Exhibit (23)

            Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 24, 2006 relating to the
financial statements, which appear in Pruco Life Insurance Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


New York, New York
April 17, 2006