Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 15th day of
October, 2009.

/s/James J. Avery
James J. Avery
Director
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on her
behalf to sign her name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 15th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Helen M. Galt
Helen M. Galt
Director
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 19th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Bernard J. Jacob
Bernard J. Jacob
Director and Treasurer
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 14th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Scott D. Kaplan
Scott D. Kaplan
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 14th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Stephen Pelletier
Stephen Pelletier
Director
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 14th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Tucker I. Marr
Tucker I. Marr
Chief Accounting Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below
does hereby make, constitute and appoint each of Joseph D. Emanuel, Thomas C.
Castano, C. Christopher Sprague, Lynn K. Stone, and Thomas S. Clark, as his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with all power and authority on his
behalf to sign his name, in any and all capabilities, on Forms N-4 and S-3
registration statements of Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life
Insurance Company of New Jersey pertaining to new variable annuity products
which are to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about
October 26, 2009 and which include certain private label versions of those
products. The proposed name of each new annuity to be filed with the SEC is as
follows:

     1.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity B SERIES(SM) ("B
         SERIES")

     2.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity L SERIES(SM) ("L
         SERIES")

     3.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity XTra SERIES(SM)
         ("XTra SERIES")

     4.  Prudential Premier(R) Retirement Variable Annuity C SERIES(SM) ("C
         SERIES")

This grant of authority extends to any and all amendments to such registration
statements, and also grants such attorneys-in-fact full power to appoint a
substitute or substitutes to act hereunder with the same power and authority as
said agent and attorney-in-fact would have if personally acting.

The undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has subscribed hereunder this 15th day of
October, 2009.

/s/Scott G. Sleyster
Scott G. Sleyster
Director
Pruco Life Insurance Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey