As filed with the SEC on . Registration No. 333-85117
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to
FORM S-6
FOR REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF UNIT INVESTMENT TRUSTS REGISTERED
ON FORM N-8B-2
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PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY
VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
(Exact Name of Trust)
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
(Name of Depositor)
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102-2992
(800) 286-7754
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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Thomas C. Castano
Assistant Secretary
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102-2992
(Name and address of agent for service)
Copy to:
Jeffrey C. Martin
Shea & Gardner
1800 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
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It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate space):
|_| immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
|X| on May 1, 2001 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485
(date)
|_| 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
|_| on __________ pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485
(date)
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET
(as required by Form N-B-2)
N-B-2 Item Number Location
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1. Cover Page
2. Cover Page
3. Not Applicable
4. Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions
5. Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
6. Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
7. Not Applicable
8. Not Applicable
9. Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings
10. Introduction and Summary; Charges and Expenses;
Short-Term Cancellation Right or "Free Look"; Types of
Death Benefit; Changing the Type of Death Benefit;
Riders; Premiums; Allocation of Premiums; Transfers;
Dollar Cost Averaging; Auto-Rebalancing; How a
Contract's Surrender Value Will Vary; How a Type A
(Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary; How a Type B
(Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary; How a
Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will
Vary; Surrender of a Contract; Withdrawals; Lapse and
Reinstatement; Increases in Basic Insurance Amount;
Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount; When Proceeds are
Paid; Contract Loans; Other General Contract Provisions;
Voting Rights; Substitution of Fund Shares
11. Introduction and Summary; Pruco Life of New Jersey
Variable Appreciable Account
12. Cover Page; Introduction and Summary; The Funds; Sale of
the Contract and Sales Commissions
13. Introduction and Summary; The Funds; Charges and
Expenses; Premiums; Allocation of Premiums; Sale of the
Contract and Sales Commissions
14. Introduction and Summary; Detailed Information for
Prospective Contract Owners
15. Introduction and Summary; Premiums; Allocation of
Premiums; Transfers; Dollar Cost Averaging;
Auto-Rebalancing
16. Introduction and Summary; Detailed Information for
Prospective Contract Owners
N-B-2 Item Number Location
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17. When Proceeds are Paid
18. Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
19. Reports to Contract Owners
20. Not Applicable
21. Contract Loans
22. Not Applicable
23. Not Applicable
24. Other General Contract Provisions
25. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
26. Introduction and Summary; The Funds; Charges and
Expenses
27. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; The Funds
28. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey; Directors
and Officers
29. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
30. Not Applicable
31. Not Applicable
32. Not Applicable
33. Not Applicable
34. Not Applicable
35. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
36. Not Applicable
37. Not Applicable
38. Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions
39. Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions
40. Not Applicable
41. Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions
42. Not Applicable
43. Not Applicable
N-B-2 Item Number Location
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44. Introduction and Summary; The Funds; How a Contract's
Cash Surrender Value Will Vary; How a Type A (Fixed)
Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary; How a Type B
(Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary; How a
Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will
Vary
45. Not Applicable
46. Introduction and Summary; Pruco Life of New Jersey
Variable Appreciable Account; The Funds
47. Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account;
The Funds
48. Not Applicable
49. Not Applicable
50. Not Applicable
51. Not Applicable
52. Substitution of Fund Shares
53. Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits
54. Not Applicable
55. Not Applicable
56. Not Applicable
57. Not Applicable
58. Not Applicable
59. Financial Statements: Financial Statements of the
PruSelect III Variable Life Subaccounts of Pruco Life of
New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account; Financial
Statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
PRUSELECT(SM) III
Variable Life Insurance
PROSPECTUS
Pruco Life of New Jersey
Variable Appreciable Account
May 1, 2001
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
PROSPECTUS
May 1, 2001
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
PRUSELECT(SM) III
Variable Life Insurance Contracts
This prospectus describes certain individual flexible premium variable universal
life insurance contracts, PruSelect(SM) III Variable Life Insurance Contracts
(the "Contract"), issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco
Life of New Jersey", "us", "we", or "our"), a stock life insurance company.
Pruco Life of New Jersey is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Prudential Insurance Company of America ("Prudential"). These Contracts provide
individual variable universal life insurance coverage with flexible premium
payments, a variety of investment options, and three types of death benefit
options. These Contracts may be issued with a Target Term Rider that could have
a significant effect on the performance of your Contract. For the factors to
consider when adding a Target Term Rider to your Contract, see Riders, page 19.
The Contracts may be owned individually or by a corporation, trust, association
or similar entity. The Contracts are available on a multiple life basis where
the insureds share a common employment or business relationship. The Contract
owner will have all rights and privileges under the Contract. The Contracts may
be used for funding non-qualified executive deferred compensation or salary
continuation plans, retiree medical benefits, or other purposes. PruSelect(SM)
III Contracts issued in New York may not be individually owned.
Investment Choices:
PruSelect III offers a wide variety of investment choices, including 32 variable
investment options that invest in mutual funds managed by these leading asset
managers:
o Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC
o A I M Advisors, Inc.
o American Century Investment Management, Inc.
o The Dreyfus Corporation
o Franklin Advisers, Inc.
o Goldman Sachs Asset Management
o INVESCO Funds Group, Inc.
o Janus Capital Corporation
o MFS Investment Management(R)
o OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
o T. Rowe Price International, Inc.
For a complete list of the 32 available variable investment options and their
investment objectives, see The Funds, page 7.
This prospectus describes the Contract generally and the Pruco Life of New
Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the "Account"). The attached prospectuses
for the Funds and their related statements of additional information describe
the investment objectives and the risks of investing in the Fund portfolios.
Pruco Life of New Jersey may add additional investment options in the future.
Please read this prospectus and keep it for future reference.
The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") maintains a Web site
(http://www.sec.gov) that contains material incorporated by reference and other
information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities
commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this
prospectus is accurate or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal offense.
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
213 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102-2992
Telephone: (800) 286-7754
PruSelect is a service mark of Prudential.
PROSPECTUS CONTENTS
Page
DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS.................................................1
INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY.............................................................................2
Brief Description of the Contract.................................................................2
Charges...........................................................................................2
Types of Death Benefit............................................................................5
Life Insurance Definitional Tests.................................................................5
Premium Payments..................................................................................5
Refund............................................................................................5
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, THE PRUCO LIFE
OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT, AND THE VARIABLE INVESTMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE
UNDER THE CONTRACT ..................................................................................6
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey........................................................6
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.............................................6
The Funds.........................................................................................7
Voting Rights....................................................................................11
Which Investment Option Should Be Selected?......................................................11
DETAILED INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE CONTRACT OWNERS................................................12
Charges and Expenses.............................................................................12
Reduction of Charges.............................................................................16
Requirements for Issuance of a Contract..........................................................16
Short-Term Cancellation Right or "Free-Look".....................................................17
Types of Death Benefit...........................................................................17
Changing the Type of Death Benefit...............................................................17
Riders...........................................................................................19
Premiums.........................................................................................20
Allocation of Premiums...........................................................................20
Transfers........................................................................................21
Dollar Cost Averaging............................................................................21
Auto-Rebalancing.................................................................................21
How a Contract's Surrender Value Will Vary.......................................................22
How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary..........................................22
How a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary.......................................23
How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary..............................24
Surrender of a Contract..........................................................................25
Withdrawals......................................................................................25
Lapse and Reinstatement..........................................................................26
Increases in Basic Insurance Amount..............................................................26
Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount..............................................................27
When Proceeds Are Paid...........................................................................28
Illustrations of Surrender Values, Death Benefits, and Accumulated Premiums......................28
Contract Loans...................................................................................30
Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits...............................................................31
Legal Considerations Relating to Sex-Distinct Premiums and Benefits..............................33
Exchange Right...................................................................................33
Option to Exchange Insured.......................................................................33
Other General Contract Provisions................................................................33
Substitution of Fund Shares......................................................................34
Reports to Contract Owners.......................................................................34
Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions.......................................................34
State Regulation.................................................................................34
Experts..........................................................................................35
Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings............................................................35
Additional Information...........................................................................36
Financial Statements.............................................................................36
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS..............................................................................37
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF PRUCO LIFE OF NEW
JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT.................................................................A1
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY..................................B1
DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS
active investment option -- A variable investment option that has been allocated
an invested premium amount or a loan repayment or transfer at any time while the
Contract is in-force. An active investment option remains active even if the
current value of the variable investment option is zero.
attained age -- The insured's age on the Contract date plus the number of years
since then. For any coverage segment effective after the Contract date, the
insured's attained age is the issue age of that segment plus the length of time
since its effective date.
basic insurance amount -- The amount of life insurance as shown in the Contract.
Also referred to as "face amount."
cash value -- The same as the "Contract Fund."
Contract -- The variable universal life insurance policy described in this
prospectus.
Contract anniversary -- The same date as the Contract date in each later year.
Contract date -- The date the Contract is effective, as specified in the
Contract.
Contract debt -- The principal amount of all outstanding loans plus any interest
accrued thereon.
Contract Fund -- The total amount credited to a specific Contract. On any date
it is equal to the sum of the amounts invested in the variable investment
options and the principal amount of any Contract debt plus any interest earned
thereon.
Contract owner -- You. Unless a different owner is named in the application, the
owner of the Contract is the insured.
Contract year -- A year that starts on the Contract date or on a Contract
anniversary. For any portion of a Contract representing an increase, "Contract
year" is a year that starts on the effective date of the increase. See Increases
in Basic Insurance Amount, page 26.
coverage segment -- The basic insurance amount at issue is the first coverage
segment. For each increase in basic insurance amount, a new coverage segment is
created for the amount of the increase. See Increases in Basic Insurance Amount,
page 26.
death benefit -- If the Contract is not in default, this is the amount we will
pay upon the death of the insured, assuming no Contract debt.
Funds -- Mutual funds with separate portfolios. One or more of the available
Fund portfolios may be chosen as an underlying investment for the Contract.
Monthly date -- The Contract date and the same date in each subsequent month.
net cash value -- The Contract Fund minus any Contract debt.
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey -- Us, we, our, Pruco Life of New
Jersey. The company offering the Contract.
segment allocation amount -- The amount used to determine the charge for sales
expenses. It may also be referred to as the "Target Premium." See Charges and
Expenses, page 12.
separate account -- Amounts under the Contract that are allocated to the
variable investment options are held by us in a separate account called the
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account. The Separate Account is
set apart from all of the general assets of Pruco Life of New Jersey Insurance
Company.
surrender value -- The amount payable to the Contract owner upon surrender of
the Contract. It is equal to the Contract Fund minus any Contract debt plus any
return of sales charges.
Target Premium -- The same as "segment allocation amount." See Charges and
Expenses, page 12.
valuation period -- The period of time from one determination of the value of
the amount invested in a variable investment option to the next. Such
determinations are made when the net asset values of the portfolios of the Funds
are calculated, which is generally at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on each day during
which the New York Stock Exchange is open.
variable investment options -- The 32 mutual funds available under this
Contract, whose shares are held in the separate account.
you -- The owner of the Contract.
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY
This Summary provides a brief overview of the more significant aspects of the
Contract. We provide further detail in the subsequent sections of this
prospectus and in the Contract.
Brief Description of the Contract
The Contract is an individual flexible premium variable universal life insurance
contract. It is issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco
Life of New Jersey", "us", "we", or "our"). These Contracts may be issued with a
Target Term Rider that could have a significant effect on the performance of
your Contract. For the factors to consider when adding a Target Term Rider to
your Contract, see Riders, page 19. The Contracts are available on a multiple
life basis where the insureds share a common employment or business
relationship. The Contracts may be owned individually or by a corporation,
trust, association or similar entity. The Contract owner will have all rights
and privileges under the Contract. The Contracts may be used for such purposes
as funding non-qualified executive deferred compensation or salary continuation
plans, retiree medical benefits, or other purposes. PruSelect(SM) III Contracts
issued in New York may not be individually owned.
The Contract is a form of variable universal life insurance. It is based on a
Contract Fund, the value of which changes every day. The chart below describes
how the value of your Contract Fund changes.
You may invest premiums in one or more of the 32 available variable investment
options. Your Contract Fund value changes every day depending upon the change in
the value of the particular investment options that you have selected.
Although the value of your Contract Fund will increase if there is favorable
investment performance in the variable investment options you select, investment
returns in the variable investment options are NOT guaranteed. There is a risk
that investment performance will be unfavorable and that the value of your
Contract Fund will decrease. The risk will be different, depending upon which
investment options you choose. See Which Investment Option Should Be Selected?,
page 11.
Variable life insurance contracts are unsuitable as short-term savings vehicles.
Withdrawals and loans may result in adverse tax consequences. See Tax Treatment
of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Charges
The following chart outlines the components of your Contract Fund and the
adjustments which may be made including the maximum charges which may be
deducted from each premium payment and from the amounts held in the designated
investment options. These charges, which are largely designed to cover insurance
costs and risks, as well as sales and administrative expenses, are fully
described under Charges and Expenses, page 12. In brief, and subject to that
fuller description, the following diagram outlines the maximum charges which
Pruco Life of New Jersey may make:
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Premium Payment
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o less a charge of up to 7.5% of the premiums paid for
taxes attributable to premiums.
o less a charge for sales expenses of up to 15% of the premiums
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Invested Premuim Amount
To be invested in one or a combination of 32 investment portfolios of the Funds.
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Contract Fund
On the Contract Date, the Contract Fund is equal to the invested premium amount
minus any of the charges described below which may be due on that date.
Thereafter, the value of the Contract Fund changes daily.
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Pruco Life of New Jersey adjusts
the Contract Fund for:
o Addition of any new invested premium amounts.
o Addition of any increase due to investment results of the chosen variable
investment options.
o Addition of guaranteed interest at an effective annual rate of 4% on the
amount of any Contract loan. (Separately, interest charged on the loan
accrues at an effective annual rate of 4.25% or 5%. See Contract Loans,
page 30.)
o Subtraction of any decrease due to investment results of the chosen
variable investment options.
o Subtraction of any amount withdrawn.
o Subtraction of the charges listed below, as applicable.
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Daily Charges
o Management fees and expenses are deducted from the Fund assets. See
Underlying Portfolio Expenses chart, below.
o We deduct a daily mortality and expense risk charge, equivalent to an
annual rate of up to 0.5%, from assets of the variable investment options.
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Monthly Charges
o We reduce the Contract Fund by a monthly administrative charge of up to $10
plus $0.05 per $1,000 of the basic insurance amount.
o We deduct a cost of insurance ("COI") charge.
o If the Contract includes riders, we deduct rider charges from the Contract
Fund.
o If the rating class of an insured results in an extra charge, we will
deduct that charge from the Contract Fund.
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Possible Additional Charges
o We assess an administrative charge of up to $25 for any withdrawals.
o We may assess an administrative charge of up to $25 for any change in basic
insurance amount.
o We may assess an administrative charge of up to $25 for any change in the
Target Term Rider coverage amount (see Riders, page 19).
o We assess an administrative charge of up to $25 for each transfer exceeding
12 in any Contract year.
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Underlying Portfolio Expenses
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Investment Other 12B-1 Total Contractual Total Actual
Portfolio Advisory Fee Expenses Fees Expenses Expenses*
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Series Fund
Conservative Balanced 0.55% 0.05% N/A 0.60% 0.60%
Diversified Bond 0.40% 0.05% N/A 0.45% 0.45%
Equity 0.45% 0.04% N/A 0.49% 0.49%
Flexible Managed 0.60% 0.04% N/A 0.64% 0.64%
Global 0.75% 0.10% N/A 0.85% 0.85%
High Yield Bond 0.55% 0.05% N/A 0.60% 0.60%
Money Market 0.40% 0.04% N/A 0.44% 0.44%
Prudential Jennison 0.60% 0.04% N/A 0.64% 0.64%
Stock Index 0.35% 0.04% N/A 0.39% 0.39%
Value 0.40% 0.05% N/A 0.45% 0.45%
SP Alliance Large Cap Growth 0.90% 0.37% N/A 1.27% 1.10%
SP Davis Value 0.75% 0.18% N/A 0.93% 0.83%
SP INVESCO Small Company Growth 0.95% 1.08% N/A 2.03% 1.15%
SP PIMCO High Yield 0.60% 0.44% N/A 1.04% 0.82%
SP PIMCO Total Return 0.60% 0.26% N/A 0.86% 0.76%
SP Small/Mid Cap Value 0.90% 0.51% N/A 1.41% 1.05%
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AIM Variable Insurance Funds
AIM V.I. Value Fund 0.61% 0.23% N/A 0.84% 0.84%
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.(1)
VP Income & Growth Fund 0.70% 0.00% N/A 0.70% 0.70%
VP Value Fund 1.00% 0.00% N/A 1.00% 1.00%
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
MidCap Stock Portfolio 0.75% 0.29% N/A 1.04% 0.98%
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
Small Cap Portfolio 0.75% 0.03% N/A 0.78% 0.78%
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
Franklin Small Cap Fund - Class 2 0.53% 0.53% N/A 1.06% 1.06%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (VIT)(2)
CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund 0.75% 0.80% N/A 1.55% 1.00%
INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc.(3)
VIF - Technology Fund 0.72% 0.30% N/A 1.02% 1.02%
VIF - Utilities Fund 0.60% 0.81% N/A 1.41% 1.22%
Janus Aspen Series
Aggressive Growth Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.02% 0.25% 0.92% 0.92%
Balanced Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.02% 0.25% 0.92% 0.92%
Growth Portfolio - Institutional Shares(4) 0.65% 0.02% N/A 0.67% 0.67%
International Growth Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.06% 0.25% 0.96% 0.96%
MFS(R)Variable Insurance Trust(SM)(5)
Emerging Growth Series 0.75% 0.10% N/A 0.85% 0.84%
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Aggressive Growth Fund/VA (Service Shares) 0.62% 0.02% 0.15% 0.79% 0.79%
T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.(1)
International Stock Portfolio 1.05% 0.00% N/A 1.05% 1.05%
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* Reflects fee waivers and reimbursement of expenses, if any.
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(1) American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. / T. Rowe Price International
Series, Inc. The Investment Management Fees include the ordinary expenses
of operating the Funds.
(2) Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust Other Expenses of
0.53% includes a distribution and service (12b-1) fee of 0.25%. The Fund's
class 2 distribution plan or "rule 12b-1 plan" is described in the Fund's
prospectus.
(3) Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (VIT) The Investment Adviser had
voluntarily agreed to reduce or limit certain Other Expenses to the extent
such expenses exceed the percentage stated in the table above (as
calculated per annum) of the Fund's average daily net assets.
(4) INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc. The Fund's actual "Other Expenses"
and "Total Actual Expenses" were lower than the figures shown because its
custodian fees were reduced under an expense offset arrangement.
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(5) Janus Aspen Series Table reflects expenses based upon expenses for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, restated to reflect a reduction in the
management fee. All expenses are shown without the effect of expense offset
arrangements.
(5) MFS(R) Variable Insurance Trust(SM) An expense offset arrangement with the
Fund's custodian resulted in a reduction in "Other Expenses" by 0.01% and
is reflected in the "Total Actual Expenses."
Types of Death Benefit
There are three types of death benefit available. You may choose a Contract with
a Type A (fixed) death benefit under which the cash value varies daily with
investment experience, and the death benefit generally remains at the basic
insurance amount you initially chose. However, the Contract Fund may grow to a
point where the death benefit may increase and vary with investment experience.
If you choose a Contract with a Type B (variable) death benefit, the cash value
and the death benefit both vary with investment experience. If you choose a
Contract with a Type C (return of premium) death benefit, the death benefit is
increased by the amount of premiums paid into the Contract, less withdrawals,
plus interest at a rate between 0% and 8% (in 1/2% increments) chosen by the
Contract owner. For Type A and Type B death benefits, as long as the Contract is
in-force, the death benefit will never be less than the basic insurance amount
shown in your Contract. See Types of Death Benefit, page 17.
Life Insurance Definitional Tests
In order to qualify as life insurance for Federal tax purposes, the Contract
must adhere to the definition of life insurance under Section 7702 of the
Internal Revenue Code. At issue, the Contract owner chooses one of the following
definition of life insurance tests: (1) Cash Value Accumulation Test or (2)
Guideline Premium Test. Under the Cash Value Accumulation Test, there is a
minimum death benefit to cash value ratio. Under the Guideline Premium Test,
there is a limit to the amount of premiums that can be paid into the Contract,
as well as a minimum death benefit to cash value ratio. For more information,
see Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Premium Payments
The Contract is a flexible premium contract - there are no scheduled premiums.
Except for the minimum initial premium, and subject to a minimum of $25 per
subsequent payment, you choose the timing and amount of premium payments. Paying
insufficient premiums, poor investment results, or taking loans or withdrawals
from the Contract will increase the possibility that the Contract will lapse.
However, the Contract will remain in-force if the Contract Fund is greater than
zero and more than any Contract debt. See Premiums, page 20 and Lapse and
Reinstatement, page 26.
We offer and suggest regular billing of premiums even though you decide when to
make premium payments and, subject to a $25 minimum, in what amounts. You should
discuss your billing options with your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative
when you apply for the Contract. See Premiums, page 20.
Refund
For a limited time, you may return your Contract for a refund in accordance with
the terms of its "free-look" provision. See Short-Term Cancellation Right or
"Free-Look," page 17.
For the DEFINITIONS OF SPECIAL TERMS USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS, see page 1.
The replacement of life insurance is generally not in your best interest. In
most cases, if you require additional coverage, the benefits of your existing
contract can be protected by purchasing additional insurance or a supplemental
contract. If you are considering replacing a contract, you should compare the
benefits and costs of supplementing your existing contract with the benefits and
costs of purchasing the Contract described in this prospectus and you should
consult with a qualified tax adviser.
This prospectus may only be offered in jurisdictions in which the offering is
lawful. No person is authorized to make any representations in connection with
this offering other than those contained in this prospectus and in the
prospectuses and statements of additional information for the Funds.
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY,
THE PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT,
AND THE VARIABLE INVESTMENT
OPTIONS AVAILABLE UNDER THE CONTRACT
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey", "us",
"we", or "our") is a stock life insurance company, organized in 1982 under the
laws of the State of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and
annuities only in the States of New Jersey and New York.
Pruco Life of New Jersey is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of The
Prudential Insurance Company of America ("Prudential"), a mutual insurance
company founded in 1875 under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Prudential is
currently pursuing reorganizing itself into a stock life insurance company
through a process known as "demutualization". On July 1, 1998, legislation was
enacted in New Jersey that would permit this conversion to occur and that
specified the process for conversion. On December 15, 2000, the Board of
Directors adopted a plan of reorganization pursuant to that legislation and
authorized management to submit an application to the New Jersey Commissioner of
Banking and Insurance for approval of the plan. The application was submitted on
March 14, 2001. However, demutualization is a complex process and a number of
additional steps must be taken before the demutualization can occur, including a
public hearing, voting by qualified policyholders, and regulatory approval.
Prudential is planning on completing this process in 2001, but there is no
certainty that the demutualization will be completed in this timeframe or that
the necessary approvals will be obtained. Also it is possible that after careful
review, Prudential could decide not to demutualize or could decide to delay its
plans. As a general rule, the plan of reorganization provides that, in order for
policies or contracts to be eligible for compensation in the demutualization,
they must have been in force on the date the Board of Directors adopted the
plan, December 15, 2000. If demutualization does occur, all the guaranteed
benefits described in your policy or contract would stay the same.
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
We have established a separate account, the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable
Appreciable Account (the "Account"), to hold the assets that are associated with
the Contracts. The Account was established on January 13, 1984 under New Jersey
law and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a unit investment trust which is a type of
investment company. The Account meets the definition of a "separate account"
under the federal securities laws. The Account holds assets that are segregated
from all of Pruco Life of New Jersey's other assets.
Pruco Life of New Jersey is the legal owner of the assets in the Account. Pruco
Life of New Jersey will maintain assets in the Account with a total market value
at least equal to the reserve and other liabilities relating to the variable
benefits attributable to the Account. These assets may not be charged with
liabilities which arise from any other business Pruco Life of New Jersey
conducts. In addition to these assets, the Account's assets may include funds
contributed by Pruco Life of New Jersey to commence operation of the Account and
may include accumulations of the charges Pruco Life of New Jersey makes against
the Account. From time to time these additional assets will be transferred to
Pruco Life of New Jersey's general account. Before making any such transfer,
Pruco Life of New Jersey will consider any possible adverse impact the transfer
might have on the Account.
The obligations to Contract owners and beneficiaries arising under the Contract
are general corporate obligations of Pruco Life of New Jersey.
Currently, you may choose to invest in no more than 16 of the 32 available
variable investment options. Once you allocate funds to a particular variable
investment option, it continues as one of the 16 variable investment options you
may use, even if the current value of the variable investment option is zero.
When you choose a variable investment option, we purchase shares of a mutual
fund which are held as an investment for that option. We hold these shares in
the Account. The division of the separate account of Pruco Life of New Jersey
that invests in a particular mutual fund is referred to in your contract as a
subaccount. Pruco Life of New Jersey may add additional variable investment
options in the future. The Account's financial statements begin on page A1.
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The Funds
Listed below are the mutual funds (the "Funds") in which the variable investment
options invest, the Funds' investment objectives, and investment advisers.
Each Fund has a separate prospectus that is provided with this prospectus. You
should read the Fund prospectus before you decide to allocate assets to the
variable investment option using that Fund. There is no assurance that the
investment objectives of the Funds will be met.
The Prudential Series Fund, Inc. (the "Series Fund"):
o Conservative Balanced Portfolio: The investment objective is a total
investment return consistent with a conservatively managed diversified
portfolio. The Portfolio invests in a mix of equity securities, debt
obligations and money market instruments.
o Diversified Bond Portfolio: The investment objective is a high level of
income over a longer term while providing reasonable safety of capital. The
Portfolio invests primarily in higher grade debt obligations and high
quality money market investments.
o Equity Portfolio: The investment objective is capital appreciation. The
Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks of major established
corporations as well as smaller companies that offer attractive prospects
of appreciation.
o Flexible Managed Portfolio: The investment objective is a total investment
return consistent with an aggressively managed diversified portfolio. The
Portfolio invests in a mix of equity securities, debt obligations and money
market instruments.
o Global Portfolio: The investment objective is long-term growth of capital.
The Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks (and their equivalents) of
foreign and U.S. companies.
o High Yield Bond Portfolio: The investment objective is a high total return.
The Portfolio invests primarily in high yield/high risk debt securities.
o Money Market Portfolio: The investment objective is maximum current income
consistent with the stability of capital and the maintenance of liquidity.
The Portfolio invests in high quality short-term debt obligations that
mature in 13 months or less.
o Prudential Jennison Portfolio: The investment objective is to achieve
long-term growth of capital. The Portfolio invests primarily in equity
securities of major established corporations that offer above-average
growth prospects.
o Stock Index Portfolio: The investment objective is investment results that
generally correspond to the performance of publicly-traded common stocks.
The Portfolio attempts to duplicate the price and yield performance of the
Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Index (the "S&P 500").
o Value Portfolio: The investment objective is capital appreciation. The
Portfolio invests primarily in stocks that are trading below their
underlying asset value, cash generating ability, and overall earnings and
earnings growth.
o SP Alliance Large Cap Growth Portfolio: The investment objective is growth
of capital by pursuing aggressive investment policies. The Portfolio
invests primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies.
o SP Davis Value Portfolio: The investment objective is growth of capital.
The Portfolio invests primarily in common stock of U.S. companies with
market capitalizations of at least $5 billion.
o SP INVESCO Small Company Growth Portfolio: The investment objective is
long-term capital growth. Most holdings are in small-capitalization
companies - those with market capitalizations under $2 billion at the time
of purchase.
o SP PIMCO High Yield Portfolio: The investment objective is maximum total
return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent investment
management. The Portfolio invests in high yield securities and investment
grade fixed income instruments.
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o SP PIMCO Total Return Portfolio: The investment objective is to seek
maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital and prudent
investment management. The Portfolio invests in a diversified portfolio of
fixed income instruments of varying maturities.
o SP Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio: The investment objective is long-term
growth of capital. The Portfolio focuses on common stock of companies with
small to medium market capitalizations.
Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC ("PIFM"), a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Prudential, serves as the overall investment adviser for the Series Fund.
PIFM will furnish investment advisory services in connection with the management
of the Series Fund portfolios under a "manager-of-managers" approach. Under this
structure, PIFM is authorized to select (with approval of the Series Fund's
independent directors) one or more sub-advisers to handle the actual day-to-day
investment management of each Portfolio. PIFM's business address is 100 Mulberry
Street, Gateway Center Three, 14th floor, Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Jennison Associates LLC ("Jennison"), also a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Prudential, serves as the sole sub-adviser for the Global and the Prudential
Jennison Portfolios. Jennison serves as a sub-adviser for a portion of the
assets of the Equity and the Value Portfolios. Jennison's business address is
466 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
Prudential Investment Management, Inc. ("PIMI"), also a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Prudential, serves as the sole sub-adviser for the Conservative Balanced, the
Diversified Bond, the Flexible Managed, the High Yield Bond, the Money Market,
and the Stock Index Portfolios. PIMI's business address is 751 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey 07102.
Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. ("Deutsche"), formerly known as Morgan Grenfell,
Inc., serves as a sub-adviser for a portion of the assets of the Value
Portfolio. It is expected that under normal circumstances Deutsche will manage
approximately 25% of the Portfolio. Deutsche is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Deutsche Bank AG. Deutsche's business address is 280 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10017.
GE Asset Management Incorporated ("GEAM"), serves as a sub-adviser for a portion
of the assets of the Equity Portfolio. It is expected that under normal
circumstances GEAM will manage approximately 25% of the Portfolio. GEAM is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Corporation. GEAM's business address
is 777 Long Ridge Road, Building B, Stamford, Connecticut 06927.
Victory Capital Management ("Victory"), serves as a sub-adviser for a portion of
the assets of the Value Portfolio. It is expected that under normal
circumstances Victory will manage approximately 25% of the Portfolio. Victory's
business address is 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114.
Salomon Brothers Asset Management, Inc. ("Salomon"), serves as a sub-adviser for
a portion of the assets of the Equity Portfolio. It is expected that under
normal circumstances Salomon will manage approximately 25% of the Portfolio.
Salomon is a part of the SSB Citi Asset Management Group, the global asset
management arm of Citigroup, Inc. which was formed in 1998 as a result of the
merger of Travelers Group and Citicorp, Inc. Salomon's business address is 7
World Trade Center, 38th Floor, New York, New York 10048.
Alliance Capital Management, L.P. ("Alliance") serves as the sub-adviser to the
SP Alliance Large Cap Growth Portfolio. Alliance's principal business address is
1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.
Davis Selected Advisers, L.P. ("Davis") serves as the sub-adviser to the SP
Davis Value Portfolio. The principal business address for Davis Selected
Advisers, LP is 124 East Elvira Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501.
Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") serves as the sub-adviser to the
SP Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio. FMR's principal business address is 82
Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.
INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("INVESCO") serves as the sub-adviser to the SP
INVESCO Small Company Growth Portfolio. INVESCO's principal business address is
7800 East Union Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80237.
Pacific Investment Management Company LLC ("PIMCO") serves as the sub-adviser to
the SP PIMCO High Yield Portfolio and the SP PIMCO Total Return Portfolio.
PIMCO's principal business address is 840 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach,
California 92660.
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As an investment adviser, PIFM charges the Series Fund a daily investment
management fee as compensation for its services. PIFM pays each sub-adviser out
of the fee that PIFM receives from the Series Fund. See Deductions from
Portfolios, page 13.
AIM Variable Insurance Funds:
o AIM V.I. Value Fund. The investment objective is long-term growth of
capital. Income is a secondary objective.
A I M Advisors, Inc. ("AIM") is the investment adviser for this fund. The
principal business address for AIM is 11 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston,
Texas 77046-1173.
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.:
o American Century VP Income & Growth Fund. The investment objective is
growth of capital by investing in common stocks. Income is a secondary
objective. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing primarily
from the largest 1,500 publicly traded U.S. companies.
o American Century VP Value Fund. The investment objective is long-term
growth of capital. Income is a secondary objective. The Fund seeks to
achieve its objective by investing primarily in equity securities of
well-established companies with intermediate-to-large market
capitalizations that are believed by management to be undervalued at the
time of purchase.
American Century Investment Management, Inc. ("ACIM") is the investment adviser
for this fund. ACIM's principal business address is American Century Tower, 4500
Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111. The principal underwriter of the fund
is American Century Services, Inc., located at 4500 Main Street, Kansas City,
Missouri 64111.
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios:
o MidCap Stock Portfolio. The investment objective is to achieve investment
results that are greater than the total return performance of publicly
traded common stocks of medium-size domestic companies in the aggregate, as
represented by the Standard and Poor's MidCap 400(R) Index ("S&P 400"). The
portfolio invests primarily in growth and value stocks of medium-size
companies.
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund:
o Small Cap Portfolio. The investment objective is to maximize capital
appreciation. The Portfolio generally invests at least 65% of its assets in
the common stock of U.S. and foreign companies. The Portfolio invests
primarily in small-cap companies with total market values of less than $2
billion.
The Dreyfus Corporation ("Dreyfus") is the investment adviser to each of the
above mentioned portfolios. The principal distributor of the portfolios is
Dreyfus Services Corporation ("DSC"). Dreyfus' and DSC's principal business
address is 200 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10166.
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust:
o Franklin Small Cap Fund - Class 2. The investment objective is long-term
growth of capital. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of U.S.
small capitalization growth companies.
Franklin Advisers, Inc. (Advisers) is the Fund's investment manager. The
principal business address for Franklin Advisers, Inc. is 777 Mariners Island
Boulevard, San Mateo, California 94403-7777.
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (VIT):
o CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund. The investment objective is long-term
growth of capital. The Fund seeks this objective through a broadly
diversified portfolio of equity securities of U.S. issuers which are
included in the Russell 2000 Index at the time of investment.
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Goldman Sachs Asset Management ("GSAM"), a unit of the Investment Management
Division of Goldman, Sachs & Co. ("Goldman Sachs"), serves as investment adviser
to the CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund. GSAM's principal business address is 32
Old Slip, New York, New York 10005.
INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc.:
o VIF - Technology Fund. The investment objective is capital appreciation.
The Fund invests primarily in the equity securities of companies engaged in
technology-related industries.
o VIF - Utilities Fund. The investment objective is capital appreciation and
income. The Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in companies doing
business in the utilities economic sector.
INVESCO Funds Group, Inc. ("INVESCO") serves as the investment adviser and
principal underwriter of each of the above-mentioned funds. INVESCO's principal
business address is 7800 E. Union Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80237.
Janus Aspen Series:
o Aggressive Growth Portfolio - Service Shares. The investment objective is
long-term growth of capital. The Portfolio invests at least 50% of its
equity assets in securities issued by medium-sized companies.
o Balanced Portfolio - Service Shares. The investment objective is long-term
growth of capital, consistent with preservation of capital, and balanced by
current income. The Portfolio invests 40-60% of its assets in securities
selected primarily for their growth potential and 40-60% of its assets in
securities selected primarily for their income potential.
o Growth Portfolio - Institutional Shares. The investment objective is
long-term growth of capital in a manner consistent with the preservation of
capital. The Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks of larger, more
established issuers.
o International Growth Portfolio - Service Shares. The investment objective
is long-term growth of capital. The Portfolio invests primarily in common
stocks of issuers located outside the United States.
Janus Capital Corporation is the investment adviser and is responsible for the
day-to-day management of the portfolio and other business affairs of the
portfolio. Janus Capital Corporation's principal business address is 100
Fillmore Street, Denver, Colorado 80206-4928.
MFS(R) Variable Insurance Trust(SM):
o Emerging Growth Series. The investment objective is long-term growth of
capital. The Series invests, under normal market conditions, at least 65%
of its total assets in common stocks and related securities of emerging
growth companies.
MFS Investment Management(R) ("Massachusetts Financial Services Company"), a
Delaware corporation, is the investment adviser to this MFS Series. The
principal business address for MFS Investment Management(R) is 500 Boylston
Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02116.
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds:
o Aggressive Growth Fund/VA (Service Shares). The investment objective is
capital appreciation by investing in "growth type" companies. The Fund
invests primarily is stocks of mid-cap companies.
OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is the investment manager for this Fund. The principal
business address for OppenheimerFunds, Inc. is Two World Trade Center, 34th
Floor, New York, New York 10048-0203.
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T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.:
o International Stock Portfolio. The investment objective is long-term growth
of capital The Portfolio invests primarily in common stocks of established,
non-U.S. companies.
T. Rowe Price International, Inc. is the investment manager for this fund. The
principal business address for T. Rowe Price International, Inc. is 100 East
Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
The investment advisers for the Funds charge a daily investment management fee
as compensation for their services. These fees are described in the table under
Deductions from Portfolios in the Charges and Expenses section, page 12, and are
more fully described in the prospectus for each Fund.
In the future it may become disadvantageous for both variable life insurance and
variable annuity contract separate accounts to invest in the same underlying
mutual funds. Although neither of the companies that invest in the Funds nor the
Funds currently foresee any such disadvantage, the Board of Directors for each
Fund intends to monitor events in order to identify any material conflict
between variable life insurance and variable annuity contract owners and to
determine what action, if any, should be taken. Material conflicts could result
from such things as:
(1) changes in state insurance law;
(2) changes in federal income tax law;
(3) changes in the investment management of any portfolio of the Funds; or
(4) differences between voting instructions given by variable life
insurance and variable annuity contract owners.
Pruco Life of New Jersey may be compensated by an affiliate of each of the Funds
(other than the Prudential Series Fund) based upon an annual percentage of the
average assets held in the Fund by Pruco Life of New Jersey under the Contracts.
These percentages vary by Fund, and reflect administrative and other services
provided by Pruco Life of New Jersey.
Voting Rights
We are the legal owner of the shares of the Funds associated with the variable
investment options. However, we vote the shares in the Funds according to voting
instructions we receive from Contract owners. We will mail you a proxy, which is
a form you need to complete and return to us to tell us how you wish us to vote.
When we receive those instructions, we will vote all of the shares we own on
your behalf in accordance with those instructions. We will vote the shares for
which we do not receive instructions and shares that we own, in the same
proportion as the shares for which instructions are received. We may change the
way your voting instructions are calculated if it is required by federal
regulation. Should the applicable federal securities laws or regulations, or
their current interpretation, change so as to permit Pruco Life of New Jersey to
vote shares of the Funds in its own right, it may elect to do so.
Which Investment Option Should Be Selected?
Historically, for investments held over relatively long periods, the investment
performance of common stocks has generally been superior to that of short or
long-term debt securities, even though common stocks have been subject to much
more dramatic changes in value over short periods of time. Accordingly,
portfolios such as the Equity, Global, Prudential Jennison, Stock Index, Value,
SP Alliance Large Cap Growth, SP Davis Value, SP INVESCO Small Company Growth,
SP Small/Mid Cap Value, AIM V.I. Value Fund, American Century Income & Growth
Fund, American Century VP Value Fund, Dreyfus MidCap Stock Portfolio, Dreyfus
Small Cap Portfolio, Franklin Small Cap Fund, CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund,
INVESCO Technology Fund, INVESCO Utilities Fund, Janus Aggressive Growth
Portfolio, Janus Balanced Portfolio, Janus Growth Portfolio, Janus International
Growth Portfolio, MFS Emerging Growth Series, Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth
Fund, or T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio may be desirable options if
you are willing to accept such volatility in your Contract values. Each equity
portfolio involves different policies and investment risks.
You may prefer the somewhat greater protection against loss of principal (and
reduced chance of high total return) provided by the Diversified Bond and SP
PIMCO Total Return Portfolios. You may want even greater safety of principal and
may prefer the Money Market Portfolio, recognizing that the level of short-term
rates may change rather
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rapidly. If you are willing to take risks and possibly achieve a higher total
return, you may prefer the High Yield Bond Portfolio and the SP PIMCO High Yield
Portfolio, recognizing that the risks are greater for lower quality bonds with
normally higher yields. You may wish to divide your invested premium among two
or more of the portfolios. You may wish to obtain diversification by relying on
Prudential's judgment for an appropriate asset mix by choosing the Conservative
Balanced or Flexible Managed Portfolio.
Your choice should take into account your willingness to accept investment
risks, how your other assets are invested, and what investment results you may
experience in the future. You should consult your Pruco Life of New Jersey
representative from time to time about the choices available to you under the
Contract. Pruco Life of New Jersey recommends against frequent transfers among
the several options. Experience generally indicates that "market timing"
investing, particularly by non-professional investors, is likely to prove
unsuccessful.
DETAILED INFORMATION FOR
PROSPECTIVE CONTRACT OWNERS
Charges and Expenses
This section provides a more detailed description of each charge that is
described briefly in the chart on page 3.
In several instances we will use the terms "maximum charge" and "current
charge." The "maximum charge," in each instance, is the highest charge that
Pruco Life of New Jersey is entitled to make under the Contract. The "current
charge" is the lower amount that Pruco Life of New Jersey is now charging. If
circumstances change, we reserve the right to increase each current charge, up
to the maximum charge, without giving any advance notice.
Deductions from Premium Payments
(a) We charge up to 7.5% for taxes attributable to premiums. For these
purposes, "taxes attributable to premiums" shall include any federal, state
or local income, premium, excise, business or any other type of tax (or
component thereof) measured by or based upon the amount of premium received
by Pruco Life of New Jersey. That charge is made up of two parts which
currently equal a total of 3.75% of the premiums received. The first part
is a charge for state and local premium taxes. The current amount for this
first part is 2.5% of the premium. Tax rates vary from jurisdiction to
jurisdiction and generally range from 0% to 5%. Pruco Life of New Jersey
may collect more for this charge than it actually pays for state and local
premium taxes. The second part is for federal income taxes measured by
premiums, and it is currently equal to 1.25% of premiums. We believe that
this charge is a reasonable estimate of an increase in its federal income
taxes resulting from a 1990 change in the Internal Revenue Code. It is
intended to recover this increased tax.
(b) We will deduct a charge for sales expenses. This charge, often called a
"sales load", is deducted to compensate us for the cost of selling the
Contracts, including commissions, advertising and the printing and
distribution of prospectuses and sales literature. A portion of the sales
load may be returned to you if the Contract is surrendered during the first
four Contract years. See Return of Sales Charges, below.
The amount used to determine the charge for sales expenses is called the
"segment allocation amount" in your Contract. It may also be referred to as
the Target Premium. Target Premiums vary by the age, sex (except where
unisex rates apply), smoking status, and rating class of the insured and
will drop to zero after 10 years. Each coverage segment has its own Target
Premium. Target Premiums for each coverage segment are shown in the Segment
Table located in your Contract data pages.
For the first ten years of each coverage segment we charge up to 15% of
premiums received each year up to the Target Premium and up to 2% on any
excess. In years 11 and later of each coverage segment, we charge up to 2%
of premiums received. Currently, we charge 13 1/2% of premiums received up
to the Target Premium and 2% of any excess for the first 10 years of each
coverage segment. In years 11 and later of each coverage segment, we
currently charge 2% of premiums received. For information on determining
the sales expense charge if there are two or more coverage segments in
effect, see Increases in Basic Insurance Amount, page 26.
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Attempting to structure the timing and amount of premium payments to reduce
the potential sales load may increase the risk that your Contract will
lapse without value. In addition, there are circumstances where payment of
premiums that are too large may cause the Contract to be characterized as a
Modified Endowment Contract, which could be significantly disadvantageous.
See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Return of Sales Charges
If the Contract is fully surrendered within the first four Contract years and it
is not in default, Pruco Life of New Jersey will return 50% of any sales charges
deducted from premiums paid within 24 months prior to the date Pruco Life of New
Jersey receives the surrender request at a Home Office.
Deductions from Portfolios
We deduct an investment advisory fee daily from each portfolio of the Funds at a
rate, on an annualized basis, ranging from 0.35% for the Series Fund Stock Index
Portfolio to 1.05% for the T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio. The
expenses incurred in conducting the investment operations of the portfolios
(such as custodian fees and preparation and distribution of annual reports) are
paid out of the portfolio's income. These expenses also vary from portfolio to
portfolio.
The total expenses of each portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2000,
expressed as a percentage of the average assets during the year, are shown
below:
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Total Portfolio Expenses
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Portfolio Investment Other 12B-1 Total Contractual Total Actual
Advisory Fee Expenses Fees Expenses Expenses*
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Series Fund
Conservative Balanced 0.55% 0.05% N/A 0.60% 0.60%
Diversified Bond 0.40% 0.05% N/A 0.45% 0.45%
Equity 0.45% 0.04% N/A 0.49% 0.49%
Flexible Managed 0.60% 0.04% N/A 0.64% 0.64%
Global 0.75% 0.10% N/A 0.85% 0.85%
High Yield Bond 0.55% 0.05% N/A 0.60% 0.60%
Money Market 0.40% 0.04% N/A 0.44% 0.44%
Prudential Jennison 0.60% 0.04% N/A 0.64% 0.64%
Stock Index 0.35% 0.04% N/A 0.39% 0.39%
Value 0.40% 0.05% N/A 0.45% 0.45%
SP Alliance Large Cap Growth 0.90% 0.37% N/A 1.27% 1.10%
SP Davis Value 0.75% 0.18% N/A 0.93% 0.83%
SP INVESCO Small Company Growth 0.95% 1.08% N/A 2.03% 1.15%
SP PIMCO High Yield 0.60% 0.44% N/A 1.04% 0.82%
SP PIMCO Total Return 0.60% 0.26% N/A 0.86% 0.76%
SP Small/Mid Cap Value 0.90% 0.51% N/A 1.41% 1.05%
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AIM Variable Insurance Funds
AIM V.I. Value Fund 0.61% 0.23% N/A 0.84% 0.84%
American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. (1)
VP Income & Growth Fund 0.70% 0.00% N/A 0.70% 0.70%
VP Value Fund 1.00% 0.00% N/A 1.00% 1.00%
Dreyfus Investment Portfolios
MidCap Stock Portfolio 0.75% 0.29% N/A 1.04% 0.98%
Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund
Small Cap Portfolio 0.75% 0.03% N/A 0.78% 0.78%
Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust
Franklin Small Cap Fund - Class 2 0.53% 0.53% N/A 1.06% 1.06%
Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (VIT) (2)
CORE(SM) Small Cap Equity Fund 0.75% 0.80% N/A 1.55% 1.00%
INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc. (3)
VIF - Technology Fund 0.72% 0.30% N/A 1.02% 1.02%
VIF - Utilities Fund 0.60% 0.81% N/A 1.41% 1.22%
Janus Aspen Series
Aggressive Growth Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.02% 0.25% 0.92% 0.92%
Balanced Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.02% 0.25% 0.92% 0.92%
Growth Portfolio - Institutional Shares (4) 0.65% 0.02% N/A 0.67% 0.67%
International Growth Portfolio - Service Shares 0.65% 0.06% 0.25% 0.96% 0.96%
MFS(R)Variable Insurance Trust(SM) (5)
Emerging Growth Series 0.75% 0.10% N/A 0.85% 0.84%
Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds
Aggressive Growth Fund/VA (Service Shares) 0.62% 0.02% 0.15% 0.79% 0.79%
T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. (1)
International Stock Portfolio 1.05% 0.00% N/A 1.05% 1.05%
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* Reflects fee waivers, reimbursement of expenses, or expense reductions, if any.
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(1) American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc. / T. Rowe Price International
Series, Inc. The Investment Management Fees include the ordinary expenses
of operating the Funds.
(2) Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust Other Expenses of
0.53% includes a distribution and service (12b-1) fee of 0.25%. The Fund's
class 2 distribution plan or "rule 12b-1 plan" is described in the Fund's
prospectus.
(3) Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust (VIT) The Investment Adviser had
voluntarily agreed to reduce or limit certain Other Expenses to the extent
such expenses exceed the percentage stated in the table above (as
calculated per annum) of the Fund's average daily net assets.
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(4) INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc. The Fund's actual "Other Expenses"
and "Total Actual Expenses" were lower than the figures shown because its
custodian fees were reduced under an expense offset arrangement.
(5) Janus Aspen Series Table reflects expenses based upon expenses for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, restated to reflect a reduction in the
management fee. All expenses are shown without the effect of expense offset
arrangements.
(5) MFS(R) Variable Insurance Trust(SM) An expense offset arrangement with the
Fund's custodian resulted in a reduction in "Other Expenses" by 0.01% and
is reflected in the "Total Actual Expenses."
The expenses relating to the Funds (other than those of the Series Fund) have
been provided to Pruco Life of New Jersey by the Funds. Pruco Life of New Jersey
has not independently verified them.
Daily Deduction from the Contract Fund
Each day we deduct a charge from the assets of each of the variable investment
options in an amount equivalent to an effective annual rate of up to 0.50%.
Currently, we intend to charge 0.20%. This charge is intended to compensate
Pruco Life of New Jersey for assuming mortality and expense risks under the
Contract. The mortality risk assumed is that insureds may live for shorter
periods of time than Pruco Life of New Jersey estimated when it determined what
mortality charge to make. The expense risk assumed is that expenses incurred in
issuing and administering the Contract will be greater than Pruco Life of New
Jersey estimated in fixing its administrative charges.
Monthly Deductions from the Contract Fund
Pruco Life of New Jersey deducts the following monthly charges proportionately
from the dollar amounts held in each of the chosen investment option[s].
(a) An administrative charge based on the basic insurance amount is deducted.
The charge is intended to compensate us for things like processing claims,
keeping records and communicating with Contract owners. Currently, the
charge is equal to $10 per month. Pruco Life of New Jersey reserves the
right, however to charge up to $10 per Contract plus $0.05 per $1,000 of
basic insurance amount each month.
For example, a Contract with a basic insurance amount of $100,000 would
currently have a charge equal to $10. The maximum charge for this same Contract
would be $10 plus $5 for a total of $15 per month.
(b) A cost of insurance ("COI") charge is deducted. When an insured dies, the
amount payable to the beneficiary (assuming there is no Contract debt) is
larger than the Contract Fund - significantly larger if the insured dies in
the early years of a Contract. The cost of insurance charges collected from
all Contract owners enables Pruco Life of New Jersey to pay this larger
death benefit. The maximum COI charge is determined by multiplying the "net
amount at risk" under a Contract (the amount by which the Contract's death
benefit exceeds the Contract Fund) by maximum COI rates. The maximum COI
rates are based upon the 1980 Commissioners Standard Ordinary ("CSO")
Tables and an insured's current attained age, sex (except where unisex
rates apply), smoker/non-smoker status, and extra rating class, if any. At
most ages, Pruco Life of New Jersey's current COI rates are lower than the
maximum rates. For additional information, see Increases in Basic Insurance
Amount, page 26.
(c) You may add a Target Term Rider to the Contract. If you add this rider to
the basic Contract, additional charges will be deducted.
(d) If an insured is in a substandard risk classification (for example, a
person in a hazardous occupation), additional charges will be deducted.
(e) Although the Account is registered as a unit investment trust, it is not a
separate taxpayer for purposes of the Code. The earnings of the Account are
taxed as part of the operations of Pruco Life. Currently, no charge is
being made to the Account for Pruco Life's federal income taxes. We will
review the question of a charge to the Account for Pruco Life's federal
income taxes periodically. Such a charge may be made in the future for any
federal income taxes that would be attributable to the Account.
Under current law, Pruco Life may incur state and local taxes (in addition
to premium taxes) in several states. At present, these taxes are not
significant and they are not charged against the Account. If there is a
material change
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in the applicable state or local tax laws, the imposition of any such taxes
upon Pruco Life that are attributable to the Account may result in a
corresponding charge against the Account.
Transaction Charges
(a) We currently charge an administrative processing fee equal to the lesser of
$25 or 2% of the withdrawal amount in connection with each withdrawal.
(b) We currently do not charge an administrative processing fee in connection
with a change in basic insurance amount. We reserve the right to make such
a charge in an amount of up to $25 for any change in basic insurance
amount.
(c) We will charge an administrative processing fee of up to $25 for each
transfer exceeding 12 in any Contract year.
(d) We may charge an administrative processing fee of up to $25 for any change
in the Target Term Rider coverage amount for Contracts with this rider.
Reduction of Charges
We reserve the right to reduce the sales charges and/or other charges on certain
multiple life sales, where it is expected that the amount or nature of such
multiple sales will result in savings of sales, administrative or other costs.
We determine both the eligibility for such reduced charges, as well as the
amount of such reductions, by considering the following factors:
(1) the number of individuals;
(2) the total amount of premium payments expected to be received from
these Contracts;
(3) the nature of the association between these individuals, and the
expected persistency of the individual Contracts;
(4) the purpose for which the individual Contracts are purchased and
whether that purpose makes it likely that costs will be reduced; and
(5) any other circumstances which we believe to be relevant in determining
whether reduced costs may be expected.
Some of the reductions in charges for these sales may be contractually
guaranteed. We may withdraw or modify other reductions on a uniform basis. Our
reductions in charges for these Contracts will not be unfairly discriminatory to
the interests of any Contract owners.
Requirements for Issuance of a Contract
Pruco Life of New Jersey offers the Contract on a fully underwritten, simplified
issue, and guaranteed issue basis. Fully underwritten Contracts require
individualized evidence of the insured's insurability and rating class.
Simplified issue Contracts reflect underwriting risk factors related to the
issue of the Contract as one of several Contracts requiring some medical
underwriting of the proposed insureds. Conversely, guaranteed issue Contracts
are issued with minimal underwriting but may only be issued in certain
circumstances on associated individuals, such as employees of a company who meet
criteria established by Pruco Life of New Jersey. PruSelect(SM) III Contracts
issued in New York are not eligible for simplified issue.
Pruco Life of New Jersey sets minimum face amounts that it offers. The minimum
face amount offered may depend on whether the Contract is issued on a fully
underwritten, simplified issue or guaranteed issue basis. Currently, the minimum
total face amount (basic insurance amount plus any Target Term Rider coverage
amount combined) that can be applied for is $100,000 for all three
aforementioned underwriting bases. If the Target Term Rider is added to the
Contract, neither the basic insurance amount nor the rider coverage amount can
be less than $5,000. See Riders, page 19. Pruco Life of New Jersey may reduce
the minimum face amounts of the Contracts it will issue. Furthermore, the
Contract owner may establish a schedule under which the basic insurance amount
increases on designated Contract anniversaries. See Increases in Basic Insurance
Amount, page 26.
Generally, the Contract may be issued on insureds between the ages of 20 and 75
for fully underwritten Contracts and between the ages of 20 and 64 for
simplified and guaranteed issue Contracts. In its discretion, Pruco Life of New
Jersey may issue the Contract on insureds of other ages.
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Short-Term Cancellation Right or "Free-Look"
Generally, you may return the Contract for a refund within 10 days after you
receive it. You can request a refund by mailing or delivering the Contract to
the representative who sold it or to the Home Office specified in the Contract.
A Contract returned according to this provision shall be deemed void from the
beginning. You will then receive a refund of all premium payments made, plus or
minus any change due to investment experience. However, if applicable law so
requires and you exercise your short-term cancellation right, you will receive a
refund of all premium payments made, with no adjustment for investment
experience. For information on how premium payments are allocated during the
"free-look" period, see Allocation of Premiums, page 20.
Types of Death Benefit
You may select from three types of death benefits. Generally, a Contract with a
Type A (fixed) death benefit has a death benefit equal to the basic insurance
amount. This type of death benefit does not vary with the investment performance
of the investment options you selected, except in certain circumstances. See How
a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page 22. The payment of
additional premiums and favorable investment results of the variable investment
options to which the assets are allocated will generally increase the cash
value. See How a Contract's Surrender Value Will Vary, page 22.
A Contract with a Type B (variable) death benefit has a death benefit which will
generally equal the basic insurance amount plus the Contract Fund. Since the
Contract Fund is a part of the death benefit, favorable investment performance
and payment of additional premiums generally result in an increase in the death
benefit as well as in the cash value. Over time, however, the increase in the
cash value will be less than under a Type A (fixed) Contract. This is because,
given two Contracts with the same basic insurance amount and equal Contract
Funds, generally the cost of insurance charge for a Type B (variable) Contract
will be greater. Unfavorable investment performance will result in decreases in
the death benefit and in the cash value. But, as long as the Contract is not in
default, the death benefit may not fall below the basic insurance amount stated
in the Contract. See How a Contract's Surrender Value Will Vary, page 22 and How
a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page 23.
A Contract with a Type C (return of premium) death benefit has a death benefit
which will generally equal the basic insurance amount plus the total premiums
paid into the Contract less withdrawals, accumulated at an interest rate
(between 0% and 8%; in 1/2% increments) chosen by the Contract owner to the date
of death. This death benefit allows the Contract owner, in effect, to recover
the cost of the Contract, plus a predetermined rate of return, upon the death of
the insured. Under certain circumstances, it is possible for a Type C Contract's
death benefit to fall below the basic insurance amount. Favorable investment
performance and payment of additional premiums will generally increase the
Contract's cash value. Over time, however, the increase in cash value will be
less than under a Type A (fixed) Contract. See How a Contract's Surrender Value
Will Vary, page 22 and How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit
Will Vary, page 24.
In choosing a death benefit type, you should also consider whether you intend to
use the withdrawal feature. Contract owners of Type A (fixed) Contracts should
note that any withdrawal may result in a reduction of the basic insurance
amount. In addition, we will not allow you to make a withdrawal that will
decrease the basic insurance amount below the minimum basic insurance amount.
Furthermore, the sum of the basic insurance amount and the Target Term Rider
must equal or exceed $100,000. See Requirements for Issuance of a Contract, page
16. For Type B (variable) and Type C (return of premium) Contracts, withdrawals
will not change the basic insurance amount. See Withdrawals, page 25.
Changing the Type of Death Benefit
You may change the type of death benefit at any time and subject to Pruco Life
of New Jersey's approval. We will increase or decrease the basic insurance
amount so that the death benefit immediately after the change matches the death
benefit immediately before the change.
If you are changing your Contract's type of death benefit from a Type A (fixed)
to a Type B (variable) death benefit, we will reduce the basic insurance amount
by the amount in your Contract Fund on the date the change takes place.
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If you are changing from a Type A (fixed) to a Type C (return of premium) death
benefit, we will change the basic insurance amount by subtracting the total
premiums paid on this Contract minus total withdrawals on the date the change
takes effect.
If you are changing from a Type B (variable) to a Type A (fixed) death benefit,
we will increase the basic insurance amount by the amount in your Contract Fund
on the date the change takes place.
If you are changing from a Type B (variable) to a Type C (return of premium)
death benefit, we first find the difference between: (1) the amount in your
Contract Fund and (2) the total premiums paid on this Contract minus total
withdrawals, determined on the date the change takes effect. If (1) is larger
than (2), we will increase the basic insurance amount by that difference. If (2)
is larger than (1), we will reduce the basic insurance amount by that
difference.
If you are changing from a Type C (return of premium) to a Type A (fixed) death
benefit, we will change the basic insurance amount by adding the total premiums
paid minus total withdrawals to this Contract both accumulated with interest at
the rate(s) chosen by the Contract owner on the date the change takes place.
If you are changing from a Type C (return of premium) to a Type B (variable)
death benefit, we first find the difference between: (1) the Contract Fund and
(2) the total premiums paid minus total withdrawals to this Contract both
accumulated with interest at the rate(s) chosen by the Contract owner as of the
date the change takes place. If (2) is larger than (1), we will increase the
basic insurance amount by that difference. If (1) is larger than (2), we will
reduce the basic insurance amount by that difference.
The basic insurance amount after a change may not be lower than the minimum
basic insurance amount applicable to the Contract. In addition, the sum of the
basic insurance amount and the Target Term Rider must equal or exceed $100,000.
See Requirements for Issuance of a Contract, page 16. We reserve the right to
make an administrative processing charge of up to $25 for any change in the
basic insurance amount, although we do not currently do so. See Charges and
Expenses, page 12.
The following chart illustrates the changes in basic insurance amount with each
change of death benefit type described above. The chart assumes a $50,000
Contract Fund and a $300,000 death benefit. For changes to and from a Type C
death benefit, the chart assumes $40,000 in total premiums minus total
withdrawals and the rate chosen to accumulate premiums minus withdrawals is 0%.
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Basic Insurance Amount
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FROM TO
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Type A Type B Type C
$300,000 $250,000 $260,000
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Type B Type A Type C
$250,000 $300,000 $260,000
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Type C Type A Type B
$260,000 $300,000 $250,000
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To request a change, fill out an application for change which can be obtained
from your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative or a Home Office. If the
change is approved, we will recompute the Contract's charges and appropriate
tables and send you new Contract data pages. We may require you to send us your
Contract before making the change.
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Riders
Contract owners may be able to obtain extra benefits which may involve an extra
charge. These optional insurance benefits will be described in what is known as
a "rider" to the Contract. Charges applicable to riders will be deducted from
the Contract Fund on each Monthly date.
Target Term Rider
The Target Term Rider provides a flexible term insurance benefit to attained age
100 on the life of the insured. The Contract owner specifies the amount of term
rider coverage he or she desires. This amount is called the rider coverage
amount and is the maximum death benefit payable under the rider. The sum of the
base Contract's basic insurance amount and the rider coverage amount equals the
target coverage amount. The Rider death benefit fluctuates as the base
Contract's death benefit changes, as described below. See Tax Treatment of
Contract Benefits, page 31.
When the Contract Fund has not grown to the point where the base Contract's
death benefit is increased to satisfy the Internal Revenue Code's definition of
life insurance, the rider death benefit equals the rider coverage amount.
However, once the Contract Fund has grown to the point where the base Contract's
death benefit begins to vary as required by the Internal Revenue Code's
definition of life insurance, the rider's death benefit will decrease (or
increase) dollar for dollar as the base Contract's death benefit increases (or
decreases). It is possible for the Contract Fund and, consequently, the base
Contract's death benefit to grow to the point where the rider death benefit is
reduced to zero. As we state above, however, the rider death benefit will never
increase beyond the rider coverage amount. In addition, you may change the rider
coverage amount once each Contract year while the rider is in-force.
$500,000 Basic Insurance Amount and $500,000 Target Term Rider
Type A Death Benefit
[THE FOLLOWING TABLE WAS REPRESENTED BY AN AREA CHART IN THE PRINTED MATERIAL.]
Policy Year Base Contract Death Benefit Rider Death Benefit
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1 $ 500,000 $500,000
2 $ 500,000 $500,000
3 $ 500,000 $500,000
4 $ 500,000 $500,000
5 $ 500,000 $500,000
6 $ 500,000 $500,000
7 $ 500,000 $500,000
8 $ 500,000 $500,000
9 $ 500,000 $500,000
10 $ 550,000 $450,000
11 $ 605,000 $395,000
12 $ 665,500 $334,500
13 $ 732,050 $267,950
14 $ 805,255 $194,745
15 $ 885,781 $114,220
16 $1,000,000 $ --
17 $1,100,000 $ --
18 $1,210,000 $ --
19 $1,331,000 $ --
20 $1,464,100 $ --
The following factors should be considered when adding a Target Term Rider to
your Contract:
1. The sales expense charge for a Contract with a Target Term Rider is less
than that for an all base policy with the same death benefit. This is
because the sales expense charge is based on the Target Premium (referred
to as "segment allocation amount" in your Contract) of the Contract's basic
insurance amount (BIA) only. For example, consider two identical $1,000,000
policies; the first with a $1,000,000 BIA and the other with a $500,000 BIA
and $500,000 of rider coverage amount. The sales expense charge for the
first policy will be based on the Target Premium of a $1,000,000 BIA while
the sales expense charge for the second policy will be based on the Target
Premium of a $500,000 BIA only. See Charges and Expenses, page 12.
2. The current Cost of Insurance (COI) is different for the basic insurance
amount and for the rider coverage amount. Cost of Insurance is determined
by multiplying the COI rates by the Contract's "net amount at risk." The
"net amount at risk" is the amount by which the Contract's death benefit
exceeds the Contract Fund. The COI rates for both the basic insurance
amount and the Target Term Rider will increase annually. However, current
COI rates for the Target Term Rider are less than the current rates for the
basic insurance amount death benefit for the first ten years, but are
greater thereafter.
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3. You may increase or decrease both your basic insurance amount and rider
coverage amount after issue subject to the underwriting requirements
determined by Pruco Life of New Jersey. See Increases in Basic Insurance
Amount, page 26 and Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount, page 27.
Increasing your basic insurance amount after issue increases your sales
expense charges on any premiums paid after the effective date of the
increase for that portion of the premium allocated to the new coverage
segment.
4. The amount and timing of premium payments, loans, and withdrawals you make
under the Contract and your choice of definition of life insurance test
(see Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31) will all be factors in
determining the relative performance of a Contract with and without a
Target Term Rider.
5. Investment experience will be a factor in determining the relative
performance of a Contract with and without a Target Term Rider.
The five factors outlined above can have opposite effects on the financial
performance of a Contract, including the amount of the Contract's cash value and
death benefit. It is important that you ask your Pruco Life of New Jersey
representative to see illustrations based on different combinations of all of
the above. You can then discuss with your Pruco Life of New Jersey
representative how these combinations may address your objectives.
Premiums
The Contract is a flexible premium contract. The minimum initial premium is due
on or before the Contract date. It is the premium needed to start the Contract.
There is no insurance under the Contract unless the minimum initial premium is
paid. Thereafter, you decide when to make premium payments and, subject to a $25
minimum, in what amounts. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any payment
that increases the death benefit by more than it increases the Contract Fund.
See How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page 22, How a Type
B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page 23 and How a Type C
(Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page 24. There are
circumstances under which the payment of premiums in amounts that are too large
may cause the Contract to be characterized as a Modified Endowment Contract,
which could be significantly disadvantageous. See Tax Treatment of Contract
Benefits, page 31.
We can bill you for the amount you select annually, semi-annually, quarterly or
monthly. Because the Contract is a flexible premium contract, there are no
premium due dates. When you receive a premium notice, you are not required to
pay this amount. The Contract will remain in-force if the Contract Fund is
greater than zero and more than any Contract debt. When you apply for the
Contract, you should discuss with your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative
how frequently you would like to be billed (if at all) and for what amount.
Allocation of Premiums
On the Contract date, we deduct the charge for taxes attributable to premiums
and the charge for sales expenses from the initial premium. See Charges and
Expenses, page 12. Also on the Contract date, the remainder of the initial
premium and any other premium received during the short-term cancellation right
("free-look") period, will be allocated to the Money Market investment option
and the first monthly deductions are made. At the end of the "free-look" period,
these funds will be allocated among the variable investment options according to
your desired allocation, as specified in the application form. See Short-Term
Cancellation Right or "Free-Look", page 17. If the first premium is received
before the Contract date, there will be a period during which the Contract
owner's initial premium will not be invested.
The charge for taxes attributable to premiums and the charge for sales expenses
also apply to all subsequent premium payments. The remainder of each subsequent
premium payment will be invested as of the end of the valuation period in which
it is received at a Home Office, in accordance with the allocation you
previously designated. Provided the Contract is not in default, you may change
the way in which subsequent premiums are allocated by giving written notice to a
Home Office or by telephoning a Home Office, provided you are enrolled to use
the Telephone Transfer System. There is no charge for reallocating future
premiums. All percentage allocations must be in whole numbers. For example, 33%
can be selected but 33 1/3% cannot. Of course, the total allocation to all
selected investment options must equal 100%. We will not permit a change in the
allocation that would cause the number of active investment options to exceed
sixteen.
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Transfers
You may, up to 12 times each Contract year, transfer amounts from one variable
investment option to another variable investment option without charge.
Additional transfers may be made during each Contract year, but only with our
consent. There is an administrative charge of up to $25 for each transfer made
exceeding 12 in any Contract year. All or a portion of the amount credited to a
variable investment option may be transferred. We will not permit a transfer
that would cause the number of active investment options to exceed sixteen.
Transfers among variable investment options will take effect as of the end of
the valuation period in which a proper transfer request is received at a Home
Office. The request may be in terms of dollars, such as a request to transfer
$5,000 from one variable investment option to another, or may be in terms of a
percentage reallocation among variable investment options. In the latter case,
as with premium reallocations, the percentages must be in whole numbers. You may
transfer amounts by proper written notice to a Home Office or by telephone,
provided you are enrolled to use the Telephone Transfer System. You will
automatically be enrolled to use the Telephone Transfer System unless the
Contract is jointly owned or you elect not to have this privilege. Telephone
transfers may not be available on Contracts that are assigned (see Assignment,
page 33), depending on the terms of the assignment.
We will use reasonable procedures, such as asking you to provide certain
personal information provided on your application for insurance, to confirm that
instructions given by telephone are genuine. We will not be held liable for
following telephone instructions that we reasonably believe to be genuine. Pruco
Life of New Jersey cannot guarantee that you will be able to get through to
complete a telephone transfer during peak periods such as periods of drastic
economic or market change.
The Contract was not designed for professional market timing organizations,
other organizations, or individuals using programmed, large, or frequent
transfers. A pattern of exchanges that coincides with a "market timing" strategy
may be disruptive to the investment option or to the disadvantage of other
contract owners. If such a pattern were to be found, we may modify your right to
make transfers by restricting the number, timing, and amount of transfers. We
also reserve the right to prohibit transfer requests made by an individual
acting under a power of attorney on behalf of more than one contract owner.
Dollar Cost Averaging
We offer a feature called Dollar Cost Averaging ("DCA"). Under this feature,
either fixed dollar amounts or a percentage of the amount designated for use
under the DCA option will be transferred periodically from the DCA Money Market
investment option into variable investment options available under the Contract.
You may choose to have periodic transfers made monthly or quarterly. DCA
transfers will not begin until the end of the "free-look" period. See Short-Term
Cancellation Right or "Free-Look", page 17.
Each automatic transfer will take effect as of the end of the valuation period
on the date coinciding with the periodic timing you designate provided the New
York
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Stock Exchange is open on that date. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open
on that date, or if the date does not occur in that particular month, the
transfer will take effect as of the end of the valuation period which
immediately follows that date. Automatic transfers will continue until: (1) $50
or less remains of the amount designated for Dollar Cost Averaging, at which
time the remaining amount will be transferred; or (2) you give us notification
of a change in DCA allocation or cancellation of the feature. Currently, a
transfer that occurs under the DCA feature is not counted towards the 12 free
transfers permitted each Contract year. We reserve the right to change this
practice, modify the requirements, or discontinue the feature.
Auto-Rebalancing
As an administrative practice, we are currently offering a feature called
Auto-Rebalancing. This feature allows you to automatically rebalance assets in
the variable investment options at specified intervals based on percentage
allocations that you choose. For example, suppose your initial investment
allocation of variable investment options X and Y is split 40% and 60%,
respectively. Then, due to investment results, that split changes. You may
instruct that those assets be rebalanced to your original or different
allocation percentages. Auto-Rebalancing is not available until the end of the
"free-look" period. See Short-Term Cancellation Right or "Free-Look", page 17.
Auto-Rebalancing can be performed on a quarterly, semi-annual, or annual basis.
Each rebalance will take effect as of the end of the valuation period on the
date coinciding with the periodic timing you designate provided the New York
Stock Exchange is open on that date. If the New York Stock Exchange is not open
on that date, or if the date does not occur in that particular month, the
transfer will take effect as of the end of the valuation period which
immediately follows that date. Currently, a transfer that occurs under the
Auto-Rebalancing feature is not counted towards the 12 free transfers permitted
each Contract year. We reserve the right to change this practice, modify the
requirements or discontinue the feature.
How a Contract's Surrender Value Will Vary
You may surrender the Contract for its surrender value. The Contract's surrender
value on any date will be the Contract Fund less any Contract debt plus any
return of sales charges. See Contract Loans, page 30 and Return of Sales
Charges, page 13. The Contract Fund value changes daily, reflecting: (1)
increases or decreases in the value of the variable investment option[s]; (2)
interest credited on any loan; and (3) the daily asset charge for mortality and
expense risks assessed against the variable investment options. The Contract
Fund value also changes to reflect the receipt of premium payments and the
monthly deductions described under Charges and Expenses, page 12. Upon request,
Pruco Life of New Jersey will tell you the surrender value of your Contract. It
is possible for the surrender value of a Contract to decline to zero because of
unfavorable investment performance or outstanding Contract debt.
The tables on pages T1 through T10 of this prospectus illustrate approximately
what the surrender values would be for representative Contracts, assuming
hypothetical uniform investment results in the Fund portfolios. See
Illustrations of Surrender Values, Death Benefits, and Accumulated Premiums,
page 28.
How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary
As described earlier, there are three types of death benefit available under the
Contract: (1) Type A, a generally fixed death benefit; (2) Type B, a variable
death benefit and; (3) Type C, a return of premium death benefit. A Type B
(variable) death benefit varies with investment performance while Type A (fixed)
and Type C (return of premium) death benefits do not, unless they must be
increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life
insurance.
Under a Type A (fixed) Contract, the death benefit is generally equal to the
basic insurance amount. If the Contract is kept in-force for several years,
depending on how much premium you pay, and/or if investment performance is
reasonably favorable, the Contract Fund may grow to the point where Pruco Life
of New Jersey will increase the death benefit in order to ensure that the
Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance.
The death benefit under a Type A (fixed) Contract will always be the greater of:
(1) the basic insurance amount; and
(2) the Contract Fund before the deduction of any monthly charges due on
that date plus any return of sales charges, multiplied by the attained
age factor that applies.
A listing of attained age factors can be found on your Contract data pages. The
second provision ensures that the Contract will always have a death benefit
large enough to be treated as life insurance for tax purposes under current law.
Before the Contract is issued, the Contract owner may choose between two methods
that we use to determine the tax treatment of the Contract. See Tax Treatment of
Contract Benefits, page 31, for a discussion of these methods and the impact of
each on the Contract's values, benefits and tax status.
The following table illustrates at different ages how the attained age factor
affects the death benefit for different Contract Fund amounts. The table assumes
that a $250,000 Type A (fixed) Contract was issued when the insured was a male
nonsmoker, age 35, and there is no Contract debt.
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Type A (Fixed) Death Benefit
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IF THEN
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the the Contract Fund
insured and the Contract the attained age multiplied by the attained and the Death
is age Fund is factor is** age factor is Benefit is
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40 $ 25,000 3.57 89,250 $250,000
40 $ 75,000 3.57 267,750 $267,750*
40 $100,000 3.57 357,000 $357,000*
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60 $ 75,000 1.92 144,000 $250,000
60 $125,000 1.92 240,000 $250,000
60 $150,000 1.92 288,000 $288,000*
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80 $150,000 1.26 189,000 $250,000
80 $200,000 1.26 252,000 $252,000*
80 $225,000 1.26 283,500 $283,500*
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* Note that the death benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life
insurance.
** Assumes the Contract Owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test.
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This means, for example, that if the insured has reached the age of 60, and the
Contract Fund is $150,000, the death benefit will be $288,000, even though the
basic insurance amount is $250,000. In this situation, for every $1 increase in
the Contract Fund, the death benefit will be increased by $1.92. We reserve the
right to refuse to accept any premium payment that increases the death benefit
by more than it increases the Contract Fund.
How a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary
Under a Type B (variable) Contract, while the Contract is in-force, the death
benefit will never be less than the basic insurance amount, but will also vary,
immediately after it is issued, with the investment results of the selected
variable investment options. The death benefit may be further increased to
ensure that the Contract will satisfy the Internal Revenue Code's definition of
life insurance.
The death benefit under a Type B (variable) Contract will always be the greater
of:
(1) the basic insurance amount plus the Contract Fund before the deduction of
any monthly charges due on that date; and
(2) the Contract Fund before the deduction of any monthly charges due on that
date plus any return of sales charges, multiplied by the attained age
factor that applies.
For purposes of computing the death benefit, if the Contract Fund is less than
zero we will consider it to be zero. A listing of attained age factors can be
found on your Contract data pages. The latter provision ensures that the
Contract will always have a death benefit large enough to be treated as life
insurance for tax purposes under current law. Before the Contract is issued, the
Contract owner may choose between two methods that we use to determine the tax
treatment of the Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31, for
a discussion of these methods and the impact of each on the Contract's values,
benefits and tax status.
The following table illustrates various attained age factors and Contract Funds
and the corresponding death benefits. The table assumes a $250,000 Type B
(variable) Contract was issued when the insured was a male nonsmoker, age 35,
and there is no Contract debt.
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Type B (Variable) Death Benefit
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IF THEN
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the the Contract Fund
insured and the Contract the attained age multiplied by the attained and the Death
is age Fund is factor is** age factor is Benefit is
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40 $25,000 3.57 89,250 $275,000
40 $75,000 3.57 267,750 $325,000
40 $100,000 3.57 357,000 $357,000*
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60 $ 75,000 1.92 144,000 $325,000
60 $125,000 1.92 240,000 $375,000
60 $150,000 1.92 288,000 $400,000
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80 $150,000 1.26 189,000 $400,000
80 $200,000 1.26 252,000 $450,000
80 $225,000 1.26 283,500 $475,000
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* Note that the death benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life
insurance.
** Assumes the Contract Owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test.
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This means, for example, that if the insured has reached the age of 40, and the
Contract Fund is $100,000, the death benefit will be $357,000, even though the
basic insurance amount is $250,000. In this situation, for every $1 increase in
the Contract Fund, the death benefit will be increased by $3.57. We reserve the
right to refuse to accept any premium payment that increases the death benefit
by more than it increases the Contract Fund.
How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary
Under a Type C (return of premium) Contract, while the Contract is in-force, the
death benefit will be the greater of:
(1) the basic insurance amount plus the total premiums paid into the
Contract less any withdrawals, accumulated at an interest rate
(between 0% and 8%; in1/2% increments) chosen by the Contract owner to
the date of death; and
(2) the Contract Fund before the deduction of monthly charges due on that
date plus any return of sales charges, multiplied by the attained age
factor that applies.
A listing of attained age factors can be found on your Contract data pages. The
latter provision ensures that the Contract will always have a death benefit
large enough so that the Contract will be treated as life insurance for tax
purposes under current law. Before the Contract is issued, the Contract owner
may choose between two methods that we use to determine the tax treatment of the
Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31, for a discussion of
these methods and the impact of each on the Contract's values, benefits and tax
status.
Unlike Type A and Type B Contracts, the death benefit of a Type C Contract may
be less than the basic insurance amount in the event total withdrawals plus
interest is greater than total premiums paid plus interest.
The following table illustrates various attained age factors and Contract Funds
and the corresponding death benefits. The table assumes a $250,000 Type C
(return of premium) Contract was issued when the insured was a male nonsmoker,
age 35, and there is no Contract debt.
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Type C (Return of Premium) Death Benefit
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IF THEN
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the and the premiums the Contract Fund
insured and the Contract paid less any withdrawals the attained age multiplied by the attained and the Death
is age Fund is with interest equals factor is** age factor is Benefit is
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40 $25,000 $15,000 3.57 89,250 $265,000
40 $75,000 $60,000 3.57 267,750 $310,000
40 $100,000 $80,000 3.57 357,000 $357,000*
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60 $75,000 $ 60,000 1.92 144,000 $310,000
60 $125,000 $100,000 1.92 240,000 $350,000
60 $150,000 $125,000 1.92 288,000 $375,000
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80 $150,000 $125,000 1.26 189,000 $375,000
80 $200,000 $150,000 1.26 252,000 $400,000
80 $225,000 $175,000 1.26 283,500 $425,000
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* Note that the death benefit has been increased to comply with the Internal Revenue Code's definition of life insurance.
** Assumes the Contract owner selected the Cash Value Accumulation Test.
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This means, for example, that if the insured has reached the age of 40, and the
premiums paid with interest less any withdrawals equals $80,000, the death
benefit will be $357,000, even though the basic insurance amount is $250,000. In
this situation, for every $1 increase in the Contract Fund, the death benefit
will be increased by $3.57. We reserve the right to refuse to accept any premium
payment that increases the death benefit by more than it increases the Contract
Fund.
Surrender of a Contract
A Contract may be surrendered for its surrender value (or for a fixed reduced
paid-up insurance benefit in New York state) while the insured is living. To
surrender a Contract, we may require you to deliver or mail the Contract with a
written request in a form that meets Pruco Life of New Jersey's needs, to a Home
Office. The surrender value of a surrendered Contract will be determined as of
the end of the valuation period in which such a request is received in a Home
Office. If the Contract is fully surrendered within the first four Contract
years, you may be entitled to a return of sales charges. See Charges and
Expenses, page 12. Surrender of a Contract may have tax consequences. See Tax
Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Fixed reduced paid-up insurance (available in New York state only) provides
paid-up insurance, the amount of which will be paid when the insured dies. There
will be cash values and loan values. The loan interest rate for fixed reduced
paid-up insurance is 5%. Upon surrender of the Contract, the amount of fixed
reduced paid-up insurance depends upon the net cash value and the insured's
issue age, sex, smoker/non-smoker status, and the length of time since the
Contract date.
Withdrawals
Under certain circumstances, you may withdraw a portion of the Contract's net
cash value without surrendering the Contract. The withdrawal amount is limited
by the requirement that the net cash value after the withdrawal may not be zero
or less than zero. The amount withdrawn must be at least $500. There is an
administrative processing fee for each withdrawal which is the lesser of: (a)
$25 and; (b) 2% of the withdrawal amount. An amount withdrawn may not be repaid
except as a premium subject to the applicable charges. Upon request, we will
tell you how much you may withdraw. Withdrawals may have tax consequences. See
Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
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Generally, whenever a withdrawal is made, the death benefit will be immediately
reduced by at least the amount of the withdrawal. Withdrawals under Type B
(variable) and Type C (return of premium) Contracts, will not change the basic
insurance amount. However, under a Type A (fixed) Contract, the withdrawal may
require a reduction in the basic insurance amount, unless you provide evidence
that the insured is insurable for the increase in net amount at risk. In
addition, no withdrawal will be permitted under a Type A (fixed) Contract if it
would result in a basic insurance amount of less than the minimum basic
insurance amount. Furthermore, the sum of the basic insurance amount and the
Target Term Rider must equal or exceed $100,000. See Requirements for Issuance
of a Contract, page 16. It is important to note, however, that if the basic
insurance amount is decreased, there is a possibility that the Contract might be
classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract
Benefits, page 31. Before making any withdrawal which causes a decrease in basic
insurance amount, you should consult with your tax adviser and your Pruco Life
of New Jersey representative.
When a withdrawal is made, the Contract Fund is reduced by the sum of the cash
withdrawn and the withdrawal fee. An amount equal to the reduction in the
Contract Fund will be withdrawn proportionally from the investment options
unless you direct otherwise.
Withdrawals increase the risk that the Contract Fund may be insufficient to
provide Contract benefits. If such a withdrawal is followed by unfavorable
investment experience, the Contract may go into default.
Lapse and Reinstatement
Pruco Life of New Jersey will determine the value of the Contract Fund on each
Monthly date. If the Contract Fund is zero or less, the Contract is in default.
If the Contract debt ever grows to be equal to or more than the Contract Fund,
the Contract will be in default. Should this happen, Pruco Life of New Jersey
will send you a notice of default setting forth the payment which we estimate
will keep the Contract in-force for three months from the date of default. This
payment must be received at a Home Office within the 61-day grace period after
the notice of default is mailed or the Contract will end and have no value. A
Contract that lapses with an outstanding Contract loan may have tax
consequences. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
A Contract that ended in default may be reinstated within 5 years after the date
of default if the following conditions are met: (1) renewed evidence of
insurability is provided on the insured; (2) submission of certain payments
sufficient to bring the Contract up to date plus a premium that we estimate will
cover all charges and deductions for the next three months; and (3) any Contract
debt with interest to date must be restored or paid back. If the Contract debt
is restored and the debt with interest would exceed the loan value of the
reinstated Contract, the excess must be paid to us before reinstatement. The
reinstatement date will be the Monthly date that coincides with or next follows
the date we approve your request. We will deduct all required charges from your
payment and the balance will be placed into your Contract Fund.
Increases in Basic Insurance Amount
Subject to state approval and subject to the underwriting requirements
determined by Pruco Life of New Jersey, you may increase the amount of insurance
by increasing the basic insurance amount of the Contract. We will allow up to 98
increases during the life of the Contract. The following conditions must be met:
(1) you must ask for the change in a form that meets Pruco Life of New
Jersey's needs;
(2) the amount of the increase must be at least equal to the minimum
increase in basic insurance amount shown under Contract Limitations in
your Contract data pages;
(3) you must prove to us that the insured is insurable for any increase;
(4) the Contract must not be in default; and
(5) if we ask you to do so, you must send us the Contract to be endorsed.
If we approve the change, we will send you new Contract data pages showing the
amount and effective date of the change and the recomputed charges, values and
limitations. If the insured is not living on the effective date, the change will
not take effect. No administrative processing charge is currently being made in
connection with an increase in basic insurance amount. We reserve the right to
make such a charge in an amount of up to $25.
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Furthermore, you may establish a schedule under which the basic insurance amount
increases on designated Contract anniversaries. The schedule of increases must
meet the following conditions:
(1) The amount of each scheduled increase must be at least equal to the
minimum increase in basic insurance amount shown under Contract
Limitations in your Contract data pages.
(2) The amount of each scheduled increase cannot exceed:
(a) 20% of the underwritten death benefit (at issue, the underwritten
death benefit is equal to the face amount on the Contract date)
for increases scheduled to take place at attained ages up to and
including 65; or
(b) 10% of the underwritten death benefit for increases scheduled to
take place at attained ages from 66 up to and including 70.
(3) Increases cannot be scheduled to take place after attained age 70.
(4) The total face amount including scheduled increases can never exceed 4
times the underwritten death benefit for fully underwritten Contracts
or 2 times the underwritten death benefit for Contracts issued on a
simplified issue or guaranteed issue basis.
These are our current guidelines. We reserve the right to change these
conditions.
For sales load purposes, the Target Premium (referred to as "segment allocation
amount" in your Contract) is calculated separately for each coverage segment.
When premiums are paid, each premium payment is allocated to each coverage
segment based on the proportion of its Target Premium to the total of all Target
Premiums currently in effect. Currently, the sales load charge for each segment
is equal to 13 1/2% of the allocated premium paid in each Contract year up to
the Target Premium and 2% on any excess. See Charges and Expenses, page 12.
The COI rates for an increase in basic insurance amount are based upon 1980 CSO
Tables, the age at the increase effective date and the number of years since
then, sex (except where unisex rates apply), smoker/nonsmoker status, and extra
rating class, if any. The net amount at risk for the whole Contract (the death
benefit minus the Contract Fund) is allocated to each basic insurance amount
segment based on the proportion of its basic insurance amount to the total of
all basic insurance amount segments. In addition, the attained age factor for a
Contract with an increase in basic insurance amount is based on the Insured's
attained age for the initial basic insurance amount segment. For a description
of attained age factor, see How a Type A (Fixed) Contract's Death Benefit Will
Vary, page 22, How a Type B (Variable) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page
23 and How a Type C (Return of Premium) Contract's Death Benefit Will Vary, page
24.
Each Contract owner who elects to increase the basic insurance amount of his or
her Contract will receive a "free-look" right which will apply only to the
increase in basic insurance amount, not the entire Contract. This right is
comparable to the right afforded to a purchaser of a new Contract except that,
any cost of insurance charge for the increase in the basic insurance amount will
be returned to the Contract Fund instead of a refund of premium. See Short-Term
Cancellation Right or "Free-Look", page 17. Generally, the "free-look" right
would have to be exercised no later than 10 days after receipt of the Contract
as increased.
An increase in basic insurance amount may cause the Contract to be classified as
a Modified Endowment Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Therefore, before increasing the basic insurance amount, you should consult with
your tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative.
Decreases in Basic Insurance Amount
As explained earlier, you may make a withdrawal. See Withdrawals, page 25. You
also have the option of decreasing the basic insurance amount of your Contract
without withdrawing any cash value. Contract owners who conclude that, because
of changed circumstances, the amount of insurance is greater than needed will be
able to decrease their amount of insurance protection, and the monthly
deductions for the cost of insurance. The amount of the decrease must be at
least equal to the minimum decrease in basic insurance amount shown under
Contract Limitations in your Contract data pages. In addition, the basic
insurance amount after the decrease must be at least equal to the minimum basic
insurance amount shown under Contract Limitations in your Contract data pages.
No administrative processing charge is currently being made in connection with a
decrease in basic insurance amount. We reserve the right to make such a charge
in an amount of up to $25. See Charges and Expenses, page 12. If we ask
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you to, you must send us your Contract to be endorsed. The Contract will be
amended to show the new basic insurance amount, charges, values in the
appropriate tables and the effective date of the decrease.
We may decline a reduction if we determine it would cause the Contract to fail
to qualify as "life insurance" for purposes of Section 7702 of the Internal
Revenue Code. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31. Furthermore, a
decrease will not take effect if the insured is not living on the effective
date.
It is important to note, however, that if the basic insurance amount is
decreased, there is a possibility that the Contract might be classified as a
Modified Endowment Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Before requesting any decrease in basic insurance amount, you should consult
with your tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative.
When Proceeds Are Paid
Pruco Life of New Jersey will generally pay any death benefit, cash value, loan
proceeds or withdrawal within seven days after all the documents required for
such a payment are received at a Home Office. Other than the death benefit,
which is determined as of the date of death, the amount will be determined as of
the end of the valuation period in which the necessary documents are received at
a Home Office. However, Pruco Life of New Jersey may delay payment of proceeds
from the variable investment option[s] and the variable portion of the death
benefit due under the Contract if the disposal or valuation of the Account's
assets is not reasonably practicable because the New York Stock Exchange is
closed for other than a regular holiday or weekend, trading is restricted by the
SEC, or the SEC declares that an emergency exists.
Illustrations of Surrender Values, Death Benefits, and Accumulated Premiums
The following tables show how a Contract's death benefit and surrender values
change with the investment experience of the Account. They are "hypothetical"
because they are based, in part, upon several assumptions, which are described
below. All the tables assume the following:
o a Contract bought by a 45 year old male, select, non-smoker, with no extra
risks or substandard ratings, issued on a Guaranteed Issue basis.
o a given premium amount is paid on each Contract anniversary for seven years
and no loans are taken.
o the Contract Fund has been invested in equal amounts in each of the 32
portfolios of the Funds.
The first two tables (pages T1 and T2) assume: (1) a Type A (fixed) Contract has
been purchased, (2) a $1,000,000 basic insurance amount and no riders have been
added to the Contract, and (3) a Cash Value Accumulation Test has been elected
for definition of life insurance testing. See Tax Treatment of Contract
Benefits, page 31 and Types of Death Benefit, page 17. The first table assumes
current charges will continue for the indefinite future while the second table
assumes maximum contractual charges have been made from the beginning. See
Charges and Expenses, page 12.
The third and fourth tables (pages T3 and T4) assume: (1) a Type A (fixed)
Contract has been purchased, (2) a $5,000 basic insurance amount and a $995,000
Target Term Rider has been added to the Contract, and (3) a Cash Value
Accumulation Test has been elected for definition of life insurance testing. See
Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31 and Types of Death Benefit, page 17.
The third table assumes current charges will continue for the indefinite future
while the fourth table assumes maximum contractual charges have been made from
the beginning. See Charges and Expenses, page 12.
The next two tables (pages T5 and T6) assume: (1) a Type A (fixed) Contract has
been purchased, (2) a $1,000,000 basic insurance amount and no riders have been
added to the Contract, and (3) a Guideline Premium Test has been elected for
definition of life insurance testing. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits,
page 31 and Types of Death Benefit, page 17. The fifth table assumes current
charges will continue for the indefinite future while the sixth table assumes
maximum contractual charges have been made from the beginning. See Charges and
Expenses, page 12.
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The tables on pages T7 and T8 assume: (1) a Type B (variable) Contract has been
purchased, (2) a $1,000,000 basic insurance amount and no riders have been added
to the Contract, and (3) a Cash Value Accumulation Test has been elected for
definition of life insurance testing. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits,
page 31 and Types of Death Benefit, page 17. The table on page T7 assumes
current charges will continue for the indefinite future while the table on page
T8 assumes maximum contractual charges have been made from the beginning. See
Charges and Expenses, page 12.
The last two tables (pages T9 and T10) assume: (1) a Type C (return of premium)
Contract has been purchased with premiums accumulating at 6%, (2) a $1,000,000
basic insurance amount and no riders have been added to the Contract, and (3) a
Cash Value Accumulation Test has been elected for definition of life insurance
testing. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31 and Types of Death
Benefit, page 17. The table on page T9 assumes current charges will continue for
the indefinite future while the table on page T10 assumes maximum contractual
charges have been made from the beginning. See Charges and Expenses, page 12.
Finally, there are three assumptions, shown separately, about the average
investment performance of the portfolios. The first is that there will be a
uniform 0% gross rate of return with the average value of the Contract Fund
uniformly adversely affected by very unfavorable investment performance. The
other two assumptions are that investment performance will be at a uniform gross
annual rate of 6% and 12%. Actual returns will fluctuate from year to year. In
addition, death benefits and surrender values would be different from those
shown if investment returns averaged 0%, 6%, and 12% but fluctuated from those
averages throughout the years. Nevertheless, these assumptions help show how the
Contract values will change with investment experience.
The first column in the following 10 tables (pages T1 through T10) shows the
Contract year. The second column, to provide context, shows what the aggregate
amount would be if the premiums had been invested to earn interest, after taxes,
at 4% compounded annually. The next three columns show the death benefit payable
in each of the years shown for the three different assumed investment returns.
The last three columns show the surrender value payable in each of the years
shown for the three different assumed investment returns.
A gross return (as well as the net return) is shown at the top of each column.
The gross return represents the combined effect of investment income and capital
gains and losses, realized or unrealized, of the portfolios before any reduction
is made for investment advisory fees or other Fund expenses. The net return
reflects average total annual expenses of the 32 portfolios of 0.81%, and the
daily deduction from the Contract Fund of 0.20% per year for the tables based on
current charges and 0.50% per year for the tables based on maximum charges.
Thus, assuming current charges, gross returns of 0%, 6%, and 12% are the
equivalent of net returns of -1.01%, 4.99%, and 10.99%, respectively. Assuming
maximum charges, gross returns of 0%, 6%, and 12% are the equivalent of net
returns of -1.31%, 4.69%, and 10.69%, respectively. The actual fees and expenses
of the portfolios associated with a particular Contract may be more or less than
0.81% and will depend on which variable investment options are selected. The
death benefits and surrender values shown reflect the deduction of all expenses
and charges both from the Funds and under the Contract.
The Contract allows you to invest your net premium dollars in a variety of
professionally managed funds. Fluctuating investment returns in these funds,
together with the actual pattern of your premium payments, our Contract charges,
and any loans and withdrawals you may make will generate different Contract
values than those illustrated, even if the averages of the investment rates of
return over the years were to match those illustrated. Because of this, we
strongly recommend periodic Contract reviews with your Pruco Life of New Jersey
representative. Reviews are an excellent way to monitor the performance of the
policy against your expectations and to identify adjustments that may be
necessary.
If you are considering the purchase of a variable life insurance contract from
another insurance company, you should not rely upon these tables for comparison
purposes. A comparison between two tables, each showing values for a 45 year old
man, may be useful for a 45 year old man but would be inaccurate if made for
insureds of other ages or sex. Your Pruco Life of New Jersey representative can
provide you with a hypothetical illustration for your own age, sex, and rating
class.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING CURRENT CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
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Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated -------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net) (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net)
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1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 48,407 $ 51,120 $ 53,834
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 94,926 $ 103,133 $ 111,667
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 137,231 $ 153,785 $ 171,691
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 179,019 $ 206,895 $ 238,266
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 212,907 $ 255,207 $ 304,748
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 253,686 $ 313,652 $ 386,764
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,193,739 $ 293,970 $ 374,994 $ 477,496
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,282,133 $ 288,813 $ 391,723 $ 527,627
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,369,882 $ 283,474 $ 409,147 $ 582,928
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,468,147 $ 277,943 $ 427,310 $ 643,924
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,049,568 $ 2,090,637 $ 246,207 $ 530,085 $ 1,055,877
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,131,660 $ 2,977,910 $ 203,367 $ 654,139 $ 1,721,335
25 $ 910,735 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,240,692 $ 4,312,997 $ 147,040 $ 805,644 $ 2,800,647
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,371,597 $ 6,298,544 $ 58,128 $ 986,760 $ 4,531,326
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0(2) $ 1,531,888 $ 9,292,116 $ 0(2) $ 1,196,788 $ 7,259,465
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 1,727,195 $ 13,838,171 $ 0 $ 1,439,329 $ 11,531,809
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 1,956,741 $ 20,706,088 $ 0 $ 1,716,439 $ 18,163,235
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 33, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T1
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
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Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated -------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net) (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net)
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1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 41,974 $ 44,393 $ 46,814
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 83,324 $ 90,558 $ 98,087
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 119,957 $ 134,487 $ 150,220
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 155,978 $ 180,381 $ 207,877
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 183,182 $ 220,140 $ 263,482
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 217,982 $ 270,289 $ 334,159
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,031,175 $ 252,156 $ 322,730 $ 412,470
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,097,959 $ 243,574 $ 332,914 $ 451,835
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,162,920 $ 234,585 $ 343,220 $ 494,860
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,235,378 $ 225,127 $ 353,623 $ 541,832
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,679,827 $ 168,294 $ 406,091 $ 848,397
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 2,274,280 $ 84,559 $ 454,730 $ 1,314,613
25 $ 910,735 $ 0(2) $ 1,000,000 $ 3,091,873 $ 0(2) $ 487,824 $ 2,007,710
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 0 $ 1,000,000 $ 4,196,898 $ 0 $ 480,571 $ 3,019,351
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0 $ 1,000,000 $ 5,703,833 $ 0 $ 364,067 $ 4,456,119
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 7,783,824 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 6,486,520
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 0 $ 10,655,669 $ 0 $ 0 $ 9,347,078
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 24, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 40, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T2
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 TARGET COVERAGE AMOUNT
($5,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT, $995,000 TARGET TERM RIDER)
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING CURRENT CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
-------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated -------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net) (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net)
------------ -------------- ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ----------- ------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 51,475 $ 54,564 $ 57,653
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 101,130 $ 110,482 $ 120,206
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 149,643 $ 168,523 $ 188,942
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 197,575 $ 229,387 $ 265,178
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 243,817 $ 292,106 $ 348,643
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,141,297 $ 290,630 $ 359,100 $ 442,363
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,073,250 $ 1,364,704 $ 336,896 $ 429,300 $ 545,882
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,090,370 $ 1,465,801 $ 331,484 $ 448,712 $ 603,210
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,101,967 $ 1,566,164 $ 325,926 $ 468,922 $ 666,453
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,117,110 $ 1,678,550 $ 320,208 $ 489,960 $ 736,206
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,204,389 $ 2,390,472 $ 285,161 $ 608,277 $ 1,207,309
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,298,761 $ 3,405,188 $ 236,674 $ 750,729 $ 1,968,317
25 $ 910,735 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,424,045 $ 4,932,008 $ 171,011 $ 924,705 $ 3,202,602
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,574,433 $ 7,202,679 $ 63,543 $ 1,132,685 $ 5,181,784
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0(2) $ 1,758,553 $ 10,626,110 $ 0(2) $ 1,373,870 $ 8,301,649
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 1,982,876 $ 15,824,938 $ 0 $ 1,652,397 $ 13,187,448
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 2,246,513 $ 23,679,017 $ 0 $ 1,970,625 $ 20,771,068
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 32, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T3
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 TARGET COVERAGE AMOUNT
($5,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT, $995,000 TARGET TERM RIDER)
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
-------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated -------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net) (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net)
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------- -------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 45,445 $ 48,290 $ 51,138
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 90,203 $ 98,732 $ 107,610
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 133,723 $ 150,883 $ 169,459
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 176,578 $ 205,430 $ 237,928
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 217,649 $ 261,381 $ 312,650
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,023,559 $ 259,194 $ 321,135 $ 396,728
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,222,640 $ 300,083 $ 383,713 $ 489,056
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,302,165 $ 291,165 $ 397,150 $ 535,870
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,379,538 $ 281,871 $ 410,926 $ 587,037
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,465,813 $ 272,143 $ 425,034 $ 642,900
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,994,845 $ 214,578 $ 500,520 $ 1,007,497
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,009,705 $ 2,702,241 $ 131,610 $ 583,645 $ 1,561,989
25 $ 910,735 $ 0(2) $ 1,034,957 $ 3,674,980 $ 0(2) $ 672,050 $ 2,386,351
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 0 $ 1,059,414 $ 4,989,565 $ 0 $ 762,169 $ 3,589,615
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0 $ 1,085,851 $ 6,782,172 $ 0 $ 848,321 $ 5,298,572
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 1,117,666 $ 9,256,380 $ 0 $ 931,388 $ 7,713,650
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 1,154,177 $ 12,672,455 $ 0 $1,012,436 $ 11,116,189
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 25, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T4
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
GUIDLINE PREMIUM TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS (3)
USING CURRENT CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net) (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net)
------------ --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 48,407 $ 51,120 $ 53,834
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 94,926 $ 103,133 $ 111,667
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 137,231 $ 153,785 $ 171,691
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 179,019 $ 206,895 $ 238,266
5 $ 255,646 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 171,349 $ 211,131 $ 258,153
6 $ 265,872 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 167,509 $ 219,600 $ 284,535
7 $ 276,507 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 163,482 $ 228,307 $ 313,694
8 $ 287,567 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 159,261 $ 237,261 $ 345,954
9 $ 299,070 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 154,812 $ 246,449 $ 381,655
10 $ 311,032 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 150,123 $ 255,881 $ 421,207
15 $ 378,419 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 121,735 $ 306,255 $ 694,431
20 (Age 65) $ 460,404 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,411,014 $ 80,244 $ 360,291 $ 1,156,569
25 $ 560,152 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 2,236,362 $ 23,151 $ 419,886 $ 1,927,898
30 $ 681,510 $ 0(2) $ 1,000,000 $ 3,440,934 $ 0(2) $ 478,090 $ 3,215,826
35 $ 829,162 $ 0 $ 1,000,000 $ 5,644,114 $ 0 $ 520,067 $ 5,375,346
40 $ 1,008,802 $ 0 $ 1,000,000 $ 9,389,169 $ 0 $ 523,000 $ 8,942,066
45 $ 1,227,362 $ 0 $ 1,000,000(2) $ 15,496,635 $ 0 $ 415,865(2) $ 14,758,700
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 27, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 50, unless an additional premium payment was made.
(3) The Guideline Premium Test limits the premium payable in policy year 5
to $4,108.12, and zero in years 6 and 7.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T5
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
GUIDLINE PREMIUM TEST
TYPE A (FIXED) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS (3)
USING MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net) (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net)
------------ --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 41,974 $ 44,393 $ 46,814
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 83,324 $ 90,558 $ 98,087
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 119,957 $ 134,487 $ 150,220
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 155,978 $ 180,381 $ 207,877
5 $ 255,646 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 144,281 $ 178,874 $ 219,851
6 $ 265,872 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 137,318 $ 182,231 $ 238,424
7 $ 276,507 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 130,006 $ 185,371 $ 258,714
8 $ 287,567 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 122,282 $ 188,227 $ 280,883
9 $ 299,070 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 114,071 $ 190,721 $ 305,109
10 $ 311,032 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 105,302 $ 192,778 $ 331,609
15 $ 378,419 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 50,339 $ 193,407 $ 508,541
20 (Age 65) $ 460,404 $ 0(2) $ 1,000,000 $ 1,000,000 $ 0(2) $ 164,330 $ 802,628
25 $ 560,152 $ 0 $ 1,000,000 $ 1,504,853 $ 0 $ 69,108 $ 1,297,287
30 $ 681,510 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 2,248,535 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 2,101,435
35 $ 829,162 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,597,829 $ 0 $ 0 $ 3,426,504
40 $ 1,008,802 $ 0 $ 0 $ 5,810,156 $ 0 $ 0 $ 5,533,482
45 $ 1,227,362 $ 0 $ 0 $ 9,245,881 $ 0 $ 0 $ 8,805,601
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 19, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 27, unless an additional premium payment was made.
(3) The Guideline Premium Test limits the premium payable in policy year 5
to $4,108.12, and zero in years 6 and 7.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T6
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE B (VARIABLE) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING CURRENT CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net) (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net)
------------ --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,044,712 $ 1,047,426 $ 1,050,139 $ 48,407 $ 51,120 $ 53,834
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,087,397 $ 1,095,591 $ 1,104,112 $ 94,786 $ 102,980 $ 111,500
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,129,473 $ 1,145,976 $ 1,163,826 $ 136,862 $ 153,365 $ 171,215
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,170,926 $ 1,198,671 $ 1,229,893 $ 178,315 $ 206,060 $ 237,282
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,211,743 $ 1,253,771 $ 1,302,989 $ 211,743 $ 253,771 $ 302,989
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,251,919 $ 1,311,386 $ 1,383,876 $ 251,919 $ 311,386 $ 383,876
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,291,433 $ 1,371,610 $ 1,473,380 $ 291,433 $ 371,610 $ 473,380
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,285,449 $ 1,387,015 $ 1,522,170 $ 285,449 $ 387,015 $ 522,170
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,279,218 $ 1,402,871 $ 1,575,996 $ 279,218 $ 402,871 $ 575,996
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,272,733 $ 1,419,192 $ 1,635,401 $ 272,733 $ 419,192 $ 635,401
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,235,085 $ 1,506,973 $ 2,055,832 $ 235,085 $ 506,973 $ 1,038,299
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,184,083 $ 1,601,476 $ 2,928,081 $ 184,083 $ 601,476 $ 1,692,532
25 $ 910,735 $ 1,118,994 $ 1,702,685 $ 4,240,809 $ 118,994 $ 702,685 $ 2,753,772
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 1,022,151 $ 1,792,166 $ 6,193,105 $ 22,151 $ 792,166 $ 4,455,471
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0(2) $ 1,830,939 $ 9,136,548 $ 0(2) $ 830,939 $ 7,137,928
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 1,763,942 $ 13,606,478 $ 0 $ 763,942 $ 11,338,732
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 1,488,522(2) $ 20,359,391 $ 0 $ 488,522(2) $ 17,859,115
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 31, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 50, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T7
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE B (VARIABLE) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net) (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net)
------------ --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,037,731 $ 1,040,142 $ 1,042,555 $ 41,836 $ 44,247 $ 46,659
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,074,692 $ 1,081,881 $ 1,089,364 $ 82,901 $ 90,090 $ 97,574
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,110,872 $ 1,125,272 $ 1,140,862 $ 119,081 $ 133,481 $ 149,072
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,146,252 $ 1,170,361 $ 1,197,519 $ 154,461 $ 178,570 $ 205,728
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,180,813 $ 1,217,198 $ 1,259,854 $ 180,813 $ 217,198 $ 259,854
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,214,516 $ 1,265,813 $ 1,328,422 $ 214,516 $ 265,813 $ 328,422
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,247,314 $ 1,316,230 $ 1,403,827 $ 247,314 $ 316,230 $ 403,827
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,237,288 $ 1,324,056 $ 1,439,775 $ 237,288 $ 324,056 $ 439,775
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,226,779 $ 1,331,615 $ 1,478,914 $ 226,779 $ 331,615 $ 478,914
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,215,726 $ 1,338,825 $ 1,521,513 $ 215,726 $ 338,825 $ 521,513
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,149,972 $ 1,366,227 $ 1,797,759 $ 149,972 $ 366,227 $ 797,759
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 1,057,352 $ 1,365,062 $ 2,216,068 $ 57,352 $ 365,062 $ 1,216,068
25 $ 910,735 $ 0(2) $ 1,302,892 $ 2,841,774 $ 0(2) $ 302,892 $ 1,841,774
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 0 $ 1,123,995 $ 3,842,384 $ 0 $ 123,995 $ 2,764,305
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 5,221,503 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 4,079,299
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 0 $ 7,125,161 $ 0 $ 0 $ 5,937,634
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 0 $ 9,753,572 $ 0 $ 0 $ 8,555,765
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 23, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 32, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
T8
PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE C (RETURN OF PREMIUM AT 6%) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING CURRENT CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net) (-1.01% Net) (4.99% Net) (10.99% Net)
------------ --------------- ----------------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
1 $ 56,919 $ 1,058,014 $ 1,058,014 $ 1,058,014 $ 48,407 $ 51,120 $ 53,834
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,119,508 $ 1,119,508 $ 1,119,508 $ 94,743 $ 102,944 $ 111,473
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,184,693 $ 1,184,693 $ 1,184,693 $ 136,736 $ 153,263 $ 171,141
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,253,788 $ 1,253,788 $ 1,253,788 $ 178,047 $ 205,849 $ 237,142
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,327,029 $ 1,327,029 $ 1,327,029 $ 211,254 $ 253,396 $ 302,766
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,404,665 $ 1,404,665 $ 1,404,665 $ 251,104 $ 310,774 $ 383,557
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,486,958 $ 1,486,958 $ 1,486,958 $ 290,152 $ 370,668 $ 472,959
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,516,176 $ 1,516,176 $ 1,516,176 $ 283,558 $ 385,655 $ 521,686
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,547,146 $ 1,547,146 $ 1,547,146 $ 276,538 $ 400,985 $ 575,511
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,579,975 $ 1,579,975 $ 1,579,975 $ 269,055 $ 416,648 $ 635,014
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,776,138 $ 1,776,138 $ 2,059,445 $ 221,329 $ 497,822 $ 1,040,124
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 2,038,647 $ 2,038,647 $ 2,933,459 $ 142,772 $ 573,447 $ 1,695,641
25 $ 910,735 $ 2,389,944 $ 2,389,944 $ 4,248,599 $ 17,046 $ 628,417 $ 2,758,831
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 0(2) $ 2,860,059 $ 6,204,484 $ 0(2) $ 593,758 $ 4,463,658
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0 $ 3,489,179 $ 9,153,337 $ 0 $ 272,365 $ 7,151,045
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 13,631,482 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 11,359,569
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 0 $ 20,396,807 $ 0 $ 0 $ 17,891,936
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 26, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 37, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
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PRUSELECT III LIFE INSURANCE CONTRACT
CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST
TYPE C (RETURN OF PREMIUM AT 6%) DEATH BENEFIT
MALE GUARANTEED ISSUE SELECT PREFERRED ISSUE AGE 45
$1,000,000 BASIC INSURANCE AMOUNT
ASSUME PAYMENT OF $54,730 ANNUAL PREMIUMS FOR SEVEN YEARS
USING MAXIMUM CONTRACTUAL CHARGES
Death Benefit (1) Surrender Value (1)
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Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net) Assuming Hypothetical Gross (and Net)
Premiums Annual Investment Return of Annual Investment Return of
End Of Accumulated ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Policy at 4% Interest 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross 0% Gross 6% Gross 12% Gross
Year Per Year (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net) (-1.31% Net) (4.69% Net) (10.69% Net)
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1 $ 56,919 $ 1,058,014 $ 1,058,014 $ 1,058,014 $ 41,781 $ 44,194 $ 46,609
2 $ 116,115 $ 1,119,508 $ 1,119,508 $ 1,119,508 $ 82,706 $ 89,907 $ 97,404
3 $ 177,679 $ 1,184,693 $ 1,184,693 $ 1,184,693 $ 118,629 $ 133,064 $ 148,700
4 $ 241,705 $ 1,253,788 $ 1,253,788 $ 1,253,788 $ 153,598 $ 177,788 $ 205,055
5 $ 308,293 $ 1,327,029 $ 1,327,029 $ 1,327,029 $ 179,339 $ 215,881 $ 258,766
6 $ 377,544 $ 1,404,665 $ 1,404,665 $ 1,404,665 $ 212,174 $ 263,747 $ 326,788
7 $ 449,565 $ 1,486,958 $ 1,486,958 $ 1,486,958 $ 243,770 $ 313,136 $ 401,497
8 $ 467,547 $ 1,516,176 $ 1,516,176 $ 1,516,176 $ 232,199 $ 319,661 $ 436,660
9 $ 486,249 $ 1,547,146 $ 1,547,146 $ 1,547,146 $ 219,724 $ 325,579 $ 474,921
10 $ 505,699 $ 1,579,975 $ 1,579,975 $ 1,579,975 $ 206,193 $ 330,724 $ 516,555
15 $ 615,260 $ 1,776,138 $ 1,776,138 $ 1,776,138 $ 115,864 $ 337,138 $ 787,460
20 (Age 65) $ 748,558 $ 0(2) $ 2,038,647 $ 2,088,288 $ 0(2) $ 274,360 $ 1,207,103
25 $ 910,735 $ 0 $ 2,389,944 $ 2,838,450 $ 0 $ 30,649 $ 1,843,150
30 $ 1,108,049 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 3,852,395 $ 0 $ 0(2) $ 2,771,507
35 $ 1,348,111 $ 0 $ 0 $ 5,235,170 $ 0 $ 0 $ 4,089,976
40 $ 1,640,183 $ 0 $ 0 $ 7,143,824 $ 0 $ 0 $ 5,953,186
45 $ 1,995,533 $ 0 $ 0 $ 9,779,132 $ 0 $ 0 $ 8,578,186
(1) Assumes no Contract Loan has been made.
(2) Based on a gross return of 0%, the Contract would go into default in
policy year 19, unless an additional premium payment was made. Based
on a gross return of 6%, the Contract would go into default in policy
year 26, unless an additional premium payment was made.
The hypothetical investment rates of return shown above and elsewhere in
this prospectus are illustrative only and should not be deemed a representation
of past or future investment rates of return. Actual rates of return may be more
or less than those shown and will depend on a number of factors including the
investment allocations made by an owner, prevailing interest rates, and rates of
inflation. The death benefit and cash surrender value for a contract would be
different from those shown if the actual rates of return averaged 0%, 6%, 12%
over a period of years, but also fluctuated above or below those averages for
individual contract years. No representations can be made by Pruco Life of New
Jersey or the Series Fund that these hypothetical rates of return can be
achieved for any one year or sustained over any period of time.
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Contract Loans
You may borrow from Pruco Life of New Jersey an amount up to the current loan
value of your Contract less any existing Contract debt using the Contract as the
only security for the loan. The loan value at any time is equal to 90% of the
Contract Fund value. A Contract in default has no loan value. The minimum loan
amount you may borrow is $200.
Interest charged on a loan accrues daily. Interest is due on each Contract
anniversary or when the loan is paid back, whichever comes first. If interest is
not paid when due, it becomes part of the loan and we will charge interest on
it, too. Except in the case of preferred loans, we charge interest at an
effective annual rate of 5%.
A portion of any amount you borrow on or after the 10th Contract anniversary may
be considered a preferred loan if the Contract has not been surrendered for
fixed reduced paid-up insurance. Fixed reduced paid-up insurance is available
only in the state of New York. See Surrender of a Contract, page 25. The maximum
preferred loan amount is the total amount you may borrow minus the total net
premiums paid (net premiums equal premiums paid less total withdrawals, if any).
If the net premium amount is less than zero, we will, for purposes of this
calculation, consider it to be zero. Only new loans borrowed after the 10th
Contract anniversary may be considered preferred loans. Standard loans will not
automatically be converted into preferred loans. Preferred loans are charged
interest at an effective annual rate of 4.25%.
The Contract debt is the amount of all outstanding loans plus any interest
accrued but not yet due. If at any time the Contract debt equals or exceeds the
Contract Fund, the Contract will go into default. If the Contract debt equals or
exceeds the Contract Fund and you fail to keep the Contract in-force, the amount
of unpaid Contract debt will be treated as a distribution and will be
immediately taxable to the extent of gain in the Contract. Reinstatement of the
Contract after lapse will not eliminate the taxable income which we are required
to report to the Internal Revenue Service. See Lapse and Reinstatement, page 26
and Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits -- Pre-Death Distributions, page 31.
When a loan is made, an amount equal to the loan proceeds is transferred out of
the Account. Unless you ask us to take the loan amount from specific investment
options and we agree, the reduction will be made in the same proportions as the
value in each variable investment option bears to the total value of the
Contract. While a loan is outstanding, the amount that was so transferred will
continue to be treated as part of the Contract Fund. It will be credited with an
effective annual rate of return of 4%. On each Monthly date, we will increase
the portion of the Contract Fund in the investment options by interest credits
accrued on the loan since the last Monthly date. The net cost of a standard loan
is 1% and the net cost of a preferred loan is 1/4%.
Loans you take against the Contract are ordinarily treated as debt and are not
considered distributions subject to tax. However, you should know that the
Internal Revenue Service may take the position that the loan should be treated
as a distribution for tax purposes because of the relatively low differential
between the loan interest rate and the Contract's crediting rate. Distributions
are subject to income tax. Were the Internal Revenue Service to take this
position, Prudential would take reasonable steps to attempt to avoid this
result, including modifying the Contract's loan provisions, but cannot guarantee
that such efforts would be successful.
Loans from Modified Endowment Contracts may be treated for tax purposes as
distributions of income. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Any Contract debt will directly reduce a Contract's cash value and will be
subtracted from the death benefit to determine the amount payable. In addition,
even if the loan is fully repaid, it may have an effect on future death benefits
because the investment results of the selected investment options will apply
only to the amount remaining invested under those options. The longer the loan
is outstanding, the greater the effect is likely to be. The effect could be
favorable or unfavorable. If investment results are greater than the rate being
credited on the amount of the loan while the loan is outstanding, values under
the Contract will not increase as rapidly as they would have if no loan had been
made. If investment results are below that rate, Contract values will be higher
than they would have been had no loan been made.
When you repay all or part of a loan, we will increase the portion of the
Contract Fund in the investment options by the amount of the loan you repay
using the investment allocation for future premium payments as of the loan
payment date, plus interest credits accrued on the loan since the last
transaction date. If loan interest is paid when due, it will
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not change the portion of the Contract Fund allocated to the investment options.
We reserve the right to change the manner in which we allocate loan repayments.
Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits
This summary provides general information on the federal income tax treatment of
the Contract. It is not a complete statement of what the federal income taxes
will be in all circumstances. It is based on current law and interpretations,
which may change. It does not cover state taxes or other taxes. It is not
intended as tax advice. You should consult your own qualified tax adviser for
complete information and advice.
Treatment as Life Insurance. The Contract must meet certain requirements to
qualify as life insurance for tax purposes. These requirements include certain
definitional tests and rules for diversification of the Contract's investments.
For further information on the diversification requirements, see Taxation of the
Fund in the statement of additional information for the Series Fund.
In order to meet the definition of life insurance rules for federal income tax
purposes, the Contract must satisfy one of the two following tests: (1) Cash
Value Accumulation Test or (2) Guideline Premium Test. At issue, the Contract
owner chooses which of these two tests will apply to their Contract. This choice
cannot be changed thereafter.
Under the Cash Value Accumulation Test, the Contract must maintain a minimum
ratio of death benefit to cash value. Therefore, in order to ensure that the
Contract qualifies as life insurance, the Contract's death benefit may increase
as the Contract Fund value increases. The death benefit, at all times, must be
at least equal to the Contract Fund multiplied by the applicable attained age
factor. A listing of attained age factors can be found on your Contract data
pages.
Under the Guideline Premium Test, there is a limit as to the amount of premium
that can be paid into the Contract in relation to the death benefit. In
addition, there is a minimum ratio of death benefit to cash value associated
with this test. This ratio, however, is less than the required ratio under the
Cash Value Accumulation test. Therefore, the death benefit required under this
test is generally lower than that of the Cash Value Accumulation test.
The selection of the definition of life insurance test most appropriate for you
is dependent on several factors, including the insured's age at issue, actual
Contract earnings, and whether or not the Contract is classified as a Modified
Endowment Contract. You should consult your own qualified tax adviser for
complete information and advice with respect to the selection of the definition
of life insurance test.
We believe we have taken adequate steps to insure that the Contract qualifies as
life insurance for tax purposes. Generally speaking, this means that:
o you will not be taxed on the growth of the funds in the Contract,
unless you receive a distribution from the Contract, and
o the Contract's death benefit will be income tax free to your
beneficiary.
Although we believe that the Contract should qualify as life insurance for tax
purposes, there are some uncertainties, particularly because the Secretary of
Treasury has not yet issued permanent regulations that bear on this question.
Accordingly, we reserve the right to make changes -- which will be applied
uniformly to all Contract owners after advance written notice -- that we deem
necessary to insure that the Contract will qualify as life insurance.
Pre-Death Distributions. The tax treatment of any distribution you receive
before the insured's death depends on whether the Contract is classified as a
Modified Endowment Contract.
Contracts Not Classified as Modified Endowment Contracts
o If you surrender the Contract or allow it to lapse, you will be
taxed on the amount you receive in excess of the premiums you
paid less the untaxed portion of any prior withdrawals. For this
purpose, you will be treated as receiving any portion of the cash
value used to repay Contract debt. In other words, you will
immediately have taxable income to the extent of gain in the
Contract. Reinstatement of the Contract after lapse will not
eliminate the taxable income which we are required to report to
the
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Internal Revenue Service. The tax consequences of a surrender may
differ if you take the proceeds under an income payment
settlement option.
o Generally, you will be taxed on a withdrawal to the extent the
amount you receive exceeds the premiums you paid for the Contract
less the untaxed portion of any prior withdrawals. However, under
some limited circumstances, in the first 15 Contract years, all
or a portion of a withdrawal may be taxed if the Contract Fund
exceeds the total premiums paid less the untaxed portions of any
prior withdrawals, even if total withdrawals do not exceed total
premiums paid.
o Loans you take against the Contract are ordinarily treated as
debt and are not considered distributions subject to tax.
However, there is some risk the Internal Revenue Service might
assert that the preferred loan should be treated as a
distribution for tax purposes because of the relatively low
differential between the loan interest rate and Contract's
crediting rate. Were the Internal Revenue Service to take this
position, Pruco Life of New Jersey would take reasonable steps to
avoid this result, including modifying the Contract's loan
provisions.
Modified Endowment Contracts
o The rules change if the Contract is classified as a Modified
Endowment Contract. The Contract could be classified as a
Modified Endowment Contract if premiums in amounts that are too
large are paid or a decrease in the face amount of insurance is
made (or a rider removed). The addition of a rider or an increase
in the face amount of insurance may also cause the Contract to be
classified as a Modified Endowment Contract. You should first
consult a qualified tax adviser and your Pruco Life of New Jersey
representative if you are contemplating any of these steps.
o If the Contract is classified as a Modified Endowment Contract,
then amounts you receive under the Contract before the insured's
death, including loans and withdrawals, are included in income to
the extent that the Contract Fund exceeds the premiums paid for
the Contract increased by the amount of any loans previously
included in income and reduced by any untaxed amounts previously
received other than the amount of any loans excludable from
income. An assignment of a Modified Endowment Contract is taxable
in the same way. These rules also apply to pre-death
distributions, including loans and assignments, made during the
two-year period before the time that the Contract became a
Modified Endowment Contract.
o Any taxable income on pre-death distributions (including full
surrenders) is subject to a penalty of 10 percent unless the
amount is received on or after age 59 1/2, on account of your
becoming disabled or as a life annuity. It is presently unclear
how the penalty tax provisions apply to Contracts owned by
businesses.
o All Modified Endowment Contracts issued by us to you during the
same calendar year are treated as a single Contract for purposes
of applying these rules.
Withholding. You must affirmatively elect that no taxes be withheld from a
pre-death distribution. Otherwise, the taxable portion of any amounts you
receive will be subject to withholding. You are not permitted to elect out of
withholding if you do not provide a social security number or other taxpayer
identification number. You may be subject to penalties under the estimated tax
payment rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are insufficient to
cover the tax due.
Other Tax Considerations. If you transfer or assign the Contract to someone
else, there may be gift, estate and/or income tax consequences. If you transfer
the Contract to a person two or more generations younger than you (or designate
such a younger person as a beneficiary), there may be Generation Skipping
Transfer tax consequences. Deductions for interest paid or accrued on Contract
debt or on other loans that are incurred or continued to purchase or carry the
Contract may be denied. Your individual situation or that of your beneficiary
will determine the federal estate taxes and the state and local estate,
inheritance and other taxes due if you or the insured dies.
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Business-Owned Life Insurance. If a business, rather than an individual, is the
owner of the Contract, there are some additional rules. Business Contract owners
generally cannot deduct premium payments. Business Contract owners generally
cannot take tax deductions for interest on Contract debt paid or accrued after
October 13, 1995. An exception permits the deduction of interest on policy loans
on Contracts for up to 20 key persons. The interest deduction for Contract debt
on these loans is limited to a prescribed interest rate and a maximum aggregate
loan amount of $50,000 per key insured person. The corporate alternative minimum
tax also applies to business-owned life insurance. This is an indirect tax on
additions to the Contract Fund or death benefits received under business-owned
life insurance policies.
Legal Considerations Relating to Sex-Distinct Premiums and Benefits
The Contract generally employs mortality tables that distinguish between males
and females. Thus, premiums and benefits differ under Contracts issued on males
and females of the same age. Employers and employee organizations considering
the purchase of a Contract should consult their legal advisers to determine
whether purchase of a Contract based on sex-distinct actuarial tables is
consistent with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or other applicable
law.
Exchange Right
In the state of New York, you have the right to exchange the Contract for a
fixed benefit insurance plan issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of
America on the insured's life. Such an exchange is permitted within the first 18
months after a Contract is issued, so long as the Contract is not in default.
This is a general account policy with guaranteed minimum values. No evidence of
insurability will be required to make an exchange. The new policy will have the
same issue date and risk classification for the insured as the original
Contract. The exchange may be subject to an equitable adjustment in premiums and
values, and a payment may be required. You may wish to obtain tax advice before
effecting such an exchange.
Option to Exchange Insured
Pruco Life of New Jersey will permit a Contract owner to exchange a contract for
a new contract on the life of a new insured. Upon the exchange, the original
contract is surrendered and the cash value is moved to the new contract without
subjecting it to new sales charges and the portion of the charge for taxes
attributable to premiums for state and local premium taxes. See Charges and
Expenses, page 12. We will, however, report this as a taxable surrender of your
original Contract, which means that you will be subject to income tax to the
extent of any gain in the Contract and that we will withhold applicable federal
income taxes. Also, the cash value moved to the new Contract will be considered
new premium, which may cause your Contract to be classified as a Modified
Endowment Contract. See Tax Treatment of Contract Benefits, page 31.
Other General Contract Provisions
Assignment. This Contract may not be assigned if the assignment would violate
any federal, state or local law or regulation prohibiting sex distinct rates for
insurance. Generally, the Contract may not be assigned to an employee benefit
plan or program without Pruco Life of New Jersey's consent. Pruco Life of New
Jersey assumes no responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of any
assignment. We will not be obligated to comply with any assignment unless we
receive a copy at a Home Office.
Beneficiary. You designate and name your beneficiary in the application.
Thereafter, you may change the beneficiary, provided it is in accordance with
the terms of the Contract. Should the insured die with no surviving beneficiary,
the insured's estate will become the beneficiary.
Incontestability. We will not contest the Contract after it has been in-force
during the insured's lifetime for two years from the issue date except when any
change is made in the Contract that requires Pruco Life of New Jersey's approval
and would increase our liability. We will not contest such change after it has
been in effect for two years during the lifetime of the insured.
Misstatement of Age or Sex. If the insured's stated age or sex or both are
incorrect in the Contract, Pruco Life of New Jersey will adjust the death
benefits payable and any amount to be paid, as required by law, to reflect the
correct age and sex. Any such benefit will be based on what the most recent
deductions from the Contract Fund would have provided at the insured's correct
age and sex.
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Settlement Options. The Contract grants to most owners, or to the beneficiary, a
variety of optional ways of receiving Contract proceeds, other than in a lump
sum. Any Pruco Life of New Jersey representative authorized to sell this
Contract can explain these options upon request.
Suicide Exclusion. Generally, if the insured, whether sane or insane, dies by
suicide within two years from the Contract date, the Contract will end and Pruco
Life of New Jersey will return the premiums paid, less any Contract debt, and
less any withdrawals. Generally, if the insured, whether sane or insane, dies by
suicide after two years from the issue date, but within two years of the
effective date of an increase in the basic insurance amount, we will pay, as to
the increase in amount, no more than the sum of the premiums paid on and after
the effective date of an increase.
Substitution of Fund Shares
Although Pruco Life of New Jersey believes it to be unlikely, it is possible
that in the judgment of its management, one or more of the portfolios of the
Funds may become unsuitable for investment by Contract owners because of
investment policy changes, tax law changes, or the unavailability of shares for
investment. In that event, Pruco Life of New Jersey may seek to substitute the
shares of another portfolio or of an entirely different mutual fund. Before this
can be done, the approval of the SEC, and possibly one or more state insurance
departments, may be required. Contract owners will be notified of any such
substitution.
Reports to Contract Owners
Once each year, Pruco Life of New Jersey will send you a statement that provides
certain information pertinent to your own Contract. This statement will detail
values, transactions made, and specific Contract data that apply only to your
particular Contract. You will also be sent annual and semi-annual reports of the
Funds showing the financial condition of the portfolios and the investments held
in each portfolio.
Sale of the Contract and Sales Commissions
Pruco Securities Corporation ("Prusec"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of
Prudential, acts as the principal underwriter of the Contract. Prusec, organized
in 1971 under New Jersey law, is registered as a broker and dealer under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and is a member of the National Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. Prusec's principal business address is 751 Broad
Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-3777. The Contract is sold by registered
representatives of Prusec who are also authorized by state insurance departments
to do so. The Contract may also be sold through other broker-dealers authorized
by Prusec and applicable law to do so. Registered representatives of such other
broker-dealers may be paid on a different basis than described below.
Generally, representatives will receive a commission of no more than: (1) 20% of
the premiums received in the first year on premiums up to the Target Premium
(referred to as "segment allocation amount" in your Contract); (2) 12% of
premiums received in years two through 10 on premiums up to the Target Premium;
and (3) 2% on premiums received in the first 10 years in excess of the Target
Premium or received after 10 years. If the basic insurance amount is increased,
representatives will generally receive a commission of no more than: (1) 20% of
the premiums received up to the Target Premium for the increase received in the
first year; (2) 12% of the premiums received up to the Target Premium for years
two through 10; and (3) 2% on other premiums received for the increase.
Moreover, trail commissions of up to 0.05% of the Contract Fund may be paid as
of the end of each calendar quarter for years six through 20 and .025%
thereafter. Representatives with less than 4 years of service may receive
compensation on a different basis. Representatives who meet certain productivity
or persistency standards may be eligible for additional compensation.
State Regulation
Pruco Life of New Jersey is subject to regulation and supervision by the
Department of Insurance of the State of New Jersey, which periodically examines
its operations and financial condition. It is also subject to the insurance laws
and regulations of all jurisdictions in which it is authorized to do business.
Pruco Life of New Jersey is required to submit annual statements of its
operations, including financial statements, to the insurance departments of the
various jurisdictions in which it does business to determine solvency and
compliance with local insurance laws and regulations.
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In addition to the annual statements referred to above, Pruco Life of New Jersey
is required to file with New Jersey and other jurisdictions a separate statement
with respect to the operations of all its variable contract accounts, in a form
promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Experts
The financial statements of Pruco Life of New Jersey as of December 31, 2000 and
1999 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2000 and
the financial statements of the Account as of December 31, 2000 and for each of
the three years in the period then ended included in this prospectus have been
so included in reliance on the reports of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's principal business address
is 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036.
Actuarial matters included in this prospectus have been examined by Nancy Davis,
FSA, MAAA, Vice President and Actuary of Prudential, whose opinion is filed as
an exhibit to the registration statement.
Litigation and Regulatory Proceedings
We are subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our
businesses, including class actions. Pending legal and regulatory actions
include proceedings specific to our practices and proceedings generally
applicable to business practices in the industries in which we operate. In
certain of these lawsuits, large and/or indeterminate amounts are sought,
including punitive or exemplary damages.
Beginning in 1995, regulatory authorities and customers brought significant
regulatory actions and civil litigation against Pruco Life of New Jersey and
Prudential involving individual life insurance sales practices. In 1996,
Prudential, on behalf of itself and many of its life insurance subsidiaries,
including Pruco Life of New Jersey, entered into settlement agreements with
relevant insurance regulatory authorities and plaintiffs in the principal life
insurance sales practices class action lawsuit covering policyholders of
individual permanent life insurance policies issued in the United States from
1982 to 1995. Pursuant to the settlements, the companies agreed to various
changes to their sales and business practices controls, to a series of fines,
and to provide specific forms of relief to eligible class members. Virtually all
claims by class members filed in connection with the settlements have been
resolved and virtually all aspects of the remediation program have been
satisfied.
As of December 31, 2000, Prudential and/or Pruco Life of New Jersey remained a
party to approximately 109 individual sales practices actions filed by
policyholders who "opted out" of the class action settlement relating to
permanent life insurance policies issued in the United States between 1982 and
1995. Some of these cases seek substantial damages while others seek unspecified
compensatory, punitive or treble damages. It is possible that substantial
punitive damages might be awarded in one or more of these cases. Additional
suits may also be filed by other individuals who "opted out" of the settlements.
Prudential has indemnified Pruco Life of New Jersey for any liabilities incurred
in connection with sales practices litigation covering policyholders of
individual permanent life insurance policies issued in the United States from
1982 to 1995.
As of December 31, 2000 Prudential has paid or reserved for payment of $4.405
billion before tax, equivalent to $2.850 billion after tax, to provide for
remediation costs, and additional sales practices costs including related
administrative costs, regulatory fines, penalties and related payments,
litigation costs and settlements, including settlements associated with the
resolution of claims of deceptive sales practices asserted by policyholders who
elected to "opt-out" of the class action settlement and litigate their claims
against Prudential separately, and other fees and expenses associated with the
resolution of sales practices issues.
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Additional Information
Pruco Life of New Jersey has filed a registration statement with the SEC under
the Securities Act of 1933, relating to the offering described in this
prospectus. This prospectus does not include all the information set forth in
the registration statement. Certain portions have been omitted pursuant to the
rules and regulations of the SEC. The omitted information may, however, be
obtained from the SEC's Public Reference Section at 450 Fifth Street, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20549, or by telephoning (800) SEC-0330, upon payment of a
prescribed fee.
Further information may also be obtained from Pruco Life of New Jersey. Its
address and telephone number are set forth on the inside front cover of this
prospectus.
Financial Statements
The financial statements of the Account should be distinguished from the
financial statements of Pruco Life of New Jersey, which should be considered
only as bearing upon the ability of Pruco Life of New Jersey to meet its
obligations under the Contracts.
36
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The directors and major officers of Pruco Life of New Jersey, listed with their
principal occupations during the past five years, are shown below.
DIRECTORS OF PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY
JAMES J. AVERY, JR., Chairman and Director - President, Prudential Individual
Life Insurance since 1998; 1997 to 1998: Senior Vice President, Chief Actuary
and CFO, Prudential Individual Insurance Group; prior to 1997: President,
Prudential Select.
RONALD P. JOELSON, Director - Senior Vice President, Prudential Asset, Liability
and Risk Management since 1999; prior to 1999: President, Guaranteed Products,
Prudential Institutional.
IRA J. KLEINMAN, Director - Executive Vice President, Prudential International
Insurance Group since 1997; prior to 1997: Chief Marketing and Product
Development Officer, Prudential Individual Insurance Group.
ESTHER H. MILNES, President and Director - Vice President and Chief Actuary,
Prudential Individual Life Insurance since 1999; prior to 1999: Vice President
and Actuary, Prudential Individual Insurance Group.
DAVID R. ODENATH, JR., Director - President, Prudential Investments since 1999;
prior to 1999: Senior Vice President and Director of Sales, Investment
Consulting Group, PaineWebber.
I. EDWARD PRICE, Vice Chairman and Director - Senior Vice President and Actuary,
Prudential Individual Life Insurance since 1998; prior to 1998: Senior Vice
President and Actuary, Prudential Individual Insurance Group.
OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT DIRECTORS
C. EDWARD CHAPLIN, Treasurer - Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Prudential
since 2000; prior to 2000: Vice President and Treasurer, Prudential.
JAMES C. DROZANOWSKI, Senior Vice President - Vice President, Operations and
Systems, Prudential Individual Financial Services since 1998; 1996 to 1998: Vice
President and Operations Executive, Prudential Individual Insurance Group.
THOMAS F. HIGGINS, Senior Vice President - Vice President, Annuity Services,
Prudential Individual Financial Services since 1999; 1998 to 1999: Vice
President, Mutual Funds, Prudential Individual Financial Services; prior to
1998: Principal, Mutual Fund Operations, The Vanguard Group.
CLIFFORD E. KIRSCH, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary - Chief Counsel, Variable
Products, Prudential Law Department.
SHIRLEY H. SHAO, Senior Vice President and Chief Actuary - Vice President and
Associate Actuary, Prudential since 1996.
WILLIAM J. ECKERT, IV, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer - Vice
President and IFS Controller, Enterprise Financial Management, Prudential since
2000; 1999 to 2000: Vice President and Individual Life Controller, Enterprise
Financial Management, Prudential; 1997 to 1999: Vice President, Accounting,
Enterprise Financial Management; prior to 1997: Vice President, Accounting,
External Financial Reporting.
The business address of all directors and officers of Pruco Life of New Jersey
is 213 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102-2992.
Pruco Life of New Jersey directors and officers are elected annually.
37
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS
December 31, 2000
SUBACCOUNTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential Prudential Prudential
Money Diversified Prudential Flexible Conservative High Yield
Market Bond Equity Managed Balanced Bond
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
ASSETS
Investment in The Prudential Series
Fund, Inc. Portfolios and non-Prudential
administered funds, at net asset value
[Note 3] ............................ $ 7,387,175 $ 24,488,433 $172,538,264 $226,906,896 $107,371,347 $ 28,433,502
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Net Assets ............................ $ 7,387,175 $ 24,488,433 $172,538,264 $226,906,896 $107,371,347 $ 28,433,502
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============
NET ASSETS, representing:
Equity of contract owners [Note 4] .... $ 7,387,175 $ 24,488,433 $172,538,264 $226,906,896 $107,371,347 $ 28,433,502
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
$ 7,387,175 $ 24,488,433 $172,538,264 $226,906,896 $107,371,347 $ 28,433,502
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON PAGES A14 THROUGH A19
A1
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential T. Rowe Price Janus MFS
Stock Prudential Prudential Prudential International AIM V.I. Aspen Emerging Franklin
Index Value Global Jennison Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
$ 88,294,590 $ 12,911,064 $ 70,656,692 $ 30,479,300 $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,471 $ 12,373
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
$ 88,294,590 $ 12,911,064 $ 70,656,692 $ 30,479,300 $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,471 $ 12,373
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ =========== ============
$ 88,294,590 $ 12,911,064 $ 70,656,692 $ 30,479,300 $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,471 $ 12,373
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
$ 88,294,590 $ 12,911,064 $ 70,656,692 $ 30,479,300 $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,471 $ 12,373
============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ =========== ============
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A2
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Money Market Diversified Bond
Portfolio Portfolio
--------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income ......................... $ 440,102 $ 362,423 $ 376,466 $1,453,002 $ 0 $1,518,983
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
EXPENSES
Charges to contract owners for assuming
mortality risk and expense risk
[Note 5A] ............................. 43,718 44,562 43,083 139,022 144,104 147,669
Reimbursement for excess expenses
[Note 5D] ............................. (2,905) (1,825) (1,102) (11,804) (6,334) (5,945)
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
NET EXPENSES .............................. 40,813 42,737 41,981 127,218 137,770 141,724
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) .............. 399,289 319,686 334,485 1,325,784 (137,770) 1,377,259
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received .... 0 0 0 2,919 67,535 88,872
Realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed . 0 0 0 53,547 41,756 65,294
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments ........................... 0 0 0 665,982 (295,317) 22,951
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS ............ 0 0 0 722,448 (186,026) 177,117
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS .............................. $ 399,289 $ 319,686 $ 334,485 $2,048,232 $ (323,796) $ 1,554,376
========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON PAGES A14 THROUGH A19
A3
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential
Equity Flexible Managed Conservative Balanced
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
- ---------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
$ 3,310,665 $ 3,250,226 $ 3,479,231 $ 8,423,889 $ 11,143 $ 10,349,173 $4,041,954 $ 4,689,573 $ 4,872,397
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
1,052,093 1,150,889 1,143,923 1,448,957 1,509,261 2,116,233 693,384 718,530 713,776
(165,294) (158,561) (166,679) (539,155) (544,224) (767,447) (202,407) (190,933) (183,772)
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
886,799 992,328 977,244 909,802 965,037 1,348,786 490,977 527,597 530,004
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
2,423,866 2,257,898 2,501,987 7,514,087 (953,894) 9,000,387 3,550,977 4,161,976 4,342,393
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
28,254,310 22,859,279 20,675,751 3,321,644 2,827,339 27,434,444 823,803 658,398 6,925,741
5,712,248 5,681,025 4,685,572 1,182,171 1,322,321 8,721,978 573,190 787,439 594,578
(31,851,882) (9,060,032) (12,015,861) (16,361,667) 14,382,751 (22,408,120) (5,935,872) 1,388,838 329,870
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
2,114,676 19,480,272 13,345,462 (11,857,852) 18,532,411 13,748,302 (4,538,879) 2,834,675 7,850,189
- ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ----------- ------------
$ 4,538,542 $ 21,738,170 $ 15,847,449 $ (4,343,765) $ 17,578,517 $ 22,748,689 $ (987,902) $ 6,996,651 $ 12,192,582
=========== ============ ============ ============= ============ ============ ========== =========== ============
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A4
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
High Yield Bond Stock Index
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income ........................ $ 3,549,924 $ 85,549 $ 1,994,015 $ 761,936 $ 767,914 $ 540,470
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
EXPENSES
Charges to contract owners for assuming
mortality risk and expense risk
[Note 5A] ............................ 182,255 193,583 97,586 521,945 443,707 207,744
Reimbursement for excess expenses
[Note 5D] ............................ 0 0 0 0 0 0
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET EXPENSES ............................. 182,255 193,583 97,586 521,945 443,707 207,744
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) ............. 3,367,669 (108,034) 1,896,429 239,991 324,207 332,726
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received ... 0 0 0 3,072,410 976,749 1,074,502
Realized gain (loss) on shares
redeemed ............................. (102,471) (217,380) (173,650) 618,918 4,605,818 1,754,137
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments .......................... (5,925,033) 1,589,321 (2,569,803) (13,317,734) 8,162,150 11,731,008
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS ........... (6,027,504) 1,371,941 (2,743,453) (9,626,406) 13,744,717 14,559,647
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS ............................. $ (2,659,835) $ 1,263,907 $ (847,024) $ (9,386,415) $14,068,924 $ 14,892,373
============ =========== ============ ============ =========== ============
SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON PAGES A14 THROUGH A19
A5
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential
Value Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
$ 255,532 $ 273,914 $ 327,421 $ 589,378 $ 295,800 $ 490,032 $ 21,894 $ 22,451 $ 10,621
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
67,287 71,439 74,057 491,115 411,889 140,140 197,538 81,659 29,296
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
67,287 71,439 74,057 491,115 411,889 140,140 197,538 81,659 29,296
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
188,245 202,475 253,364 98,263 (116,089) 349,892 (175,644) (59,208) (18,675)
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
894,397 1,332,460 721,671 5,399,070 518,662 2,640,161 4,317,956 970,020 104,664
19,473 244,341 117,016 546,962 1,889,924 32,172 22,827 108,823 27,074
524,291 (422,725) (1,610,976) (21,942,646) 25,916,670 7,149,778 (11,283,218) 4,732,816 1,492,381
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
1,438,161 1,154,076 (772,289) (15,996,614) 28,325,256 9,822,111 (6,942,435) 5,811,659 1,624,119
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
$ 1,626,406 $ 1,356,551 $ (518,925) $(15,898,351) $28,209,167 $ 10,172,003 $ (7,118,079) $ 5,752,451 $ 1,605,444
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A6
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000
TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
INVESTMENT INCOME
Dividend income .............................. $ 27 $ 404 $ 14 $ 0 $ 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
EXPENSES
Charges to contract owners for assuming
mortality risk and expense risk
[Note 5A] .................................. 15 956 17 156 0
Reimbursement for excess expenses
[Note 5D] .................................. 0 0 0 0 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
NET EXPENSES ................................... 15 956 17 156 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) ................... 12 (552) (3) (156) 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN
(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS
Capital gains distributions received ......... 130 14,073 0 0 0
Realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed ...... (789) (478) (17) (390) 0
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments ................................ (265) (78,145) (1,353) (14,321) 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
NET GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS ................. (924) (64,550) (1,370) (14,711) 0
------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS ................................... $ (912) $ (65,102) $ (1,373) $ (14,867) $ 0
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A7
[THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
A8
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Money Market Diversified Bond
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss) ........... $ 399,289 $ 319,686 $ 334,485 $ 1,325,784 $ (137,770) $ 1,377,259
Capital gains distributions received ... 0 0 0 2,919 67,535 88,872
Realized gain (loss) on shares
redeemed ............................. 0 0 0 53,547 41,756 `65,294
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments .......................... 0 0 0 665,982 (295,317) 22,951
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET
ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS ............................. 399,289 319,686 334,485 2,048,232 (323,796) 1,554,376
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND
OTHER OPERATING TRANSFERS
Contract Owner Net Payments ............ 1,417,335 18,255 362,297 949,512 485,236 1,209,116
Policy Loans ........................... (451,268) (182,692) (147,149) (823,629) (553,832) (529,009)
Policy Loan Repayments and Interest .... 114,450 204,337 265,406 412,241 509,659 421,496
Surrenders, Withdrawals and
Death Benefits ....................... (530,444) (433,849) (627,277) (794,828) (1,188,933) (1,336,342)
Net Transfers From (To) Other
Subaccounts or Fixed Rate Option ..... (748,090) 252,166 538,372 (105,737) (351,534) 682,202
Withdrawal and Other Charges ........... (234,773) (231,397) (246,028) (535,298) (571,355) (621,531)
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND OTHER
OPERATING TRANSFERS .................... (432,790) (373,180) 145,621 (897,739) (1,670,759) (174,068)
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RETAINED IN THE
ACCOUNT [Note 7] ....................... 0 0 (15,018) 0 0 (2,680)
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS .......................... (33,501) (53,494) 465,088 1,150,493 (1,994,555) 1,377,628
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year ...................... 7,420,676 7,474,170 7,009,082 23,337,940 25,332,495 23,954,867
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
End of year ............................ $ 7,387,175 $ 7,420,676 $ 7,474,170 $ 24,488,433 $23,337,940 $ 25,332,495
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A9
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential
Equity Flexible Managed Conservative Balanced
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
$ 2,423,866 $ 2,257,898 $ 2,501,987 $ 7,514,087 $ (953,894) $ 9,000,387 $ 3,550,977 $ 4,161,976 $ 4,342,393
28,254,310 22,859,279 20,675,751 3,321,644 2,827,339 27,434,444 823,803 658,398 6,925,741
5,712,248 5,681,025 4,685,572 1,182,171 1,322,321 8,721,978 573,190 787,439 594,578
(31,851,882) (9,060,032) (12,015,861) (16,361,667) 14,382,751 (22,408,120) (5,935,872) 1,388,838 329,870
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
4,538,542 21,738,170 15,847,449 (4,343,765) 17,578,517 22,748,689 (987,902) 6,996,651 12,192,582
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
6,903,314 484,980 8,768,106 14,061,606 4,963,270 19,460,603 7,155,408 2,955,315 8,965,691
(5,748,041) (5,865,015) (6,477,542) (6,167,119) (7,384,636) (7,974,049) (2,686,924) (2,889,851) (3,015,778)
4,060,348 5,452,661 4,223,794 5,589,669 7,010,849 5,598,233 2,275,856 2,927,288 1,976,521
(7,764,547) (7,992,313) (9,891,027) (12,338,277) (10,727,647) (13,996,390) (5,277,744) (5,619,206) (6,131,547)
(18,619,709) (3,629,986) (1,215,581) (7,239,375) (4,161,991) (144,967,979) (3,856,084) (2,179,539) (1,292,182)
(4,763,451) (5,119,578) (5,422,744) (9,108,467) (9,811,225) (11,055,099) (4,635,229) (4,974,621) (5,312,571)
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
(25,932,086) (16,669,251) (10,014,994) (15,201,963) (20,111,380) (152,934,681) (7,024,717) (9,780,614) (4,809,866)
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
0 0 (132,641) 0 0 (177,182) 0 0 (8,012)
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
(21,393,544) 5,068,919 5,699,814 (19,545,728) (2,532,863) (130,363,174) (8,012,619) (2,783,963) 7,374,704
193,931,808 188,862,889 183,163,075 246,452,624 248,985,487 379,348,661 115,383,966 118,167,929 110,793,225
- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------
$172,538,264 $193,931,808 $188,862,889 $ 226,906,896 $246,452,624 $248,985,487 $ 107,371,347 $115,383,966 $118,167,929
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A10
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
High Yield Bond Stock Index
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss) ........... $ 3,367,669 $ (108,034) $ 1,896,429 $ 239,991 $ 324,207 $ 332,726
Capital gains distributions received ... 0 0 0 3,072,410 976,749 1,074,502
Realized gain (loss) on shares
redeemed ............................. (102,471) (217,380) (173,650) 618,918 4,605,818 1,754,137
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments .......................... (5,925,033) 1,589,321 (2,569,803) (13,317,734) 8,162,150 11,731,008
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET
ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS ............................. (2,659,835) 1,263,907 (847,024) (9,386,415) 14,068,924 14,892,373
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND
OTHER OPERATING TRANSFERS
Contract Owner Net Payments ............ 357,729 247,400 356,982 1,662,388 836,738 (458,592)
Policy Loans ........................... (118,636) (145,200) (163,296) (1,030,955) (768,138) (528,435)
Policy Loan Repayments and Interest .... 104,423 288,800 167,408 557,262 641,476 429,300
Surrenders, Withdrawals and
Death Benefits ....................... (446,020) (164,918) (501,296) (1,876,277) (1,093,052) (1,117,895)
Net Transfers From (To) Other
Subaccounts or Fixed Rate Option ..... (618,028) (3,734,139) 29,637,732 14,910,332 (6,699,608) 50,128,317
Withdrawal and Other Charges ........... (283,224) (332,102) (283,352) (944,712) (876,437) (637,808)
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND OTHER
OPERATING TRANSFERS .................... (1,003,756) (3,840,159) 29,214,178 13,278,038 (7,959,021) 47,814,887
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RETAINED IN THE
ACCOUNT [Note 7] ....................... 0 0 (60,128) 0 0 687,255
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS .......................... (3,663,591) (2,576,252) 28,307,026 3,891,623 6,109,903 63,394,515
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year ...................... 32,097,093 34,673,345 6,366,319 84,402,967 78,293,064 14,898,549
------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------
End of year ............................ $ 28,433,502 $32,097,093 $ 34,673,345 $ 88,294,590 $84,402,967 $ 78,293,064
============ =========== ============ ============ =========== ============
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SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential
Value Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998 01/01/2000 01/01/1999 01/01/1998
TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998 12/31/2000 12/31/1999 12/31/1998
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
$ 188,245 $ 202,475 $ 253,364 $ 98,263 $ (116,089) $ 349,892 $ (175,644) $ (59,208) $ (18,675)
894,397 1,332,460 721,671 5,399,070 518,662 2,640,161 4,317,956 970,020 104,664
19,473 244,341 117,016 546,962 1,889,924 32,172 22,827 108,823 27,074
524,291 (422,725) (1,610,976) (21,942,646) 25,916,670 7,149,778 (11,283,218) 4,732,816 1,492,381
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
1,626,406 1,356,551 (518,925) (15,898,351) 28,209,167 10,172,003 (7,118,079) 5,752,451 1,605,444
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
547,515 93,369 625,273 (36,670) (1,977,776) (404,538) 1,004,701 918,991 350,999
(231,609) (299,074) (348,765) (228,803) (156,604) (117,217) (876,131) (541,040) (186,693)
194,515 310,105 211,308 142,448 170,944 65,209 501,862 423,520 207,729
(320,926) (501,214) (642,033) (747,884) (19,903) (359,688) (825,690) (548,558) (263,749)
(492,258) (548,343) 1,663,734 3,209,197 (5,578,438) 47,651,150 13,062,339 12,249,824 2,831,858
(305,866) (331,274) (356,431) (517,820) (418,808) (207,310) (646,100) (318,494) (156,276)
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
(608,629) (1,276,431) 1,153,086 1,820,468 (7,980,585) 46,627,606 12,220,981 12,184,243 2,783,868
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
0 0 12,012 0 0 99,132 0 0 (7,320)
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
1,017,777 80,120 646,173 (14,077,883) 20,228,582 56,898,741 5,102,902 17,936,694 4,381,992
11,893,287 11,813,167 11,166,994 84,734,575 64,505,993 7,607,252 25,376,398 7,439,704 3,057,712
- ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------ ----------- ------------ ------------ ------------ -----------
$ 12,911,064 $ 11,893,287 $11,813,167 $ 70,656,692 $84,734,575 $ 64,505,993 $ 30,479,300 $ 25,376,398 $ 7,439,704
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF
THE PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
For the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998
SUBACCOUNTS
----------------------------------------------------------------------
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000 05/01/2000
TO TO TO TO TO
12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000 12/31/2000
----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
OPERATIONS
Net investment income (loss) ........................ $ 12 $ (552) $ (3) $ (156) $ (57)
Capital gains distributions received ................ 130 14,073 0 0 0
Realized gain (loss) on shares redeemed ............. (789) (478) (17) (390) (50)
Net change in unrealized gain (loss) on
investments ....................................... (265) (78,145) (1,353) (14,321) (2,730)
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET
ASSETS RESULTING FROM
OPERATIONS .......................................... (912) (65,102) (1,373) (14,867) (2,837)
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND
OTHER OPERATING TRANSFERS
Contract Owner Net Payments ......................... 54 6 4,423 25 (51)
Policy Loans ........................................ 0 0 0 0 0
Policy Loan Repayments and Interest ................. 0 0 0 0 0
Surrenders, Withdrawals and
Death Benefits .................................... 0 0 0 0 0
Net Transfers From (To) Other Subaccounts
or Fixed Rate Option .............................. 6,692 384,483 15,791 70,208 15,638
Withdrawal and Other Charges ........................ (167) (1,845) (278) (795) (377)
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND OTHER
OPERATING TRANSFERS ................................. 6,579 382,644 19,936 69,438 15,210
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN
NET ASSETS RETAINED IN THE
ACCOUNT [Note 7] .................................... 0 0 0 0 0
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE)
IN NET ASSETS ....................................... 5,667 317,542 18,563 54,571 12,373
NET ASSETS
Beginning of year ................................... 0 0 0 0 0
---------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------
End of year ......................................... $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,571 $ 12,373
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SEE NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON PAGES A14 THROUGH A19
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE
PRUSELECT III VARIABLE LIFE SUBACCOUNTS OF
PRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY VARIABLE APPRECIABLE ACCOUNT
DECEMBER 31, 2000
Note 1: General
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account (the "Account")
was established on January 13, 1984 under New Jersey law as a separate
investment account of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
("Pruco Life of New Jersey") which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Pruco Life Insurance Company (an Arizona domiciled company) and is
indirectly wholly-owned by The Prudential Insurance Company of America
("Prudential"). The assets of the Account are segregated from Pruco
Life of New Jersey's other assets. Proceeds from the purchases of
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Life ("VAL"), Pruco Life
of New Jersey PRUvider Variable Appreciable Life ("PRUvider"),
effective November 10, 1999 Pruco Life of New Jersey PruSelect III
("PSEL III"), effective May 1, 2000 Pruco Life of New Jersey
Survivorship Variable Universal Life ("SVUL") and effective February
12, 2001 Pruco Life of New Jersey PruLife Custom Premier ("VUL")
contracts are invested in the Account.
The Account is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended, as a unit investment trust. There are forty-one subaccounts
within the Account, thirty-two of which are available to PSELIII
contract owners. Each subaccount invests only in its corresponding
portfolio of The Prudential Series Fund, Inc. (the "Series Fund") or
its corresponding non-Prudential administered fund as shown in Note 3.
The Series Fund is a diversified open-end management investment
company, and is managed by Prudential.
Effective October 16, 2000, the following seventeen subaccounts became
available to PruSelect III contract owners: Franklin Small Cap Fund -
Class 2, American Century VP Income and Growth Fund, SP Alliance Large
Cap Growth Portfolio, SP Davis Value Portfolio, MidCap Stock
Portfolio, Small Cap Portfolio, SP Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio, CORE
Small Cap Equity Fund, VIF - Utilities Fund, VIF - Technology Fund, SP
INVESCO Small Company Growth Portfolio, Janus Aspen Aggressive Growth
Portfolio - Service Shares, Janus Aspen Balanced Portfolio - Service
Shares, Oppenheimer Aggressive Growth Fund/VA - Service Shares, SP
PIMCO Total Return Portfolio, SP PIMCO High Yield Portfolio and Janus
Aspen International Growth Portfolio - Service Shares.
New sales of the VAL product, which invests in the Account, were
discontinued as of May 1, 1992. However, premium payments made by the
contract owners existing at that date will continue to be received by
the Account.
At December 31, 2000, there were no balances pertaining to PruSelect
III in the subaccounts investing in the Series Fund or the
non-Prudential administered funds.
Note 2: Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying financial statements are prepared in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
("GAAP"). The preparation of the financial statements in conformity
with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could
differ from those estimates.
Investments--The investments in shares of the Series Fund or the
non-Prudential administered funds are stated at the net asset value of
the respective portfolio.
Security Transactions--Realized gains and losses on security
transactions are reported on an average cost basis. Purchase and sale
transactions are recorded as of the trade date of the security being
purchased or sold.
Distributions Received--Dividend and capital gain distributions
received are reinvested in additional shares of the Series Fund or the
non-Prudential administered funds and are recorded on the ex-dividend
date.
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Note 3: Investment Information for the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable
Appreciable Account
The net asset value per share for each portfolio of the Series Fund or
the non-Prudential administered funds, the number of shares (rounded)
of each portfolio held by the Account and the aggregate cost of
investments in such shares at December 31, 2000 were as follows:
Prudential Prudential Prudential Prudential
Money Diversified Prudential Flexible Conservative
Market Bond Equity Managed Balanced
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Number of shares (rounded): 738,718 2,170,960 7,042,378 13,726,975 7,339,121
Net asset value per share: $ 10.00 $ 11.28 $ 24.50 $ 16.53 $ 14.63
Cost: $ 7,387,175 $23,368,523 $158,202,254 $ 221,118,793 $104,433,497
Prudential Prudential
High Yield Stock Prudential Prudential Prudential
Bond Index Value Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Number of shares (rounded): 4,630,864 2,283,875 631,039 2,992,660 1,326,918
Net asset value per share: $ 6.14 $ 38.66 $ 20.46 $ 23.61 $ 22.97
Cost: $34,852,137 $75,647,014 $ 11,678,657 $ 59,822,865 $ 35,029,017
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
----------- ----------- ------------ ------------- ------------
Number of shares (rounded): 376 11,631 701 1,892 585
Net asset value per share: $ 15.07 $ 27.30 $ 26.48 $ 28.85 $ 21.14
Cost: $ 5,932 $ 395,687 $ 19,916 $ 68,892 $ 15,103
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Note 4: Contract Owner Unit Information
Outstanding contract owner units (rounded), unit values and total
value of contract owner equity at December 31, 2000 were as follows:
SUBACCOUNTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential Prudential Prudential
Money Diversified Prudential Flexible Conservative
Market Bond Equity Managed Balanced
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(VAL - rounded) ................... 3,364,036 7,496,498 20,814,168 42,473,724 23,902,940
Unit Value (VAL) .................... $ 2.12421 $ 3.26626 $ 8.28558 $ 5.01132 $ 4.10255
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (VAL) ......... $ 7,145,918 $ 24,485,512 $ 172,457,454 $ 212,849,424 $ 98,063,006
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PRUvider - rounded) .............. N/A N/A N/A 4,109,419 3,241,273
Unit Value (PRUvider) ............... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ 3.41846 $ 2.86910
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PRUvider) .... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ 14,047,885 $ 9,299,537
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PSEL III - rounded) .............. 0 0 0 0 0
Unit Value (PSEL III) ............... $ 1.06851 $ 1.08844 $ 1.08522 $ 1.01972 $ 1.02014
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PSEL III) .... $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(SVUL - rounded) .................. 233,010 2,670 76,084 9,665 8,829
Unit Value (SVUL) ................... $ 1.03539 $ 1.09365 $ 1.06210 $ 0.99186 $ 0.99713
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (SVUL) ........ $ 241,257 $ 2,921 $ 80,809 $ 9,586 $ 8,804
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
TOTAL CONTRACT OWNER EQUITY ......... $ 7,387,175 $ 24,488,433 $ 172,538,264 $ 226,906,896 $ 107,371,347
============== ============= ============== ============== ==============
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
High Yield Stock Prudential Prudential Prudential
Bond Index Value Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(VAL - rounded) ................... 12,507,955 15,710,458 2,380,915 33,331,216 10,256,402
Unit Value (VAL) .................... $ 2.27300 $ 5.60876 $ 5.40997 $ 2.11852 $ 2.95904
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (VAL) ......... $ 28,430,582 $ 88,116,188 $ 12,880,679 $ 70,612,847 $ 30,349,103
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PRUvider - rounded) .............. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Unit Value (PRUvider) ............... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PRUvider) .... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PSEL III - rounded) .............. 0 0 0 0 0
Unit Value (PSEL III) ............... $ 0.93826 $ 0.97781 $ 1.24018 $ 0.99200 $ 0.95689
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PSEL III) .... $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(SVUL - rounded) .................. 3,138 193,029 25,519 52,671 162,863
Unit Value (SVUL) ................... $ 0.93083 $ 0.92422 $ 1.19069 $ 0.83244 $ 0.79943
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (SVUL) ........ $ 2,921 $ 178,401 $ 30,385 $ 43,845 $ 130,197
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
TOTAL CONTRACT OWNER EQUITY ......... $ 28,433,502 $ 88,294,590 $ 12,911,064 $ 70,656,692 $ 30,479,300
============== ============= ============== ============== ==============
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Note 4: Contract Owner Unit Information (Continued)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(VAL - rounded) ................... N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Unit Value (VAL) .................... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (VAL) ......... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PRUvider - rounded) .............. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Unit Value (PRUvider) ............... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PRUvider) .... $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A $ N/A
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(PSEL III - rounded) .............. 0 0 0 0 0
Unit Value (PSEL III) ............... $ 0.96637 $ 0.93973 $ 0.96847 $ 1.11880 $ 0.83098
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (PSEL III) .... $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Units Outstanding
(SVUL - rounded) .................. 6,512 380,363 22,170 65,931 14,530
Unit Value (SVUL) ................... $ 0.87025 $ 0.83484 $ 0.83731 $ 0.82771 $ 0.85157
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Contract Owner Equity (SVUL) ........ $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,571 $ 12,373
-------------- ------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
TOTAL CONTRACT OWNER EQUITY ......... $ 5,667 $ 317,542 $ 18,563 $ 54,571 $ 12,373
============== ============= ============== ============== ==============
Note 5: Charges and Expenses
A. Mortality Risk and Expense Risk Charges
The mortality risk and expense risk charges, at an effective
annual rate of up to 0.60%, 0.90%, 0.50%, 0.90% and 0.45% are
applied daily against the net assets representing equity of VAL,
PRUvider, PruSelect III, SVUL and VUL contract owners held in
each subaccount, respectively. Mortality risk is that contract
owners may not live as long as estimated and expense risk is that
the cost of issuing and administering the policies may exceed
related charges by Pruco Life of New Jersey. Pruco Life of New
Jersey currently intends to charge only 0.25% on PruSelect III
contracts but reserves the right to make the full 0.50% charge.
For VUL contracts Pruco Life of New Jersey intends to charge only
0.25% but reserves the right to charge 0.45%.
B. Deferred Sales Charge
A deferred sales charge is imposed upon surrenders of certain
VAL, PRUvider, SVUL and VUL contracts to compensate Pruco Life of
New Jersey for sales and other marketing expenses. The amount of
any sales charge will depend on the number of years that have
elapsed since the contract was issued. No sales charge will be
imposed after the tenth year of the contract. No sales charge
will be imposed on death benefits.
C. Partial Withdrawal Charge
A charge is imposed by Pruco Life of New Jersey on partial
withdrawals of the cash surrender value. A charge equal to the
lesser of $15 or 2% and $25 or 2% will be made in connection with
each partial withdrawal of the cash surrender value of a VAL or
PRUvider contract and PruSelect III, SVUL or VUL contract,
respectively.
D. Expense Reimbursement
The Account is reimbursed by Pruco Life of New Jersey for
expenses in excess of 0.40% of the VAL product's average daily
net assets incurred by the Money Market, Diversified Bond,
Equity, Flexible Managed and Conservative Balanced Portfolios of
the Series Fund.
E. Cost of Insurance and Other Related Charges
Contract owner contributions are subject to certain deductions
prior to being invested in the Account. The deductions are for
(1) transaction costs which are deducted from each premium
payment to cover premium collection and processing costs; (2)
state premium taxes; (3) sales charges which are deducted in
order to compensate Pruco Life of New Jersey for the cost of
selling the contract. Contracts are also subject to monthly
charges for the costs of administering the contract and to
compensate Pruco Life of New Jersey for the guaranteed minimum
death benefit risk.
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Note 6: Taxes
Pruco Life is taxed as a "life insurance company" as defined by the
Internal Revenue Code. The results of operations of the Account form a
part of Prudential's consolidated federal tax return. Under current
federal law, no federal income taxes are payable by the Account. As
such, no provision for tax liability has been recorded in these
financial statements.
Note 7: Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Retained in the Account
The increase (decrease) in net assets retained in the Account
represents the net contributions (withdrawals) of Pruco Life of New
Jersey to (from) the Account. Effective October 13, 1998, Pruco Life
of New Jersey no longer maintains a position in the Account.
Previously, Pruco Life of New Jersey maintained a position in the
Account for liquidity purposes including unit purchases and
redemptions, fund share transactions and expense processing.
Note 8: Unit Activity
Transactions in units (including transfers among subaccounts) for the
years ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 were as follows:
SUBACCOUNTS
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Money Market Diversified Bond
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 1,942,266 1,394,252 1,651,137 683,886 1,817,938 3,461,354
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (2,035,300) (1,583,513) (1,575,664) (981,340) (2,374,019) (3,523,454)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Equity Flexible Managed
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 1,560,425 1,053,096 4,007,348 4,041,146 2,928,417 16,398,289
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (4,722,060) (3,213,126) (5,431,230) (6,990,317) (6,981,728) (51,572,419)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Conservative Balanced High Yield Bond
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 2,331,679 2,742,649 3,568,780 265,372 10,923,909 33,003,985
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (4,008,763) (5,207,302) (4,841,159) (680,602) (12,518,142) (21,070,995)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Stock Index Value
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 3,205,888 10,650,541 25,612,492 310,937 214,150 724,545
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (910,208) (12,168,789) (14,154,931) (430,110) (494,521) (492,449)
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Note 8: Unit Activity (Continued)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Prudential Prudential
Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio
----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------
2000 1999 1998 2000 1999 1998
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ---------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 1,770,930 31,717,854 84,626,033 4,440,077 4,934,733 1,808,411
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (1,120,283) (35,712,959) (53,280,086) (1,064,529) (810,425) (520,419)
SUBACCOUNTS (Continued)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ----------
2000 2000 2000 2000 2000
---------- ---------- ---------- -------- ----------
Contract Owner
Contributions: 21,479 382,505 22,488 68,452 14,932
Contract Owner
Redemptions: (14,967) (2,142) (318) (2,521) (402)
Note 9: Purchases and Sales of Investments
The aggregate costs of purchases and proceeds from sales of
investments in the Series Fund and the non-Prudential administered
funds for the year ended December 31, 2000 were as follows:
Prudential Prudential Prudential Prudential
Money Diversified Prudential Flexible Conservative
Market Bond Equity Managed Balanced
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchases ............................. $ 2,366,155 $ 883,859 $ 266,466 $ 1,148,066 $ 676,862
Sales ................................. $ (2,881,655) $ (1,911,559) $(27,124,900) $(17,253,969) $ (8,182,482)
Prudential Prudential
High Yield Stock Prudential Prudential Prudential
Bond Index Value Global Jennison
Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio Portfolio
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchases ............................. $ 198,855 $ 15,241,068 $ 526,006 $ 3,313,171 $ 12,480,027
Sales ................................. $ (1,385,330) $ (2,476,719) $(1,200,671) $(1,964,302) $ (449,403)
T. Rowe Price MFS
International AIM V.I. Janus Aspen Emerging Franklin
Stock Value Growth Growth Small Cap
Portfolio Fund Portfolio Series Fund
------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
Purchases ............................. $ 19,979 $ 384,474 $ 20,213 $ 71,570 $ 15,585
Sales ................................. $ (13,414) $ (2,787) $ (293) $ (2,287) $ (432)
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Contract Owners of the
PruSelect III Variable Life Subaccounts of
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
and the Board of Directors of
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets and the related
statements of operations and of changes in net assets present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the subaccounts (Prudential Money
Market Portfolio, Prudential Diversified Bond Portfolio, Prudential Equity
Portfolio, Prudential Flexible Managed Portfolio, Prudential Conservative
Balanced Portfolio, Prudential High Yield Bond Portfolio, Prudential Stock Index
Portfolio, Prudential Value Portfolio, Prudential Global Portfolio, Prudential
Jennison Portfolio, T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio, AIM V.I. Value
Fund, Janus Aspen Growth Portfolio, MFS Emerging Growth Series and Franklin
Small Cap Fund) of the Pruselect III Variable Life Subaccounts of the Pruco Life
of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account at December 31, 2000, and the results
of each of their operations and the changes in each of their net assets for each
of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the management of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey;
our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based
on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America, which require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits, which included confirmation of fund shares owned at December 31, 2000
with the transfer agents of the investee mutual funds, provide a reasonable
basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 30, 2001
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Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
Statements of Financial Position
December 31, 2000 and 1999 (In Thousands)
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2000 1999
---------- ----------
ASSETS
Fixed maturities
Available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost, 2000: $614,858; and
1999: $604,223) $ 612,851 $ 585,271
Held to maturity, at amortized cost (fair value, 2000: $7,259; and
1999: $6,938) 7,470 7,470
Policy loans 152,111 143,815
Short-term investments 28,759 -
Other long-term investments 3,577 2,520
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Total investments 804,768 739,076
Cash and cash equivalents 65,237 27,590
Deferred policy acquisition costs 116,653 129,184
Accrued investment income 13,781 12,492
Receivables from affiliate 22,265 16,231
Other assets 292 474
Separate Account assets 1,805,584 1,827,484
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TOTAL ASSETS $2,828,580 $2,752,531
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Liabilities
Policyholders' account balances $ 434,442 $ 416,492
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities 108,218 104,750
Cash collateral for loaned securities 48,309 17,900
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase 9,754 -
Income taxes payable 29,913 27,829
Other liabilities 8,793 7,107
Separate Account liabilities 1,805,584 1,827,484
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Total liabilities 2,445,013 2,401,562
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Contingencies - (See Footnote 11)
Stockholder's Equity
Common stock, $5 par value;
400,000 shares, authorized;
issued and outstanding at
December 31, 2000 and 1999 2,000 2,000
Paid-in-capital 128,689 125,000
Retained earnings 253,641 230,057
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (763) (6,088)
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Total stockholder's equity 383,567 350,969
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY $2,828,580 $2,752,531
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income
Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 (In Thousands)
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2000 1999 1998
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REVENUES
Premiums $ 5,717 $ 6,742 $ 7,282
Policy charges and fee income 55,231 52,714 53,152
Net investment income 54,524 47,600 47,032
Realized investment (losses) gains, net (1,045) (5,013) 8,446
Asset management fees 8,467 7,407 5,641
Other income 331 386 114
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Total revenues 123,225 109,836 121,667
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BENEFITS AND EXPENSES
Policyholders' benefits 28,201 26,237 30,679
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances 19,326 18,846 19,038
General, administrative and other expenses 39,415 45,065 22,557
-------- -------- --------
Total benefits and expenses 86,942 90,148 72,274
-------- -------- --------
Income from operations before income taxes 36,283 19,688 49,393
-------- -------- --------
Income tax provision 12,699 6,891 17,570
NET INCOME 23,584 12,797 31,823
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Unrealized gains (losses) on securities, net of
reclassification adjustment 5,325 (7,681) (1,363)
-------- -------- --------
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME $ 28,909 $ 5,116 $ 30,460
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
Statements of Changes in Stockholder's Equity
Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 (In Thousands)
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Accumulated
other Total
Common Paid-in- Retained comprehensive stockholder's
stock capital earnings income (loss) equity
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Balance, December 31, 1997 $2,000 $125,000 $185,437 $ 2,956 $315,393
Net income - - 31,823 - 31,823
Change in net unrealized
investment (losses) gains,
net of reclassification
and taxes - - - (1,363) (1,363)
------ -------- -------- ------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1998 2,000 125,000 217,260 1,593 345,853
Net income - - 12,797 - 12,797
Change in net unrealized
investment (losses) gains,
net of reclassification
and taxes - - - (7,681) (7,681)
------ -------- -------- ------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1999 2,000 125,000 230,057 (6,088) 350,969
Contribution 3,689 3,689
Net income - - 23,584 - 23,584
Change in net unrealized
investment (losses) gains,
net of reclassification
and taxes - - - 5,325 5,325
------ -------- -------- ------- --------
Balance, December 31, 2000 $2,000 $128,689 $253,641 $ (763) $383,567
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Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2000, 1999 and 1998 (In Thousands)
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2000 1999 1998
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net income $ 23,584 $ 12,797 $ 31,823
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
(used in) operating activities:
Policy charges and fee income (9,881) (11,399) (5,180)
Interest credited to policyholders' account balances 19,326 18,846 19,038
Realized investment losses (gains), net 1,045 5,013 (8,446)
Amortization and other non-cash items (9,254) 18,092 2,497
Change in:
Future policy benefits and other policyholders' liabilities 3,468 14,918 5,304
Accrued investment income (1,289) (283) 1,866
Policy loans (8,296) (4,372) (12,137)
Receivable from affiliates (6,034) (19,723) (815)
Deferred policy acquisition costs 12,531 (15,261) (12,298)
Income taxes payable 2,084 2,504 (9,826)
Contribution from parent 3,689 - -
Other, net 1,868 2,523 (8,954)
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities 32,841 23,655 2,872
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from the sale/maturity of:
Fixed maturities:
Available for sale 396,117 702,380 1,001,096
Payments for the purchase of:
Fixed maturities:
Available for sale (411,579) (695,198) (1,029,988)
Held to maturity - (7,470) -
Other long term investments, net (1,058) 99 (854)
Cash collateral for loaned securities, net 30,409 (16,524) 761
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase, net 9,754 (27,210) 27,210
Short term investments, net (28,756) 11,040 6,800
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Cash Flows (Used in) From Investing Activities (5,113) (32,883) 5,025
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Policyholders' account balances:
Deposits 170,978 258,417 298,391
Withdrawals (161,060) (264,373) (298,149)
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Cash Flows From (Used in) Financing Activities 9,918 (5,956) 242
-------- --------- -----------
Net increase (decrease) in Cash and cash equivalents 37,647 (15,184) 8,139
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 27,590 42,774 34,635
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CASH and CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD $ 65,237 $ 27,590 $ 42,774
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SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Income taxes paid $ 13,421 $ 480 $ 27,083
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See Notes to Financial Statements
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1. BUSINESS
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("the Company") is a stock life
insurance company organized in 1982 under the laws of the state of New
Jersey. The Company is licensed to sell individual life insurance, variable
life insurance, variable annuities, and fixed annuities ("the Contracts")
only in the states of New Jersey and New York.
The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pruco Life Insurance Company
("Pruco Life"), a stock life insurance company organized in 1971 under the
laws of the state of Arizona. Pruco Life, in turn, is a wholly owned
subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America ("Prudential"), a
mutual insurance company founded in 1875 under the laws of the state of New
Jersey. Prudential is in the process of reorganizing itself into a publicly
traded stock company through a process known as "demutualization." On
February 10, 1998, Prudential's Board of Directors authorized management to
take the preliminary steps necessary to permit Prudential to demutualize and
become a stock company. On July 1, 1998, legislation was enacted in New
Jersey that would permit this demutualization to occur and that specified the
process of demutualization. On December 15, 2000, Prudential's Board of
Directors unanimously adopted the Plan of Reorganization, which provides the
framework under which Prudential will convert from a mutual structure to
stock ownership. Demutualization is a complex process involving development
of a plan of reorganization, a public hearing, approval by two-thirds of the
qualified policyholders who vote on the plan (with at least one million
qualified policyholders voting) and review and approval by the New Jersey
Commissioner of Banking and Insurance. Prudential is working toward
completing this process in 2001. However, there is no certainty that the
demutualization will be completed in this time frame or that the necessary
approvals will be obtained. It is also possible that after careful review,
Prudential could decide not to demutualize or could decide to delay its
plans.
The Company is engaged in a business that is highly competitive because of
the large number of stock and mutual life insurance companies and other
entities engaged in marketing insurance products, and individual annuities.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
("GAAP"). The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with
Prudential and other affiliates, as more fully described in Footnote 13. Due
to these relationships, it is possible that the terms of these transactions
are not the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly
unrelated parties. All significant intercompany transactions and balances
have been eliminated in consolidation.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires
management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities, in particular deferred policy acquisition costs
("DAC") and future policy benefits, and disclosure of contingent assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from
those estimates.
Investments
Fixed maturities classified as "available for sale" are carried at estimated
fair value. Fixed maturities that the Company has both the intent and ability
to hold to maturity are stated at amortized cost and classified as "held to
maturity". The amortized cost of fixed maturities is written down to
estimated fair value if a decline in value is considered to be other than
temporary. Unrealized gains and losses on fixed maturities "available for
sale", including the effect on deferred policy acquisition costs and
policyholders' account balances that would result from the realization of
unrealized gains and losses, net of income taxes, are included in a separate
component of equity, "Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)."
Policy loans are carried at unpaid principal balances.
Short-term investments, consisting of highly liquid debt instruments other
than those held in "Cash and cash equivalents" with a maturity of twelve
months or less when purchased, are carried at amortized cost, which
approximates fair value.
Realized investment (losses) gains, net are computed using the specific
identification method. Costs of fixed maturity and equity securities are
adjusted for impairments considered to be other than temporary.
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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Cash and cash equivalents
Includes cash on hand, amounts due from banks, money market instruments, and
other debt issues with a maturity of three months or less when purchased.
Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs
The costs that vary with and that are related primarily to the production of
new insurance and annuity business are deferred to the extent that they are
deemed recoverable from future profits. Such costs include certain
commissions, costs of policy issuance and underwriting, and variable field
office expenses. Deferred policy acquisition costs are subject to recognition
testing at the time of policy issue and recoverability and premium defiency
testing at the end of each accounting period. Deferred policy acquisition
costs, for certain products, are adjusted for the impact of unrealized gains
or losses on investments as if these gains or losses had been realized, with
corresponding credits or charges included in "Accumulated other comprehensive
(loss) income."
Policy acquisition costs related to interest-sensitive and variable life
products and certain investment-type products are deferred and amortized over
the expected life of the contracts (periods ranging from 25 to 30 years) in
proportion to estimated gross profits arising principally from investment
results, mortality and expense margins, and surrender charges based on
historical and anticipated future experience, which is updated periodically.
The effect of changes to estimated gross profits on unamortized deferred
acquisition costs is reflected in "General and administrative expenses" in
the period such estimated gross profits are revised.
Prudential and the Company have offered programs under which policyholders,
for a selected product or group of products, can exchange an existing policy
or contract issued by Prudential or the Company for another form of policy or
contract. These transactions are known as internal replacements. If the new
policies have terms that are substantially similar to those of the earlier
policies, the DAC is retained with respect to the new policies and amortized
over the life of the new policies. If the terms of the new policies are not
substantially similar to those of the former policy, the unamortized DAC on
the surrendered policies is immediately charged to expense.
Securities loaned
Securities loaned are treated as financing arrangements and are recorded at
the amount of cash received as collateral. The Company obtains collateral in
an amount equal to 102% and 105% of the fair value of the domestic and
foreign securities, respectively. The Company monitors the market value of
securities loaned on a daily basis with additional collateral obtained as
necessary.
Non-cash collateral received is not reflected in the consolidated statements
of financial position because the debtor typically has the right to redeem
the collateral on short notice. Substantially all of the Company's securities
loaned are with large brokerage firms.
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase are treated as financing
arrangements and are carried at the amounts at which the securities will be
subsequently reacquired, including accrued interest, as specified in the
respective agreements. Assets to be repurchased are the same, or
substantially the same, as the assets transferred and the transferor, through
right of substitution, maintains the right and ability to redeem the
collateral on short notice. The market value of securities to be repurchased
is monitored and additional collateral is obtained, where appropriate, to
protect against credit exposure.
Securities lending and securities repurchase agreements are used to generate
net investment income and facilitate trading activity. These instruments are
short-term in nature (usually 30 days or less). Securities loaned are
collateralized principally by U.S. Government and mortgage-backed securities.
Securities sold under repurchase agreements are collateralized principally by
cash. The carrying amounts of these instruments approximate fair value
because of the relatively short period of time between the origination of the
instruments and their expected realization.
Separate Account Assets and Liabilities
Separate Account assets and liabilities are reported at estimated fair value
and represent segregated funds which are invested for certain policyholders
and other customers. The assets consist of common stocks, fixed maturities,
real estate related securities, and short-term investments. The assets of
each account are legally segregated and are not subject to claims that arise
out of any other business of the Company. Investment risks associated with
market value changes are borne by the customers, except to the extent
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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
of minimum guarantees made by the Company with respect to certain accounts.
The investment income and gains or losses for Separate Accounts generally
accrue to the policyholders and are not included in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income. Mortality, policy
administration and surrender charges on the accounts are included in "Policy
charges and fee income".
Separate Accounts represent funds for which investment income and investment
gains and losses accrue directly to, and investment risk is borne by, the
policyholders, with the exception of the Pruco Life Modified Guaranteed
Annuity Account. The Pruco Life Modified Guaranteed Annuity Account is a
non-unitized Separate Account, which funds the Modified Guaranteed Annuity
Contract and the Market Value Adjustment Annuity Contract. Owners of the
Pruco Life Modified Guaranteed Annuity and the Market Value Adjustment
Annuity Contracts do not participate in the investment gain or loss from
assets relating to such accounts. Such gain or loss is borne, in total, by
the Company.
Insurance Revenue and Expense Recognition
Premiums from insurance policies are generally recognized when due. Benefits
are recorded as an expense when they are incurred. For traditional life
insurance contracts, a liability for future policy benefits is recorded using
the net level premium method. For individual annuities in payout status, a
liability for future policy benefits is recorded for the present value of
expected future payments based on historical experience.
Amounts received as payment for interest-sensitive life, individual annuities
and guaranteed investment contracts are reported as deposits to
"Policyholders' account balances". Revenues from these contracts reflected as
"Policy charges and fee income" consist primarily of fees assessed during the
period against the policyholders' account balances for mortality charges,
policy administration charges and surrender charges. Benefits and expenses
for these products include claims in excess of related account balances,
expenses of contract administration, interest credited and amortization of
deferred policy acquisition costs.
Asset Management Fees
The Company receives asset management fee income from policyholder account
balances invested in The Prudential Series Fund ("PSF"), which are a
portfolio of mutual fund investments related to the Company's Separate
Account products. In addition, the Company receives fees from policyholder
account balances invested in funds managed by companies other than
Prudential. Asset management fees are recognized as income as earned.
Derivative Financial Instruments
Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest
rates, foreign exchange rates, financial indices, or the value of securities
or commodities. Derivative financial instruments used by the Company include
swaps, futures, forwards and option contracts and may be exchange-traded or
contracted in the over-the-counter market. The Company uses derivative
financial instruments to seek to reduce market risk from changes in interest
rates or foreign currency exchange rates and to alter interest rate or
currency exposures arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities.
To qualify for hedge accounting treatment, derivatives must be designated as
hedges for existing assets, liabilities, firm commitments or anticipated
transactions which are identified and probable to occur, and effective in
reducing the market risk to which the Company is exposed. The effectiveness
of the derivatives is evaluated at the inception of the hedge and throughout
the hedge period. All derivatives used by the Company are for other than
trading purposes.
Derivatives held for purposes other than trading are primarily used to seek
to reduce exposure to interest rate and foreign currency risks associated
with assets held or expected to be purchased or sold, and liabilities
incurred or expected to be incurred. Additionally, other than trading
derivatives are used to change the characteristics of the Company's
asset/liability mix as part of the Company's risk management activities.
See Note 10 for a discussion of the accounting treatment of derivatives that
qualify for hedge accounting treatment. If the Company's use of other than
trading derivatives does not meet the criteria to apply hedge accounting, the
derivatives are recorded at fair value in "Other long-term investments" or
"Other liabilities" in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position, and
changes in their fair value are included in "Realized investment
(losses)gains, net" without considering changes in fair value of the hedged
assets or liabilities. Cash flows from other than trading derivatives are
reported in the investing activities section in the Consolidated Statements
of Cash Flows.
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2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Income Taxes
The Company is a member of the consolidated federal income tax return of
Prudential and files separate company state and local tax returns. Pursuant
to the tax allocation arrangement with Prudential, total federal income tax
expense is determined on a separate company basis. Members with losses record
tax benefits to the extent such losses are recognized in the consolidated
federal tax provision. Deferred income taxes are generally recognized, based
on enacted rates, when assets and liabilities have different values for
financial statement and tax reporting purposes. A valuation allowance is
recorded to reduce a deferred tax asset to that portion that is expected to
be realized.
New Accounting Pronouncements
In September 2000, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard ("SFAS") No. 140, "Accounting for
Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities - a replacement of FASB Statement No. 125". The Company is
currently evaluating the effect of adopting the provisions of SFAS No. 140
relating to transfers and extinguishments of liabilities which are effective
for periods occurring after March 31, 2001. The Company has adopted in these
financial statements disclosures about collateral and for recognition and
reclassification of collateral required under the statement for fiscal years
ending after December 15, 2000.
In June 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities" and, in June 2000, SFAS No. 138,
"Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities
- an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133". SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS
No. 138 (collectively "SFAS No. 133"), requires that companies recognize all
derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet and measure
those instruments at fair value. SFAS No. 133 does not apply to most
traditional insurance contracts. However, certain hybrid contracts that
contain features which may affect settlement amounts similarly to derivatives
may require separate accounting for the "host contract" and the underlying
"embedded derivative" provisions. The latter provisions would be accounted
for as derivatives as specified by the statement.
SFAS No. 133 provides, if certain conditions are met, that a derivative may
be specifically designated as (1) a hedge of the exposure to changes in the
fair value of a recognized asset or liability or an unrecognized firm
commitment (fair value hedge), (2) a hedge of the exposure to variable cash
flows of a forecasted transaction (cash flow hedge), or (3) a hedge of the
foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation, an
unrecognized firm commitment, an available-for-sale security or a
foreign-currency-denominated forecasted transaction (foreign currency hedge).
Under SFAS No. 133, the accounting for changes in fair value of a derivative
depends on its intended use and designation. For a fair value hedge, the gain
or loss is recognized in earnings in the period of change together with the
offsetting loss or gain on the hedged item. For a cash flow hedge, the
effective portion of the derivative's gain or loss is initially reported as a
component of other comprehensive income and subsequently reclassified into
earnings when the forecasted transaction affects earnings. For a foreign
currency hedge, the gain or loss is reported in other comprehensive income as
part of the foreign currency translation adjustment. The accounting for a
fair value hedge described above applies to a derivative designated as a
hedge of the foreign currency exposure of an unrecognized firm commitment or
an available-for-sale security. Similarly, the accounting for a cash flow
hedge described above applies to a derivative designated as a hedge of the
foreign currency exposure of a foreign-currency-denominated forecasted
transaction. For all other derivatives not designated as hedging instruments,
the gain or loss is recognized in earnings in the period of change.
The Company adopted SFAS No. 133, as amended, as of January 1, 2001. The
adoption of this statement did not have a material impact on the results of
operations of the Company. As part of the implementation, the Company
reclassified held-to-maturity securities, amounting to approximately $7.5
million at January 1, 2001, to the available-for-sale category. This
reclassification resulted in the recognition of a net unrealized loss of
approximately $.2 million, net of tax, which was recorded as a component of
"Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income" on the implementation date.
In December 1999, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") issued Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 101, " Revenue Recognition in Financial Statements"
("SAB No. 101"). SAB No. 101 provides guidance for revenue recognition and
related disclosure in the financial statements. The Company adopted SAB No.
101, and its related interpretations, as of October 1, 2000. The adoption of
SAB No. 101 did not have a material effect on the Company's financial
position or results of operations.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts in the prior years have been reclassified to conform to the
current year presentation.
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3. INVESTMENTS
Fixed Maturities
The following tables provide additional information relating to fixed
maturities as of December 31:
2000
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Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
Cost Gains Losses Value
-------- ------ ------- --------
(In Thousands)
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and
obligations of U.S. government
corporations and agencies $ 25,050 $ 708 $ 2 $ 25,756
Foreign government bonds 11,181 463 - 11,644
Corporate securities 578,627 7,314 10,490 575,451
Mortgage-backed securities - - - -
-------- ------ ------- --------
Total fixed maturities available for
sale $614,858 $8,485 $10,492 $612,851
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Fixed maturities held to maturity
Corporate securities $ 7,470 $ - $ 211 $ 7,259
-------- ------ ------- --------
Total fixed maturities held to
maturity $ 7,470 $ - $ 211 $ 7,259
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1999
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Gross Gross Estimated
Amortized Unrealized Unrealized Fair
Cost Gains Losses Value
-------- ------ ------- --------
(In Thousands)
Fixed maturities available for sale
U.S. Treasury securities and
obligations of U.S. government
corporations and agencies $ 9,489 $ - $ 63 $ 9,426
Foreign government bonds 5,000 - 68 4,932
Corporate Securities 588,696 681 19,499 569,878
Mortgage-backed securities 1,038 - 3 1,035
-------- ------ ------- --------
Total fixed maturities available for
sale $604,223 $ 681 $19,633 $ 585,271
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Fixed maturities held to maturity
Corporate securities $ 7,470 $ - $ 532 $ 6,938
-------- ------ ------- ---------
Total fixed maturities held to
maturity $ 7,470 $ - $ 532 $ 6,938
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3. INVESTMENTS (continued)
The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturities, by
contractual maturities at December 31, 2000, is shown below:
Available for Sale Held to Maturity
--------------------------- --------------------------
Amortized Estimated Fair Amortized Estimated Fair
Cost Value Cost Value
--------- -------------- --------- --------------
(In Thousands) (In Thousands)
Due in one year or less $ 24,545 $ 24,476 $ - $ -
Due after one year through five years 254,007 254,205 1,000 978
Due after five years through ten years 254,951 253,493 6,470 6,281
Due after ten years 81,356 80,677 - -
--------- -------- ------ ------
Total $ 614,858 $612,851 $7,470 $7,259
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Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers have
the right to call or prepay obligations.
Proceeds from the sale of fixed maturities available for sale during 2000,
1999, and 1998 were $354.4 million, $698.8 million, and $990.7 million,
respectively. Gross gains of $2.2 million, $3.5 million, and $8.8 million,
and gross losses of $5.2 million, $8.0 million, and $1.8 million were
realized on those sales during 2000, 1999, and 1998, respectively. Proceeds
from maturities of fixed maturities available for sale during 2000, 1999, and
1998 were $ 41.7 million, $3.6 million, and $10.4 million, respectively.
During the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, there were no
securities classified as held to maturity that were sold.
Writedowns for impairments which were deemed to be other than temporary for
fixed maturities were $1.3 million, $0 million, and $.6 million for the years
2000, 1999 and 1998, respectively.
Special Deposits
Fixed maturities of $.5 million at both December 31, 2000 and 1999
respectively, were on deposit with governmental authorities or trustees as
required by certain insurance laws.
Investment Income and Investment Gains and Losses
Net investment income arose from the following sources for the years ended
December 31:
2000 1999 1998
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(In Thousands)
Fixed maturities $ 43,972 $ 39,538 $ 39,478
Policy loans 8,053 7,641 7,350
Short-term investments & cash equivalents 5,126 2,516 3,502
Other 1,300 60 (842)
--------- --------- ----------
Gross investment income 58,451 49,755 49,488
Less investment expenses (3,927) (2,155) (2,456)
--------- --------- ----------
Net investment income $ 54,524 $ 47,600 $ 47,032
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3. INVESTMENTS (continued)
Realized investment (losses) gains, net, including charges for other than
temporary reductions in value, for the years ended December 31, were from the
following sources:
2000 1999 1998
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(In Thousands)
Fixed maturities $ (4,324) $ (4,616) $ 6,360
Derivatives 2,924 (412) 2,076
Other 355 15 10
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Realized investment (losses) gains, net $ (1,045) $ (5,013) $ 8,446
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Securities Pledged to Creditors
The Company pledges investment securities it owns to unaffiliated parties
through certain transactions including securities lending, securities sold
under agreements to repurchase, and futures contracts. At December 31, 2000,
the carrying value of fixed maturities available for sale pledged to third
parties as reported in the Statements of Financial Position are $57.3
million.
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3. INVESTMENTS (continued)
Net Unrealized Investment (Losses) Gains
Net unrealized investment (losses) gains on fixed maturities available for
sale are included in the Statements of Financial Position as a component of
"Accumulated other comprehensive income". Changes in these amounts include
adjustments to exclude from "Other comprehensive income (loss)" those items
that are included as part of "net income" for a period that also had been
part of "Other comprehensive income (loss)" in earlier periods. The amounts
for the years ended December 31, net of tax, are as follows:
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income (loss)
Deferred Deferred related to net
Unrealized policy Policyholders' income tax unrealized
gains (losses) acquisition Account (liability) investment
on investments costs Balances benefit gains (losses)
-------------- ----------- -------------- ----------- ------------------
Balance, December 31, 1997 $ 7,252 $ (3,379) $ 849 $ (1,766) $ 2,956
Net investment gains on investments
arising during the period 4,966 (1,662) 3,304
Reclassification adjustment for
(losses) included in net income (6,985) 2,338 (4,647)
Impact of net unrealized investment
(losses) on deferred policy
acquisition costs (166) 58 (108)
Impact of net unrealized investment
gains on policyholders' account balances 138 (50) 88
--------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1998 $ 5,233 $ (3,545) $ 987 $ (1,082) $ 1,593
Net investment (losses) on investments
arising during the period (28,794) 10,366 (18,428)
Reclassification adjustment for gains
included in net income 4,610 (1,660) 2,950
Impact of net unrealized investment
gains on deferred policy acquisition
costs 14,681 (5,285) 9,396
Impact of net unrealized investment
(losses) on policyholders' account
balances (2,499) 900 (1,599)
--------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance, December 31, 1999 $ (18,951) $ 11,136 $ (1,512) $ 3,239 $ (6,088)
Net investment gains (losses) on
investments arising during the period 12,620 (4,454) 8,166
Reclassification adjustment for gains
included in net income 4,324 (1,526) 2,798
Impact of net unrealized investment
(losses) on deferred policy acquisition
costs (10,161) 3,658 (6,503)
Impact of net unrealized investment
gains on policyholders' account
balances 1,350 (486) 864
--------- -------- -------- -------- --------
Balance, December 31, 2000 $ (2,007) $ 975 $ (162) $ 431 $ (763)
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4. DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS
The balance of and changes in deferred policy acquisition costs for the year
ended December 31, are as follows:
2000 1999
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(In Thousands)
Balance, beginning of year $ 129,184 $ 113,923
Capitalization of commissions, sales
and issue expenses 10,638 13,439
Amortization (13,008) (12,859)
Change in unrealized investment losses (10,161) 14,681
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Balance, end of year $ 116,653 $ 129,184
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5. POLICYHOLDERS' LIABILITIES
Future policy benefits and other policyholder liabilities at December 31 are
as follows:
2000 1999
-------- --------
(In Thousands)
Life insurance $103,557 $100,686
Annuities 4,661 4,064
-------- --------
$108,218 $104,750
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Life insurance liabilities include reserves for death benefits. Annuity
liabilities include reserves for annuities that are in payout status.
The following table highlights the key assumptions generally utilized in
calculating these reserves:
Product Mortality Interest Rate Estimation Method
------------------ -------------------------------- ----------------- --------------------------
Life insurance Generally rates 2.5% to 7.5% Net level premium based
variable and guaranteed in calculating on non-forfeiture
interest-sensitive cash surrender values interest rate
Life insurance - Best estimate plus a provision 6.75% Net level premium plus a
term insurance for adverse deviation provision for adverse
deviation.
Individual Mortality table varies based on 6.25% to 8.75% Present value of
annuities the issue year of the contract. expected future
Current table (for 1998 & later payment based on
issues) is the Annuity 2000 historical experience
Mortality Table with certain
modifications
Policyholders' account balances at December 31, are as follows:
2000 1999
-------- --------
(In Thousands)
Interest-sensitive life contracts $332,761 $323,798
Individual annuities 101,681 92,694
-------- --------
$434,442 $416,492
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5. POLICYHOLDERS' LIABILITIES (continued)
Policyholders' account balances for interest-sensitive life and individual
annuities are equal to policy account values plus unearned premiums. The
policy account values represent an accumulation of gross premium payments
plus credited interest less withdrawals, expenses, mortality charges.
Certain contract provisions that determine the policyholder account balances
are as follows:
Product Interest Rate Withdrawal / Surrender Charges
--------------------------------- ------------- -------------------------------
Interest sensitive life contracts 4.0% to 6.5% Various up to 10 years
Individual annuities 3.0% to 6.0% 0% to 7% for up to 7 years
6. REINSURANCE
The Company participates in reinsurance with Prudential and other companies,
in order to provide greater diversification of business, provide additional
capacity for future growth and limit the maximum net loss potential arising
from large risks. Reinsurance ceded arrangements do not discharge the Company
or the insurance subsidiaries as the primary insurer. Ceded balances would
represent a liability of the Company in the event the reinsurers were unable
to meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance
agreements. The likelihood of a material reinsurance liability reassumed by
the Company is considered to be remote.
Reinsurance amounts included in the Statement of Operations and Comprehensive
Income for the year ended December 31 are below.
2000 1999 1998
------ ------ ------
(In Thousands)
Reinsurance premiums ceded - affiliated $ (19) $ (17) $ (28)
Reinsurance premiums ceded - unaffiliated $(445) $ 0 $ 0
Policyholders' benefits ceded $ 110 $ 0 $ 0
Reinsurance recoverables, included in "Other assets" in the Company's
Statements of Financial Position, at December 31 were as follows:
2000 1999
----- ----
(In Thousands)
Life insurance - affiliated $ 369 $ 16
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7. INCOME TAXES
The components of income taxes for the years ended December 31, are as
follows:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
(In Thousands)
Current tax expense (benefit):
U.S $ 15,365 $ 6,769 $ 14,786
State and local -- 178 523
-------- -------- --------
Total 15,365 6,947 15,309
-------- -------- --------
Deferred tax expense (benefit):
U.S (3,211) (54) 2,198
State and local 545 (2) 63
-------- -------- --------
Total (2,666) (56) 2,261
-------- -------- --------
Total income tax expense $ 12,699 $ 6,891 $ 17,570
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The income tax expense for the years ended December 31, differs from the
amount computed by applying the expected federal income tax rate of 35% to
income from operations before income taxes for the following reasons:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
(In Thousands)
Expected federal income tax expense $ 12,699 $ 6,891 $ 17,288
State and local income taxes 354 115 381
Dividends received deduction (843) (878) (500)
Other 489 763 401
-------- -------- --------
Total income tax expense $ 12,699 $ 6,891 $ 17,570
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Deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, resulted from the items
listed in the following table:
2000 1999
------- -------
(In Thousands)
Deferred tax assets
Insurance reserves $16,515 $ 9,711
Net unrealized losses on securities 723 6,823
Other 1,530 2,083
------- -------
Deferred tax assets $18,768 $18,617
------- -------
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred acquisition costs 35,437 37,174
Net investment gains -- --
Other 3,601 879
------- -------
Deferred tax liabilities 39,038 38,053
------- -------
Net deferred tax liability $20,270 $19,436
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Management believes that based on its historical pattern of taxable income,
the Company and its subsidiaries will produce sufficient income in the future
to realize its deferred tax assets after valuation allowance. Adjustments to
the valuation allowance will be made if there is a change in management's
assessment of the amount of the deferred tax asset that is realizable. At
December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively, the Company and its subsidiaries
had no federal or state operating loss carryforwards for tax purposes.
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7. INCOME TAXES (continued)
The Internal Revenue Service (the "Service") has completed all examinations
of the consolidated federal income tax returns through 1995. The Service has
begun their examination of the 1996 year.
8. STATUTORY NET INCOME AND SURPLUS
Accounting practices used to prepare statutory financial statements for
regulatory purposes differ in certain instances from GAAP. The following
table reconciles the Company's statutory net income and surplus determined in
accordance with accounting practices prescribed or permitted by the New
Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, to net income and equity
determined using GAAP:
2000 1999 1998
-------- -------- --------
(In Thousands)
Statutory net income $ 21,268 $ 20,221 $ 18,704
Adjustments to reconcile to net income on a GAAP basis:
Amortization and capitalization of deferred
acquisition costs (2,370) 580 12,464
Deferred premium 252 (314) 534
Insurance revenues and expenses 1,409 983 (808)
Income taxes 4,633 (139) (2,973)
Valuation of investments 280 (3,199) 5,896
Amortization of IMR (986) (2,089) (2,102)
Asset management fees (1,638) (2,050) --
Other, net 736 (1,196) 108
-------- -------- --------
GAAP net income $ 23,584 $ 12,797 $ 31,823
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2000 1999
--------- ---------
(In Thousands)
Statutory surplus $ 294,313 $ 274,437
Adjustments to reconcile to equity on a GAAP basis:
Valuation of investments 9,232 (9,644)
Deferred acquisition costs 116,653 129,184
Deferred premium (907) (1,159)
Insurance liabilities (19,274) (23,889)
Income Taxes (17,034) (17,977)
Asset management fees -- (2,050)
Other, net 584 2,067
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GAAP stockholder's equity $ 383,567 $ 350,969
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The New York State Insurance Department ("Department") recognizes only
statutory accounting for determining and reporting the financial condition
of an insurance company, for determining its solvency under the New York
Insurance Law and for determining whether its financial condition warrants
the payment of a dividend to its policyholders. No consideration is given
by the Department to financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP
in making such determinations.
In March 1998, the NAIC adopted the Codification of Statutory Accounting
Principles guidance ("Codification"), which replaces the current
Accounting Practices and Procedures manual as the NAIC's primary guidance
on statutory accounting as of January 1, 2001. The Codification provides
guidance for areas where statutory accounting has been silent and changes
current statutory accounting in certain areas. The Company has adopted the
Codification guidance effective January 1, 2001, and has estimated the
potential effect of the Codification guidance to have a favorable impact
of at least $10 million on the Company's surplus position, primarily as a
result of the recognition of deferred tax assets.
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9. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The estimated fair values presented below have been determined using
available market information and by applying valuation methodologies.
Considerable judgment is applied in interpreting data to develop the
estimates of fair value Estimates fair values may not be realized in a
current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or
estimation methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair
values. The following methods and assumptions were used in calculating the
estimated fair values (for all other financial instruments presented in the
table, the carrying value approximates estimated fair value).
Fixed maturities
Estimated fair values for fixed maturities, other than private placement
securities, are based on quoted market prices or estimates from independent
pricing services. Generally, fair values for private placement securities are
estimated using a discounted cash flow model which considers the current
market spreads between the U.S. Treasury yield curve and corporate bond yield
curve, adjusted for the type of issue, its current credit quality and its
remaining average life. The estimated fair value of certain non-performing
private placement securities is based on amounts estimated by management.
Policy loans
The estimated fair value of policy loans is calculated using a discounted
cash flow model based upon current U.S. Treasury rates and historical loan
repayment patterns.
Investment contracts
For individual deferred annuities and other deposit liabilities, fair value
approximates carrying value.
Derivative financial instruments
See note 10 for disclosure of fair value on these instruments.
The following table discloses the carrying amounts and estimated fair values
of the Company's financial instruments at December 31:
2000 1999
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Carrying Estimated Carrying Estimated
Value Fair Value Value Fair Value
---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
(In Thousands)
Financial Assets:
Fixed maturities:
Available for sale $ 612,851 $ 612,851 $ 585,271 $ 585,271
Held to maturity 7,470 7,259 7,470 6,938
Policy loans 152,111 156,786 143,815 136,990
Short-term investments 28,759 28,759 -- --
Cash and cash equivalents 65,237 65,237 27,590 27,590
Separate Accounts assets 1,805,584 1,805,584 1,827,484 1,827,484
Financial Liabilities:
Investment contracts $ 102,255 $ 102,255 $ 93,158 $ 93,158
Cash collateral for loaned
securities 48,309 48,309 17,900 17,900
Securities sold under agreements
to repurchase 9,754 9,754 -- --
Separate Accounts liabilities 1,805,584 1,805,584 1,827,484 1,827,484
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10. DERIVATIVE AND OFF-BALANCE SHEET CREDIT-RELATED INSTRUMENTS
Futures
The Company uses exchange-traded Treasury futures and options to reduce
market risk from changes in interest rates, and to manage the duration of
assets and the duration of liabilities supported by those assets. In
exchange-traded futures transactions, the Company agrees to purchase or sell
a specified number of contracts, the value of which are determined by the
value of designated classes of Treasury securities, and to post variation
margin on a daily basis in an amount equal to the difference in the daily
market values of those contracts The Company enters into exchange-traded
futures and options with regulated futures commissions merchants who are
members of a trading exchange. The fair value of futures and options is based
on market quotes.
Treasury futures move substantially in value as interest rates change and can
be used to either modify or hedge existing interest rate risk. This strategy
protects against the risk that cash flow requirements may necessitate
liquidation of investments at unfavorable prices resulting from increases in
interest rates. This strategy can be a more cost effective way of temporarily
reducing the Company's exposure to a market decline than selling fixed income
securities and purchasing a similar portfolio when such a decline is believed
to be over.
If futures meet hedge accounting criteria, changes in their fair value are
deferred and recognized as an adjustment to the carrying value of the hedged
item. Deferred gains or losses from the hedges for interest-bearing financial
instruments are amortized as a yield adjustment over the remaining lives of
the hedged item. Futures that do not qualify as hedges are carried at fair
value with changes in value reported in current period earnings. The notional
and fair value of futures contracts was $3.6 million and $.1 million at
December 31, 2000, respectively. The notional and fair value of futures
contracts was $46.4 million and $(.6) million at December 31, 1999,
respectively.
Credit Risk
The current credit exposure of the Company's derivative contracts is limited
to the fair value at the reporting date. Credit risk is managed by entering
into transactions with creditworthy counterparties and obtaining collateral
where appropriate and customary. The Company also attempts to minimize its
exposure to credit risk through the use of various credit monitoring
techniques. All of the net credit exposure for the Company from derivative
contracts is with investment-grade counterparties. As of December 31, 2000,
100% of the notional consisted of interest rate derivatives.
11. CONTINGENCIES AND LITIGATION
Prudential and the Company are subject to legal and regulatory actions in the
ordinary course of our businesses, including class actions. Pending legal and
regulatory actions include proceedings relating to aspects of our businesses
and operations that are specific to the Company and Prudential and that are
typical of the businesses in which the Company and Prudential operate. Some
of these proceedings have been brought on behalf of various alleged classes
of complainants. In certain of these matters, the plaintiffs are seeking
large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages.
Beginning in 1995, regulatory authorities and customers brought significant
regulatory actions and civil litigation against the Company and Prudential
involving individual life insurance sales practices. In 1996, Prudential, on
behalf of itself and many of its life insurance subsidiaries including the
Company entered into settlement agreements with relevant insurance regulatory
authorities and plaintiffs in the principal life insurance sales practices
class action lawsuit covering policyholders of individual permanent life
insurance policies issued in the United States from 1982 to 1995. Pursuant to
the settlements, the companies agreed to various changes to their sales and
business practices controls, to a series of fines, and to provide specific
forms of relief to eligible class members. Virtually all claims by class
members filed in connection with the settlements have been resolved and
virtually all aspects of the remediation program have been satisfied. While
the approval of the class action settlement is now final, Prudential and the
Company remain subject to oversight and review by insurance regulators and
other regulatory authorities with respect to its sales practices and the
conduct of the remediation program. The U.S. District Court has also retained
jurisdiction as to all matters relating to the administration, consummation,
enforcement and interpretation of the settlements.
As of December 31, 2000, Prudential and/or the Company remained a party to
approximately 61 individual sales practices actions filed by policyholders
who "opted out" of the class action settlement relating to permanent life
insurance policies issued in the United States between 1982 and 1995. In
addition, there were 48 sales practices actions pending that were filed by
policyholders who were members of the class and who failed to "opt out" of
the class action settlement. Prudential and the Company believe that those
actions are governed by the class settlement release and expect them to be
enjoined and/or dismissed. Additional suits may be filed by class members who
"opted out" of the class settlements or who failed to "opt out" but
nevertheless seek to proceed against Prudential and/or the Company. A number
of the plaintiffs in these cases seek large and/or indeterminate amounts,
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11. CONTINGENCIES AND LITIGATION (continued)
including punitive or exemplary damages. Some of these actions are brought on
behalf of multiple plaintiffs. It is possible that substantial punitive
damages might be awarded in any of these actions and particularly in an
action involving multiple plaintiffs.
Prudential has indemnified the Company for any liabilities incurred in
connection with sales practices litigation covering policyholders of
individual permanent life insurance policies issued in the United States from
1982 to 1995.
The balance of the Company's litigation is subject to many uncertainties, and
given the complexity and scope, the outcomes cannot be predicted. 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 effected by an
ultimate unfavorable resolution of pending litigation and regulatory matters.
Management believes, however, that the ultimate outcome of all pending
litigation and regulatory matters, should not have a material adverse effect
on the Company's financial position.
12. DIVIDENDS
The Company is subject to New Jersey law which requires any shareholder
dividend or distribution must be filed with the New Jersey Commissioner of
Insurance. Cash dividends may only be paid out of earned surplus derived from
realized net profits.
13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Company has extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential and
other affiliates. It is possible that the terms of these transactions are not
the same as those that would result from transactions among wholly unrelated
parties.
Expense Charges and Allocations
All of the Company's expenses are allocations or charges from Prudential or
other affiliates. These expenses can be grouped into the following
categories: general and administrative expenses, retail distribution expenses
and asset management fees.
The Company's general and administrative expenses are charged to the Company
using allocation methodologies based on business processes. Management
believes that the methodology is reasonable and reflects costs incurred by
Prudential to process transactions on behalf of the Company. Prudential and
the Company operate under service and lease agreements whereby services of
officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space are
provided by Prudential.
The Company is allocated estimated distribution expenses from Prudential's
retail agency network for both its domestic life and annuity products. The
Company has capitalized the majority of these distribution expenses as
deferred policy acquisition costs. Beginning April 1, 2000, Prudential and
the Company agreed to revise the estimate of allocated distribution expenses
to reflect a market based pricing arrangement.
In accordance with a profit sharing agreement with Prudential, the Company
receives fee income from policyholder account balances invested in the
Prudential Series Funds ("PSF"). These revenues are recorded as "Asset
management fees" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and
Comprehensive Income. The Company is charged an asset management fee by
Prudential Global Asset Management ("PGAM") and Jennison Associates LLC
("Jennison") for managing the PSF portfolio. These expenses are a component
of general, administrative and other expenses.
On September 29, 2000, the Board of Directors for the Prudential Series Fund,
Inc. ("PSFI") adopted resolutions to terminate the existing management
agreement between PSFI and Prudential, and has appointed another subsidiary
of Prudential as the fund manager for PSF. The change was approved by the
shareholders of the PSFI during early 2001 and effective January 1,2001, the
Company will no longer receives fees associated with the PSF. In addition,
the Company will no longer incur the asset management expense from PGAM and
Jennison associated with the PSF.
Corporate Owned Life Insurance
The Company has sold a Corporate Owned Life Insurance ("COLI") policy to
Prudential. The cash surrender value included in Separate Accounts was $182.4
million and $199.0 million at December 31, 2000 and December 31, 1999,
respectively.
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13. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)
Reinsurance
The Company currently has a reinsurance agreement in place with Prudential
("the reinsurer"). The reinsurance agreement is a yearly renewable term
agreement in which the Company may offer and the reinsurer may accept
reinsurance on any life in excess of the Company's maximum limit of
retention. The Company is not relieved of its primary obligation to the
policyholder as a result of these reinsurance transactions. These agreements
had no material effect on net income for the years ended December 31, 2000,
1999, and 1998.
Debt Agreements
In July 1998, the Company established a revolving line of credit facility
with Prudential Funding LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential. There
is no outstanding debt relating to this credit facility as of December 31,
2000.
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Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Directors and Stockholder of
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of financial position and the
related statements of operations and comprehensive income, of changes in
stockholder's equity and of cash flows present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New
Jersey (an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Prudential Insurance
Company of America) at December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended
December 31, 2000, in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management; our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted
our audits of these statements in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America, which require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 13, 2001
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PRUSELECT(SM) III
Variable Life
Insurance
[GRAPHIC] Prudential
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-2992
Telephone 800 286-7754
CVUL - 3NJ Ed. 5/2001
PART II
OTHER INFORMATION
UNDERTAKING TO FILE REPORTS
Subject to the terms and conditions of Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission such supplementary and periodic information,
documents, and reports as may be prescribed by any rule or regulation of the
Commission heretofore or hereafter duly adopted pursuant to authority conferred
in that section.
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO CHARGES
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("Pruco Life of New Jersey")
represents that the fees and charges deducted under the Variable Universal Life
Insurance Contracts registered by this registration statement, in the aggregate,
are reasonable in relation to the services rendered, the expenses expected to be
incurred, and the risks assumed by Pruco Life of New Jersey.
UNDERTAKING WITH RESPECT TO INDEMNIFICATION
The Registrant, in connection with certain affiliates, maintains various
insurance coverages under which the underwriter and certain affiliated persons
may be insured against liability which may be incurred in such capacity, subject
to the terms, conditions, and exclusions of the insurance policies.
New Jersey, being the state of organization of Pruco Life of New Jersey, permits
entities organized under its jurisdiction to indemnify directors and officers
with certain limitations. The relevant provisions of New Jersey law permitting
indemnification can be found in Section 14A:3-5 of the New Jersey Statutes
Annotated. The text of Pruco Life of New Jersey's By-law, Article V, which
relates to indemnification of officers and directors, is filed as Exhibit
1.A.(6)(c) to this registration statement.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 (the "Act") may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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CONTENTS OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT
This Registration Statement comprises the following papers and documents:
The facing sheet.
Cross-reference to items required by Form N-8B-2.
The prospectus consisting of 93 pages.
The undertaking to file reports.
The representation with respect to charges.
The undertaking with respect to indemnification.
The signatures.
Written consents of the following persons:
1. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
2. Clifford E. Kirsch, Esq.
3. Nancy D. Davis, FSA, MAAA
The following exhibits:
1. The following exhibits correspond to those required by paragraph A of
the instructions as to exhibits in Form N-B-2:
A. (1) (a) Resolution of Board of Directors of Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey establishing the Pruco
Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account. (Note
4)
(b) Amendment of Separate Account Resolution. (Note 6)
(2) Not Applicable.
(3) Distributing Contracts:
(a) Distribution Agreement between Pruco Securities
Corporation and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New
Jersey. (Note 4)
(b) Proposed form of Agreement between Pruco Securities
Corporation and independent brokers with respect to the
Sale of the Contracts. (Note 6)
(c) Schedule of Sales Commissions. (Note 7)
(d) Participation Agreements and Amendments:
(i) (a) AIM Variable Insurance Funds, Inc. (Note 6)
(b) Amendment to the AIM Variable Insurance
Funds, Inc. Participation Agreement.
(Note 7)
(ii) (a) American Century Variable Portfolios, Inc.
(Note 6)
(b) Amendment to the American Century Variable
Insurance Funds, Inc. Participation
Agreement. (Note 10)
(iii) (a) Dreyfus Variable Investment Fund. (Note 10)
(b) Amendment to the Dreyfus Variable
Investment Fund Participation Agreement.
(Note 10)
(iv) (a) Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance
Products Trust. (Note 9)
(b) Amendment to the Franklin Templeton
Variable Insurance Products Trust
Participation Agreement. (Note 10)
(v) (a) Goldman Sachs Variable Insurance Trust.
(Note 10)
(vi) (a) INVESCO Variable Investment Funds, Inc.
(Note 10)
(vii) (a) Janus Aspen Series. (Note 10)
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(viii)(a) MFS Variable Insurance Trust. (Note 6)
(b) Amendment to the MFS Variable Insurance
Trust Participation Agreement. (Note 7)
(ix) (a) Oppenheimer Variable Account Funds.
(Note 10)
(x) (a) T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc.
(Note 6)
(b) Amendment to the T. Rowe Price
International Series, Inc. Participation
Agreement. (Note 7)
(4) Not Applicable.
(5) Variable Universal Life Insurance Contract. (Note 6)
(6) (a) Articles of Incorporation of Pruco Life Insurance
Company of New Jersey, as amended March 11, 1983. (Note
4)
(b) Certificate of Amendment of the Articles of
Incorporation of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New
Jersey, February 12, 1998. (Note 5)
(c) By-laws of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey,
as amended August 4, 1999. (Note 6)
(7) Not Applicable.
(8) Not Applicable.
(9) Not Applicable.
(10) (a) New Jersey Application Form for Variable Universal Life
Insurance Contract. (Note 6)
(b) Supplement to the Application for Variable Universal
Life Insurance Contract. (Note 6)
(11) Not Applicable.
(12) Memorandum describing Pruco Life Insurance Company of New
Jersey's issuance, transfer, and redemption procedures for
the Contracts pursuant to Rule 6e-3(T)(b)(12)(iii). (Note 6)
(13) (a) Rider for Flexible Term Insurance Benefit. (Note 6)
(b) Endorsement for new PS III Contract issued as a result
of exchange of insureds. (Note 8)
(c) Endorsement for new PS III Contract issued as a result
of exchange of PS I or PS II Contracts. (Note 8)
(d) Endorsement defining Active Investment Option at issue.
(Note 10)
(e) Endorsement defining Active Investment Option post
issue. (Note 10)
2. See Exhibit 1.A.(5).
3. Opinion and Consent of Clifford E. Kirsch, Esq., as to the legality of
the securities being registered. (Note 1)
4. None.
5. Not Applicable.
6. Opinion and Consent of Nancy D. Davis, FSA, MAAA, as to actuarial
matters pertaining to the securities being registered. (Note 1)
7. Powers of Attorney.
(a) Ira J. Kleinman, Esther H. Milnes, William J. Eckert, IV, David
R. Odenath, Jr. I. Edward Price (Note 2)
(b) James J. Avery, Jr. (Note 3)
(c) Ronald P. Joelson (Note 11)
(Note 1) Filed herewith.
(Note 2) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1,
Registration No. 333-49334, filed February 8, 2001 on behalf of
the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 3) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 10 to
Form S-1, Registration No. 33-20018, filed April 9, 1998 on
behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real
Property Account.
(Note 4) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 26 to
Form S-6, Registration No. 2-89780, filed April 28, 1997 on
behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable
Account.
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(Note 5) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 12 to
Form S-1, Registration No. 33-20018, filed April 19, 1999 on
behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Contract Real
Property Account.
(Note 6) Incorporated by reference to Registrant's Form S-6, filed August
13, 1999.
(Note 7) Incorporated by reference to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
this Registration Statement, filed November 3, 1999.
(Note 8) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to
this Registration Statement, filed April 26, 2000.
(Note 9) Incorporated by reference to Form S-6, Registration No.
333-94115, filed January 5, 2000 on behalf of the Pruco Life of
New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account.
(Note 10) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to
this Registration Statement, filed October 13, 2000.
(Note 11) Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 14 to
Form S-1, filed April 10, 2001 on behalf of the Pruco Life of New
Jersey Variable Contract Real Property Account.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant,
Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account, certifies that this
Amendment is filed solely for one or more of the purposes specified in Rule
485(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 and that no material event requiring
disclosure in the prospectus, other than one listed in Rule 485(b)(1), has
occurred since the effective date of the most recent Post-Effective Amendment to
the Registration Statement which included a prospectus and has caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized and its seal hereunto affixed and attested, all in the city of
Newark and the State of New Jersey, on this 24th day of April, 2001.
(Seal) Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account
(Registrant)
By: Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey
(Depositor)
Attest: /s/ Thomas C. Castano By: /s/ Esther H. Milnes
--------------------------------- ----------------------------
Thomas C. Castano Esther H. Milnes
Assistant Secretary President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on this 24th day of April, 2001.
Signature and Title
/s/ *
- -------------------------------------------
Esther H. Milnes
President and Director
/s/ *
- -------------------------------------------
William J. Eckert, IV
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
/s/ *
- -------------------------------------------
James J. Avery, Jr.
Director
/s/* *By: /s/ Thomas C. Castano
- ------------------------------------------- --------------------------
Ronald P. Joelson Thomas C. Castano
Director (Attorney-in-Fact)
/s/*
- -------------------------------------------
Ira J. Kleinman
Director
/s/*
- -------------------------------------------
David R. Odenath, Jr.
Director
/s/ *
- -------------------------------------------
I. Edward Price
Director
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Consent of Independent Accountants
We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Post-Effective Amendment to the registration statement on Form S-6 (the
"Registration Statement") of our report dated March 30, 2001, relating to the
financial statements of the Pruselect III Variable Life Subaccounts of Pruco
Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account, which appears in such
Prospectus.
We also consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting part of this
Registration Statement of our report dated March 13, 2001, relating to the
financial statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, which
appears in such Prospectus.
We also consent to the references to us under the heading "Experts" in the
Prospectus.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
April 23, 2001
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent Page II-6
accountants.
3. Opinion and Consent of Clifford E. Kirsch, Esq., as to Page II-
the legality of the securities being registered.
6. Opinion and Consent of Nancy D. Davis, FSA, MAAA, as to Page II-
actuarial matters pertaining to the securities being
registered.
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