	)		(37,283	)

Net policy charges and fee income		48,783			43,068			95,473			80,261

Net investment income:
Direct		17,321			17,032			34,177			34,144
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		(77	)		(66	)		(177	)		(146	)

Net investment income		17,244			16,966			34,000			33,998

Net other income :
Direct		786			701			1,544			1,626
Assumed & Ceded		-			-			-			-

Net other income		786			701			1,544			1,626

Interest credited to policyholders’ account balance:
Direct		13,021			7,645			25,730			15,088
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		(2,682	)		(2,624	)		(5,357	)		(4,929	)

Net interest credited to policyholders’ account balance		10,339			5,021			20,373			10,159

Policyholders’ benefits (including change in reserves):
Direct		50,608			49,193			106,112			103,330
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		(41,991	)		(41,475	)		(88,667	)		(87,004	)

Net policyholders’ benefits (including change in reserves)		8,617			7,718			17,445			16,326


Net reinsurance expense allowances, net of capitalization and amortization		(10,390	)		(8,959	)		(18,727	)		(17,567	)

Realized investment gains (losses) net:
Direct		(43,200	)		89,567			(144,099	)		172,700
Assumed		-			-			-			-
Ceded		37,313			(76,630	)		121,649			(144,786	)

Realized investment gains (losses) net	$	(5,887	)	$	12,937		$	(22,450	)	$	27,914

Substantially all reinsurance contracts are with affiliates as of June 30, 2014 and 2013. The gross and net amounts of life insurance face amount in force as of June 30, were as follows:


	June 30, 2014			June 30, 2013
	(in thousands)

Gross life insurance face amount in force	$	111,727,074		$	104,809,296
Reinsurance ceded		(101,538,797	)		(94,893,679	)

Net life insurance face amount in force	$	10,188,277		$	9,915,617

Pruco Life

The Company reinsures certain COLI and PDI policies with Pruco Life.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

PARCC

The Company reinsures 90% of the risks under its term life insurance policies, with effective dates prior to January 1, 2010, through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PARCC.

PAR Term

The Company reinsures 95% of the risks under its term life insurance policies with effective dates January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2013, through an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR Term.

Term Re

The Company reinsures 95% of the risk under its term life insurance policies with effective dates on or after January 1, 2014 through an automatic coinsurance agreement with Term Re.

Prudential Insurance

The Company has a yearly renewable term reinsurance agreement with Prudential Insurance and reinsures the majority of all mortality risks not otherwise reinsured.

PAR U

Effective July 1, 2012, the Company entered into an automatic coinsurance agreement with PAR U, an affiliated company, to reinsure an amount equal to 95% of all risks associated with its universal life policies.

Pruco Re

The Company uses reinsurance as part of its risk management and capital management strategies for certain of its optional living benefit features. Starting from 2005, the Company has entered into various automatic coinsurance agreements with Pruco Re, an affiliated company, to reinsure its living benefit features sold on certain of its annuities.

Affiliated Asset Administration Fee Income

The Company has a revenue sharing agreement with AST Investment Services, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC whereby the Company receives fee income calculated on contractholder separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust. Income received from AST Investment Services, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC related to this agreement was $8 million and $6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $15 million and $13 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

The Company has another revenue sharing agreement with Prudential Investments LLC, whereby the Company receives fee income from policyholders’ account balances invested in The Prudential Series Fund (“PSF”). Income received from Prudential Investments LLC, related to this agreement was $2 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, and $4 million and $3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. These revenues are recorded as “Asset administration fees” in the Company’s Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Affiliated Investment Management Expenses

In accordance with an agreement with Prudential Investment Management, Inc. (“PIMI”), the Company pays investment management expenses to PIMI who acts as investment manager to certain Company general account and separate account assets. Investment management expenses paid to PIMI related to this agreement was less than $1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, and $1 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. These expenses are recorded as “Net Investment Income” in the Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Affiliated Asset Transfers

From time to time, the Company participates in affiliated asset trades with parent and sister companies. Book and market value differences for trades with a parent and sister are recognized within Additional paid-in-capital (“APIC”) and Realized investment gain(loss), respectively.

PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY

Notes to Unaudited Interim Financial Statements—(Continued)

Debt Agreements

The Company is authorized to borrow funds up to $200 million from affiliates to meet its capital and other funding needs.

The following table provides the breakout of the Company’s short-term and long-term debt with affiliates:


Affiliate	Date Issued		Amount of Notes - June 30, 2014		Amount of Notes - December 31, 2013		Interest Rate		Date of Maturity
			(in thousands)
Prudential Financial		12/16/2011		33,000		33,000		2.99% - 3.61%		12/2014 - 12/2016
Washington Street Investment		12/17/2012		52,000		52,000		1.21% - 1.87%		12/2014 - 12/2017
Prudential Financial		11/15/2013		9,000		9,000		2.24%		12/15/2018
Prudential Financial		11/15/2013		23,000		23,000		3.19%		12/15/2020

Total Loans Payable to Affiliate			$	117,000	$	117,000

The total interest expense to the Company related to loans payable to affiliates was $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014, and 2013, respectively, and $1.4 million and $1.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Contributed Capital and Dividends

In June 2014, the Company paid a dividend in the amount of $80 million to Pruco Life. In June 2013, the Company paid a dividend in the amount of $155 million to Pruco Life.

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

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A,”) addresses the financial condition of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, or the “Company,” as of June 30, 2014, compared with December 31, 2013, and its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013. You should read the following analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with the MD&A, the “Risk Factors” section, and the audited Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, as well as the statements under “Forward-Looking Statements” and the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

The Company sells variable and fixed annuities, universal life insurance, variable life insurance and term life insurance primarily through affiliated and unaffiliated distributors in New Jersey and New York only.

Regulatory Developments

Prudential Financial is a “Designated Financial Company” under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”). As a Designated Financial Company, Prudential Financial is subject to supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and to prudential regulatory standards under the Dodd-Frank Act. The Financial Stability Board (the “FSB”), consisting of representatives of national financial authorities of the G20 nations, has also identified Prudential Financial as a global systemically important insurer that is to be subject to enhanced regulation.

On June 30, 2014, as a Designated Financial Company, Prudential Financial submitted to the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) an initial annual resolution plan in the event of severe financial distress as required by the rules of the FRB and FDIC.

At the direction of the FSB, the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (the “IAIS”) is currently developing a model framework (“ComFrame”) for the supervision of internationally active insurance groups (“IAIGs”) that contemplates “group wide supervision” across national boundaries. Prudential Financial qualifies as an IAIG. In March 2014, Prudential Financial began participating in field testing to assist the IAIS in its development of ComFrame. Initial field testing has focused on gathering data to inform the development of the first step of ComFrame’s risk-based global insurance capital standard, known as the Basic Capital Requirement (“BCR”). The IAIS is scheduled to seek G20 endorsement of the proposed BCR framework in November 2014.

We are a licensed insurance company in New York, but are not domiciled in New York. In February 2014, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NY DFS”) notified us that it does not agree with our calculation of statutory reserves (including the applicable credit for reinsurance) for New York purposes in respect of certain variable annuity products. We are continuing discussions with the NY DFS regarding the proper level of statutory reserves (including the applicable credit for reinsurance) for these and other products. If we are ultimately required to establish material additional reserves on a New York statutory accounting basis or post material amounts of additional collateral with respect to such variable annuity or other products, our ability to deploy capital for other purposes could be affected and/or we could be required to obtain additional funding from Prudential Financial or its affiliates.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), the NY DFS and other regulators continue to review life insurers’ use of captive reinsurance companies. On June 4, 2014, Rector & Associates, Inc., a consulting firm commissioned by the NAIC, presented a revised report to the NAIC’s Principle-Based Reserving Implementation Task Force that recommended, among other things, placing limitations on the types of assets that may be used to finance reserves associated with certain term and universal life insurance policies and that adoption of new regulations contemplated by the Rector Report by individual states become an NAIC accreditation standard. On June 30, 2014, this NAIC Task Force adopted the regulatory framework proposed by Rector & Associates, including recommendations to have various technical workgroups of the NAIC propose regulations to implement the new framework. In addition, another committee of the NAIC has proposed changes to the NAIC accreditation standards that would regulate captive reinsurance companies that assume business directly written in more than one state as “multi-state reinsurers” and apply accreditation standards to those captives that historically were applicable only to traditional insurers. For information on our use of captive reinsurance companies and the potential effects of these proposals on us, see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Capital—Affiliated Captive Reinsurance Companies” below.

For additional information on the potential impacts of regulation on the Company, including the topics described above, see “Business—Regulation” and “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Revenues and Expenses

The Company earns revenues principally from insurance premiums; mortality, expense, and asset administration fees from insurance and investment products; and investment of general account and other funds. The Company earns premiums primarily from the sale of individual life insurance and certain annuity products. The Company earns mortality, expense fees, and asset administration fees primarily from the sale and servicing of universal life insurance and separate account products including variable life insurance and variable annuities. The Company’s operating expenses principally consist of insurance benefits provided and reserves established for anticipated future insurance benefits, general business expenses, commissions and other costs of selling and servicing the various products we sell and interest credited on general account liabilities.

Effective February 25, 2013, the Advanced Series Trust (“AST”) adopted a Rule 12b-1 Plan under the Investment Company Act of 1940 with respect to most of the AST portfolios that are offered through the Company’s variable annuity and variable life investment products. Under the Rule 12b-1 Plan, AST pays an affiliate of the Company for distribution and administrative services. Prior to the adoption of the 12b-1 Plan, the Company received an administrative service fee from AST and incurred expenses associated with administration services provided.

Profitability

The Company’s profitability depends principally on its ability to price our insurance and annuity products at a level that enables us to earn a margin over the costs associated with providing benefits and administering those products. Profitability also depends on, among other items, our actuarial and policyholder behavior experience on insurance and annuity products, our ability to attract and retain customer assets, generate and maintain favorable investment results, and manage expenses.

See “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for a discussion of risks that have materially affected and may affect in the future the Company’s business, results of operations or financial condition, or cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company.

Products

Individual Annuities

The Company offers a wide array of annuities, including variable annuities with (1) fixed interest rate allocation options, subject to a market value adjustment, that are registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and (2) fixed-rate allocation options not subject to a market value adjustment and not registered with the SEC. The Company also offers fixed annuitization options during the payout phase of its variable annuities.

We offer certain variable annuities that provide our contractholders with tax-deferred asset accumulation together with a base death benefit and a suite of optional guaranteed living benefits (including versions with guaranteed death benefits), and annuitization options. The majority of our currently sold contracts include an optional living benefit guarantee which provides, among other features, the ability to make withdrawals based on the highest daily contract value plus a minimum return, credited for a period of time. This guaranteed contract value is a notional amount that forms the basis for determining periodic withdrawals for the life of the contractholder, and cannot be accessed as a lump-sum surrender value. Certain optional living benefits can also be purchased with a companion optional death benefit, also based on a highest daily contract value. We also offer Prudential Defined Income Variable Annuity (“PDI”) to complement the variable annuity products we offer with the highest daily benefit. PDI provides for guaranteed lifetime withdrawal payments but restricts contractholder asset allocation to a single bond sub-account within the separate account. In addition, certain inforce contracts include guaranteed benefits which are not currently offered, such as annuitization benefits based on a guaranteed notional amount and benefits payable at specified dates after the accumulation period. Most contracts also guarantee the contractholder a return of total deposits made to the contract less any partial withdrawals upon death.

We also offer annuities without guaranteed living benefits. In the second quarter of 2014, we launched the Prudential Premier Investment Variable Annuity (“IVA”), which offers tax-deferred asset accumulation with an optional death benefit that guarantees the contractholder a return of total deposits made to the contract less any partial withdrawals upon death.

Excluding our PDI product, the majority of our variable annuities generally provide our contractholders with the opportunity to allocate purchase payments to sub-accounts that invest in underlying proprietary and/or non-proprietary mutual funds, frequently under asset allocation programs, and fixed-rate accounts. The fixed-rate accounts, which are within the general account, are credited with interest at rates we determine, subject to certain minimums. We also offer fixed annuities that provide a guarantee of principal and interest credited at rates we determine, subject to certain contractual minimums. Certain investments made in the fixed-rate accounts of our variable annuities and certain fixed annuities impose a market value adjustment if the contract is not held to maturity.

The primary risk exposures of our variable annuity contracts relate to actual deviations from, or changes to, the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products, including equity market returns, interest rates, market volatility, contractholder longevity/mortality, timing and amount of annuitization and withdrawals, withdrawal efficiency and contract lapses. The return we realize from our variable annuity contracts will vary based on the extent of the differences between our actual experience and the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products. Our returns can also vary due to the impact and effectiveness of our hedging programs for any capital markets movements that we may hedge, the impact of affiliated reinsurance, the impact of that portion of our variable annuity contracts with an asset transfer feature, the impact of risks we have retained and the impact of risks that are not able to be hedged.

Our risk management strategy helps to limit our exposure to certain of these risks primarily through a combination of product design elements, our living benefits hedging program and affiliated reinsurance arrangements. The product design elements we utilize for certain products include, among others, asset allocation restrictions, minimum issuance age requirements, monthly rate setting, certain limitations on the amount of premiums accepted and/or subsequent contractholder deposits, an asset transfer feature, as well as required allocation to our general account for certain of our products. The objective of the asset transfer feature, included in the majority of our variable annuity contracts with optional living benefits features and all new contracts sold with our highest daily living benefits feature, is to help mitigate our exposure to equity market risk and market volatility by transferring assets between certain variable investment sub-accounts selected by the annuity contractholder, and investments that are expected to be more stable (e.g., a bond fund sub-account within the separate account or a fixed-rate account within the general account). The transfers are based on the static mathematical formula used with the particular optional benefit which considers a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the impact of investment performance on the contractholder’s total account value. This occurs at the contractholder level, rather than at the fund level,

which we believe enhances our risk mitigation. As of June 30, 2014 approximately $7.6 billion or 91% of total variable annuity account values contain a living benefit feature, compared to approximately $7 billion or 91% as of December 31, 2013. As of June 30, 2014 approximately $7.2 billion or 95% of variable annuity account values with living benefit features included an asset transfer feature in the product design, compared to approximately $6.6 billion or 95% as of December 31, 2013.

As mentioned above, in addition to our asset transfer feature, we also manage certain risks associated with our variable annuity products through our living benefits hedging programs and affiliated reinsurance agreements. We reinsure the majority of our variable annuity living benefit guarantees to an affiliated reinsurance company, Pruco Re. The living benefits hedging program is primarily executed within Pruco Re to manage capital markets risk associated with the reinsured optional living benefit guarantees. This program represents a balance among three objectives that seek to: 1) provide severe scenario protection, 2) minimize net income volatility associated with an internally-defined hedge target, and 3) maintain capital efficiency. Through the hedge program, derivatives are entered into that seek to replicate the net change in an internally-defined hedge target. In addition to mitigating capital markets risk and income statement volatility, the hedging program is also focused on a long-term goal of accumulating assets that could be used to pay claims under these benefits irrespective of market path, recognizing that, under the terms of the contracts, we do not expect to begin substantial payment of such claims until at least five years in the future.

Term Life Insurance

The Company offers a variety of term life insurance products which represent 70% of our net individual life insurance in force at June 30, 2014, that provide coverage for a specified time period. Most term products include a conversion feature that allows the policyholder to convert the policy into permanent life insurance coverage. The Company also offers term life insurance that provides for a return of premium if the insured is alive at the end of the level premium period. There continues to be significant demand for term life insurance protection.

Variable Life Insurance

The Company offers a number of individual variable life insurance products which represent 22% of our net individual life insurance in force at June 30, 2014, that provide a return linked to an underlying investment portfolio selected by the policyholder while providing the policyholder with the flexibility to change both the death benefit and premium payments. The policyholder generally has the option of investing premiums in a fixed rate option that is part of our general account or investing in separate account investment options consisting of equity and fixed income funds. Funds invested in the fixed rate option will accrue interest at rates that we determine, subject to certain contractual minimums. In the separate accounts, the policyholder bears the fund performance risk. The Company also offers a variable product that allows for a more flexible guarantee against lapse where policyholders can select the guarantee period. The Company also offers a policy rider which allows the policyholder to accelerate the death benefit if the insured is chronically or terminally ill and otherwise meets the contractual requirements. While variable life insurance continues to be an important product, marketplace demand continues to favor term and universal life insurance. A significant portion of the Company’s insurance profits, however, is associated with our large in force block of variable policies. Profit patterns on these policies are not level and insureds generally begin paying reduced policy charges as the policies age. This reduction in policy charges, coupled with net policy count and insurance in force runoff over time, reduces our expected future profits from this product line.

Universal Life Insurance

The Company offers universal life insurance products which represent 8% of our net individual life insurance in force at June 30, 2014, which feature flexible premiums, a choice of guarantees against lapse, and a crediting rate that we determine, subject to certain contractual minimums. In addition, we offer universal life insurance products that allow the policyholder to allocate a portion of their account balance into an index account that provides a return consistent with the S&P 500 index performance over the following year, subject to certain participation rates and contractual minimums and maximums. The Company also offers a policy rider which allows the policyholder to accelerate the death benefit if the insured is chronically or terminally ill and otherwise meets the contractual requirements. The Company’s profits from universal life insurance are impacted by mortality and expense margins and net interest spread.

Application of Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires the application of accounting policies that often involve a significant degree of judgment. Management, on an ongoing basis, reviews estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of financial statements. If management determines that modifications in assumptions and estimates are appropriate given current facts and circumstances, the Company’s results of operations and financial position as reported in the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements could change significantly.

Management believes the accounting policies relating to the following areas are most dependent on the application of estimates and assumptions and require management’s most difficult, subjective, or complex judgments:

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Deferred policy acquisition (“DAC”) and other costs; including deferred sales inducements (“DSI”);

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Valuation of investments, including derivatives, and the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments;

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Policyholder liabilities;

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Taxes on income; and

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Reserves for contingencies, including reserves for losses in connection with unresolved legal matters.

DAC and Other Costs

The near-term future rate of return assumptions used in evaluating DAC and deferred sales inducements for our domestic variable annuity and variable life insurance products are derived using a reversion to the mean approach, a common industry practice. Under this approach, we consider historical equity returns over a period of time and initially adjust future projected equity returns over the next four years (the “near-term”) so that the assets are projected to grow at the long-term expected rate of return for the entire period. If the near-term projected future rate of return is greater than our near-term maximum future rate of return of 13%, we use our maximum future rate of return. As of June 30, 2014, our variable annuities and variable life insurance businesses assume an 8.0% long-term equity expected rate of return and a 3.6% near-term mean reversion equity rate of return.

The weighted average rate of return assumptions for these businesses consider many factors specific to each business, including asset durations, asset allocations and other factors. We generally update the near term equity rates of return and our estimate of total gross profits each quarter to reflect the result of the reversion to the mean approach, which assumes a convergence to the long-term equity expected rates of return. These market performance related adjustments to our estimate of total gross profits result in cumulative adjustments to prior amortization, reflecting the application of the new required rate of amortization to all prior periods’ gross profits.

For additional information on our policies for DAC and other costs and for the remaining critical accounting estimates listed above, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Accounting Policies & Pronouncements—Application of Critical Accounting Estimates.”

Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 to our Unaudited Interim Financial Statements for a discussion of newly adopted accounting pronouncements.

Changes in Financial Position

June 30, 2014 versus December 31, 2013

Total assets increased $1,014 million, from $13,300 million at December 31, 2013 to $14,314 million at June 30, 2014. Significant components were:

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Separate account assets increased $831 million, from $10,235 million at December 31, 2013 to $11,066 million at June 30, 2014, primarily driven by market appreciation and positive net flows from variable annuity new business sales.

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Reinsurance recoverables increased $128 million from $999 million at December 31, 2013 to $1,127 million at June 30, 2014. The increase was primarily driven by the mark-to-market of the reinsurance recoverable related to the reinsured liability for variable annuity living benefits, primarily driven by lower interest rates in addition to the impact of term and universal life business growth which increased ceded reserves and ceded policyholders’ account balances. See Note 7 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements for additional information regarding affiliated reinsurance transactions.

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Total investments increased $53 million from $1,440 million at December 31, 2013 to $1,493 million at June 30, 2014, primarily driven by business growth in the universal life, term and variable annuity products in addition to favorable mark-to-market gains on investments due to lower interest rates.

Total liabilities increased $1,049 million, from $12,650 million at December 31, 2013 to $13,699 million at June 30, 2014. Significant components were:

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Separate account liabilities increased $831 million, offsetting the increase in separate account assets described above.

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Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities increased $217 million, from $773 million at December 31, 2013 to $990 million at June 30, 2014, primarily driven by the mark-to-market of the liability for living benefit embedded derivatives, as described above, in addition to an increase in reserves supporting term life business arising from business growth.

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Policyholder account balances increased $51 million, from $1,361 million at December 31, 2013 to $1,412 million at June 30, 2014, primarily driven by continued variable and universal life and variable annuity business growth.

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Other liabilities decreased $59 million, from $132 million at December 31, 2013 to $73 million at June 30, 2014, related to a decrease in reinsurance payables driven by the mark-to-market of the reinsurance recoverable related to the liability for variable annuity living benefits, as described above.

Income (Loss) from Operations before Income Taxes

2014 to 2013 Three months Comparison. Income from operations before income taxes decreased $34 million from income of $60 million in the second quarter of 2013 to $26 million in the second quarter of 2014. Excluding the impact on the amortization of DAC and DSI of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions and the impact of changes in the estimated profitability of the business, as discussed below, income from operations before income taxes decreased $13 million. This decrease was primarily driven by an unfavorable variance in the mark-to-market related to embedded derivatives associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features in our annuity products. This decrease was partially offset by higher fee income, net of distribution and amortization costs, related to higher average variable annuity and variable life account values invested in separate accounts driven by market appreciation and positive net flows from new business sales.

The DAC and DSI impact of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions reflected an unfavorable variance of $19 million, with an amortization benefit of $4 million in the second quarter of 2014 compared to an amortization benefit of $23 million in the prior year quarter. The unfavorable variance was primarily driven by a larger benefit in the prior year quarter due to NPR losses. Adjustments to the reserves for the guaranteed minimum death benefit (“GMDB”) and guaranteed minimum income benefit (“GMIB”) features of our products and to the amortization of DAC/DSI/unearned revenue reserve (“URR”) included the impact from changes in the estimated profitability of the business. These adjustments resulted in a net charge of $1 million and a net benefit of $1 million in the second quarter of 2014 and 2013, respectively. The net charge in the second quarter of 2014 primarily reflected the impact of lower expected rates of return on fixed income investments within contractholder accounts and future expected claims relative to our assumptions, which more than offset the impact of favorable equity market performance. The net benefit in the second quarter of 2013 primarily reflected the impact of higher expected rates of return on fixed income investments within contractholder accounts and future expected claims relative to our assumptions.

2014 to 2013 Six months Comparison. Income from operations before income taxes decreased $83 million from income of $120 million in the first six months of 2013 to $37 million in the first six months of 2014. Excluding the impact on the amortization of DAC and DSI of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions and the impact of changes in the estimated profitability of the business, as discussed below, income from operations before income taxes decreased $44 million. This decrease was primarily driven by an unfavorable variance in the mark-to-market related to embedded derivatives associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features in our annuity products. This decrease was partially offset by higher fee income, net of distribution and amortization costs, related to higher average variable annuity and variable life account values invested in separate accounts driven by market appreciation and positive net flows from new business sales.

The DAC and DSI impact of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions reflected an unfavorable variance of $36 million, with an amortization benefit of $8 million in the first six months of 2014 compared to an amortization benefit of $44 million in the first six months of 2013. The unfavorable variance was primarily driven by a larger benefit in the prior year period due to NPR losses. Adjustments to the reserves for the GMDB and GMIB features of our products and to the amortization of DAC/DSI/URR included the impact from changes in the estimated profitability of the business. These adjustments resulted in a net charge of $2 million and a net benefit of $2 million in the first six months of 2014 and 2013, respectively. The net charge in the first six months of 2014 primarily reflected the impact of lower expected rates of return on fixed income investments within contractholder accounts and future expected claims relative to our assumptions, which more than offset the impact of favorable equity market performance in both quarters. The net benefit in the first six months of 2013 primarily reflected the impact of higher expected rates of return on fixed income investments within contractholder accounts and future expected claims in the second quarter relative to our assumptions, as discussed above, and positive market performance on contractholder accounts in the first quarter relative to our assumptions.

For variable annuity and variable and universal life contracts, we generally amortize DAC and DSI over the expected lives of the contracts based on the level and timing of gross profits on the underlying products. In calculating gross profits, we consider mortality, persistency, and other elements as well as rates of return on investments associated with these contracts and include gross profits related to these contracts that are reported in affiliated legal entities other than the Company as a result of, for example, reinsurance agreements with those affiliated entities. For additional information regarding our best estimate of gross profits used to set amortization rates, see “—Application of Critical Accounting Estimates.”

Revenues, Benefits and Expenses

2014 to 2013 Three months Comparison. Revenues decreased $12 million primarily driven by a decrease of $19 million in realized investment gains, primarily driven by an unfavorable variance in the mark-to-market related to embedded derivatives associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features in our annuity products. The decrease was partially offset by $6 million increase in policy charges and fee income, consisting primarily of mortality and expense and other insurance charges, assessed on policyholders’ fund balances primarily reflecting higher annuity average separate account asset balances driven by market appreciation and positive net flows from new business sales.

Benefits and expenses increased $22 million. This increase was primarily driven by an unfavorable variance of $14 million in DAC amortization and $5 million in interest credited to policyholders’ account balances which includes DSI amortization. Higher DAC and DSI amortization is mainly related to the impact of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions and the impact of changes in the estimated profitability of the business, as discussed above.

2014 to 2013 Six months Comparison. Revenues decreased $33 million primarily driven by a decrease of $50 million in realized investment gains, primarily driven by an unfavorable variance in the mark-to-market related to embedded derivatives associated with our non-reinsured living benefit features in our annuity products. The decrease was partially offset by $15 million increase in policy charges and fee income, consisting primarily of mortality and expense and other insurance charges, assessed on policyholders’ fund balances primarily reflecting higher annuity average separate account asset balances driven by market appreciation and positive net flows from new business sales.

Benefits and expenses increased $50 million. This increase was primarily driven by an unfavorable variance of $28 million in DAC amortization and $10 million in interest credited to policyholders’ account balances which includes DSI amortization. Higher DAC and DSI amortization is mainly related to the impact of the mark-to-market of the living benefit embedded derivative liability and related hedge positions and the impact of changes in the estimated profitability of the business, as discussed above. Also contributing to the increase was an increase of $10 million in general, administrative and other expenses, reflecting higher distribution expenses in our annuity products due to higher separate account asset values.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision amounted to an expense of $7 million and $35 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease in income tax expense was primarily driven by the decrease in pre-tax income.

The Company’s liability for income taxes includes the liability for unrecognized tax benefits, interest and penalties which relate to tax years still subject to review by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or other taxing authorities. Audit periods remain open for review until the statute of limitations has passed. Generally, for tax years which produce net operating losses, capital losses or tax credit carryforwards (“tax attributes”), the statute of limitations does not close, to the extent of these tax attributes, until the expiration of the statute of limitations for the tax year in which they are fully utilized. The completion of review or the expiration of the statute of limitations for a given audit period could result in an adjustment to the liability for income taxes.

The Company does not anticipate any significant changes within the next 12 months to its total unrecognized tax benefits related to tax years for which the statute of limitations has not expired.

As of June 30, 2014, the Company remains subject to examination in the U.S. for tax years 2004 through 2013.

The dividends received deduction (“DRD”) reduces the amount of dividend income subject to U.S. tax and is a significant component of the difference between the Company’s effective tax rate and the federal statutory tax rate of 35%. The DRD for the current period was estimated using information from 2013 and current year results, and was adjusted to take into account the current year’s equity market performance. The actual current year DRD can vary from the estimate based on factors such as, but not limited to, changes in the amount of dividends received that are eligible for the DRD, changes in the amount of distributions received from mutual fund investments, changes in the account balances of variable life and annuity contracts, and the Company’s taxable income before the DRD.

In August 2007, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2007-54, which included, among other items, guidance on the methodology to be followed in calculating the DRD related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. In September 2007, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2007-61. Revenue Ruling 2007-61 suspended Revenue Ruling 2007-54 and informed taxpayers that the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS intend to address through new guidance the issues considered in Revenue Ruling 2007-54, including the methodology to be followed in determining the DRD related to variable life insurance and annuity contracts. In May 2010, the IRS issued an Industry Director Directive (“IDD”) confirming that the methodology for calculating the DRD set forth in Revenue Ruling 2007-54 should not be followed. The IDD also confirmed that the IRS guidance issued before Revenue Ruling 2007-54, which guidance the Company relied upon in calculating its DRD, should be used to determine the DRD. In February 2014, the IRS released Revenue Ruling 2014-7, which modified and superseded Revenue Ruling 2007-54, by removing the provisions of Revenue Ruling 2007-54 related to the methodology to be followed in calculating the DRD and obsoleting Revenue Ruling 2007-61. These activities had no impact on the Company’s results in 2013 or in the first six months of 2014. However, there remains the possibility that the IRS and the U.S. Treasury will address, through subsequent guidance, the issues related to the calculation of the DRD. For the last several years, the revenue proposals included in the Obama Administration’s budgets included a proposal that would change the method used to determine the amount of the DRD. A change in the DRD, including the possible retroactive or prospective elimination of this deduction through guidance or legislation, could increase actual tax expense and reduce the Company’s net income.

For tax years 2007 through 2014, the Company is participating in the IRS’s Compliance Assurance Program (“CAP”). Under CAP, the IRS assigns an examination team to review completed transactions as they occur in order to reach agreement with the Company on how they should be reported in the relevant tax return. If disagreements arise, accelerated resolutions programs are available to try to resolve the disagreements in a timely manner before the tax return is filed.

In July 2014, the IRS issued an IDD relating to the hedging of variable annuity guaranteed minimum benefits (“Hedging IDD”). The Hedging IDD provides an elective safe harbor tax accounting method for these hedging activities that can be applied to open years under IRS examination beginning with the earliest open year. The Company is analyzing the potential impact of electing this tax accounting method.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

This section supplements and should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Overview

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

Effective and prudent liquidity and capital management is a priority across the organization. Management monitors the liquidity of Prudential Financial, Prudential Insurance and the Company on a daily basis and projects borrowing and capital needs over a multi-year time horizon through our quarterly planning process. We believe that cash flows from the sources of funds available to us are sufficient to satisfy the current liquidity requirements of Prudential Financial and the Company, including under reasonably foreseeable stress scenarios. Prudential Financial has a capital management framework in place that governs the allocation of capital and approval of capital uses, and Prudential Financial forecasts capital sources and uses on a quarterly basis. Prudential Financial also employs a “Capital Protection Framework” to ensure the availability of capital resources to maintain adequate capitalization and competitive risk-based capital ratios under various stress scenarios.

Prudential Financial is a “Designated Financial Company” under the Dodd-Frank Act. As a Designated Financial Company, Prudential Financial is subject to supervision and examination by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and to prudential regulatory standards, which include or will include

requirements and limitations (some of which are the subject of ongoing rule-making) relating to risk-based capital, leverage, liquidity, stress-testing, overall risk management, resolution plans, early remediation; and may also include additional standards regarding capital, public disclosure, short-term debt limits, and other related subjects. In addition, the Financial Stability Board, consisting of representatives of national financial authorities of the G20 nations, has identified Prudential Financial as a global systemically important insurer. For information on these recent actions and their potential impact on us, see “Regulatory Developments” above, as well as “Business—Regulation” and “Risk Factors” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Capital

Our capital management framework is primarily based on statutory risk based capital measures. The Risk Based Capital, or RBC, ratio is a primary measure of the capital adequacy of the Company. RBC is calculated based on statutory financial statements and risk formulas consistent with the practices of the NAIC. RBC considers, among other things, risks related to the type and quality of the invested assets, insurance-related risks associated with an insurer’s products and liabilities, interest rate risks and general business risks. RBC ratio calculations are intended to assist insurance regulators in measuring an insurer’s solvency and ability to pay future claims. The reporting of RBC measures is not intended for the purpose of ranking any insurance company or for use in connection with any marketing, advertising or promotional activities, but is available to the public. The RBC ratio is an annual calculation, however as of June 30, 2014 we estimate that the Company’s RBC ratio exceeds the minimum level required by applicable insurance regulations.

The regulatory capital level of the Company can be materially impacted by interest rates and equity market fluctuations, changes in the values of derivatives, the level of impairments recorded, credit quality migration of the investment portfolio, and business growth, among other items. Further, the recapture of business subject to reinsurance arrangements due to defaults by, or credit quality migration affecting, the reinsurers or for other reasons could negatively impact regulatory capital levels.

Our regulatory capital levels are also affected by statutory accounting rules, which are subject to change by each applicable insurance regulator. As discussed above in “Regulatory Developments,” the NY DFS has notified us that it does not agree with our calculation of statutory reserves (including the applicable credit for reinsurance) for New York purposes in respect of certain variable annuity products. If we are ultimately required to establish material additional reserves on a New York statutory accounting basis or post material amounts of additional collateral with respect to such variable annuity or other products, our ability to deploy capital for other purposes could be affected and/or we could be required to obtain additional funding from Prudential Financial or its affiliates.

In addition the NAIC recently proposed new guidance regarding the calculation of “total adjusted capital”, or TAC, that will directly affect the calculation of the RBC ratio. The new guidance, which is expected to be effective for December 31, 2014, would limit the portion of an insurer’s asset valuation reserve that can be counted as TAC to the amount not utilized in asset adequacy testing. We are currently assessing the impact of this guidance on the Company’s RBC ratio.

We employ a “Capital Protection Framework” to ensure that sufficient capital resources are available to maintain adequate capitalization and a competitive risk based capital ratio, under various stress scenarios. The Capital Protection Framework incorporates the potential impacts from market related stresses, including equity markets, real estate, interest rates, and credit losses. Potential sources of capital include on-balance sheet capital, derivatives, reinsurance and contingent sources of capital. Although we continue to enhance our approach, we believe we currently have access to sufficient resources to maintain adequate capitalization and a competitive RBC ratio under a range of potential stress scenarios.

Affiliated Captive Reinsurance Companies

Prudential Financial and the Company use captive reinsurance companies to more effectively manage its reserves and capital on an economic basis and to enable the aggregation and transfer of risks. The captive reinsurance companies assume business from affiliates only. To support the risks they assume, the captives are capitalized to a level we believe is consistent with the “AA” financial strength rating targets of Prudential Financial’s insurance subsidiaries. All of the captive reinsurance companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial and are located domestically, typically in the state of domicile of the direct writing insurance subsidiary that cedes the majority of business to the captive. In addition to state insurance regulation, our captives are subject to internal policies governing their activities. Prudential Financial provides support to these captives, typically through net worth maintenance agreements, and in the normal course of business will contribute capital to the captives to support business growth and other needs. In addition, in connection with financing arrangements, Prudential Financial may guarantee certain of the captives’ obligations.

The NAIC, the NY DFS and other regulators continue to review life insurers’ use of captive reinsurance companies. On June 4, 2014, Rector & Associates, Inc. a consulting firm commissioned by the NAIC, presented a revised report to the NAIC’s Principle-Based Reserving Implementation Task Force that recommended, among other things, placing limitations on the types of assets that may be used to finance reserves associated with certain term and universal life insurance policies and that adoption of new regulations contemplated by the Rector Report by individual states become an NAIC accreditation standard. On June 30, 2014, this NAIC Task Force adopted the regulatory framework proposed by Rector & Associates, including recommendations to have various technical workgroups of the NAIC propose regulations to implement the new framework. In addition, another committee of the NAIC has proposed changes to the NAIC accreditation standards that would regulate captive reinsurance companies that assume business directly written in more than one state as “multi-state reinsurers” and apply accreditation standards to those captives that historically were applicable only to traditional insurers. We cannot predict what, if any, changes may result from these initiatives. If insurance laws are changed in a way that restricts our use of captive reinsurance companies in the future, our ability to write certain products and efficiently manage their associated risks could be adversely affected and we may need to increase prices on certain products, modify certain products or find alternate financing sources, any of which could adversely affect our competitiveness, capital and financial position and results of operations. Given the uncertainty of the ultimate outcome of these initiatives, at this time we are unable to estimate their expected effects on our future capital and financial position and results of operations.

Our life insurance business is subject to Regulation XXX and Guideline AXXX. The regulation and supporting guideline require insurers to establish statutory reserves for term and universal life insurance policies with long-term premium guarantees that are consistent with the statutory reserves required for other individual life insurance policies with similar guarantees. Many market participants believe that these levels of reserves are non-economic. Prudential Financial uses captive reinsurance companies that are affiliates of the Company to implement reinsurance and capital management actions to satisfy these reserve requirements, by financing these non-economic reserves through the issuance of surplus notes by the captives, which are treated as capital for statutory purposes. The affiliated reinsurance agreements are described further in Note 7.

We reinsure variable annuity living benefit guarantees to an affiliated captive reinsurance company, Pruco Reinsurance, Ltd., or Pruco Re. This enables Prudential Financial to aggregate these risks within Pruco Re and manage them more efficiently through a hedging program. Since Pruco Re is domiciled and subject to regulation in the State of Arizona, Pruco Re must collateralize its obligations under the reinsurance arrangement in order for the Company to claim a reinsurance reserve credit for its business ceded. This requirement is satisfied by Pruco Re depositing assets into statutory reserve credit trusts.

We believe Pruco Re currently maintains an adequate level of capital and has access to liquidity to support this hedging program. However, Pruco Re’s capital and liquidity needs can vary significantly due to, among other things, changes in equity markets, interest rates, mortality and policyholder behavior. Through its Capital Protection Framework, Prudential Financial maintains access to on-balance sheet and contingent sources of capital and liquidity that are available to meet these needs as they arise. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the statutory reserve credit trusts required collateral of $11 million and $7 million. Pruco Re has deposited assets into statutory reserve credit trusts to satisfy this requirement.

Liquidity

There have been no material changes to the liquidity position of the Company since December 31, 2013. We continue to believe that cash generated by ongoing operations and the liquidity profile of our assets provide sufficient liquidity under reasonably foreseeable stress scenarios for the Company.

The principal sources of the Company’s liquidity are premiums and certain annuity considerations, investment and fee income, investment maturities and sales as well as internal borrowings. The principal uses of that liquidity include benefits, claims, and payments to policyholders and contractholders in connection with surrenders, withdrawals and net policy loan activity. Other uses of liquidity include commissions, general and administrative expenses, purchases of investments, and payments in connection with financing activities. We use a projection process for cash flows from operations to ensure sufficient liquidity is available to meet projected cash outflows, including claims.

Our liquidity is managed to ensure stable, reliable and cost-effective sources of cash flows to meet all of our obligations. Liquidity is provided by a variety of sources, as described more fully below, including portfolios of liquid assets. Our investment portfolios are integral to the overall liquidity of the Company. The impact of Prudential Funding, LLC’s financing capacity on liquidity (as described below) is considered in the internal liquidity measures of the Company.

Liquid assets include cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and fixed maturities that are not designated as held-to-maturity and public equity securities. As of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 the Company had liquid assets of $1 billion and $973 million, respectively. The portion of liquid assets comprised of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments was $56.4 million and $45.8 million as of June 30, 2014 and December 31 2013, respectively. As of June 30, 2014, $892 million, or 94%, of the fixed maturity investments in company general account portfolios were rated high or highest quality based on NAIC or equivalent rating. The remaining $54 million, or 6%, of these fixed maturity investments were rated other than high or highest quality.

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

As we continue to underwrite term and universal life insurance business, we expect to have additional financing needs for the funding of non-economic reserves required under Guideline AXXX and Regulation XXX. We believe we have sufficient financing resources in place to meet our financing needs under Guideline AXXX through 2015, assuming that the volume of new business remains consistent with current sales levels. In June 2014, an affiliated captive reinsurance company issued a $650 million surplus note to an affiliate for the purpose of financing Guideline AXXX reserves.

In April 2014, one of our affiliated captives issued an additional $250 million of surplus notes in return for an equal amount of credit-linked notes under a $2.0 billion facility for the third-party financing of Regulation XXX reserves associated with term life business written from 2010 to 2013. Following that issuance, an aggregate of $1.75 billion of surplus notes were outstanding under that facility. Because valid rights of set-off exist for this facility, interest and principal payments on the surplus notes and credit-linked notes issued through the facility are settled on a net basis, and the surplus notes are reflected in Prudential Financial’s total consolidated borrowings on a net basis. In March 2014, a newly-formed affiliated captive reinsurance company issued a $250 million surplus note to an affiliate to finance Regulation XXX reserves associated with term life sales in 2014. We are continuing to pursue solutions to address Regulation XXX financing needs generated by our expected sale of term life business during the remainder of 2014 and in subsequent years. If we are unsuccessful in executing these solutions, we may need to obtain financing from other sources, including through additional borrowings.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

In order to ensure that the information we must disclose in our filings with the SEC, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported on a timely basis, the Company’s management, including our Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have reviewed and evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the “Exchange Act”, as of June 30, 2014. Based on such evaluation, the Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of June 30, 2014, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. No change in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f), occurred during the quarter ended June 30, 2014 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

See Note 6 to the Unaudited Interim Financial Statements under “—Litigation and Regulatory Matters” for a description of material pending litigation and regulatory matters affecting us, and certain risks to our businesses presented by such matters, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

You should carefully consider the risks described under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. These risks could materially affect our business, results of operations or financial condition or cause our actual results to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in any forward looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. These risks are not exclusive, and additional risks to which we are subject include, but are not limited to, the factors mentioned under “Forward-Looking Statements” above and the risks of our businesses described elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 6. Exhibits


31.1		Section 302 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer.

31.2		Section 302 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

32.1		Section 906 Certification of the Principal Executive Officer.

32.2		Section 906 Certification of the Chief Financial Officer.

101.INS		-XBRL Instance Document.

101.SCH		-XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.

101.CAL		-XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.LAB		-XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE		-XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF		-XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.

SIGNATURES

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


Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey

By:		/s/ Yanela C. Frias
		Name: Yanela C. Frias
		Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Authorized signatory and principal financial officer)

Date: August 13, 2014

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