Item 4.02 - Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.
On August 16, 2024, the Board of Directors of Pruco Life Insurance Company (“Pruco Life” or the “Company”), in consultation with management, concluded that the Company’s previously issued Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2024, contained within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024 should no longer be relied upon due to errors in the financial statements, and therefore a restatement of these prior financial statements is required.
In connection with the Company’s close process for the three months ended June 30, 2024, the Company identified an error in the valuation of policyholder account balances of indexed variable annuity products, and certain other immaterial errors. The restatement of the three months ended March 31, 2024, relates mainly to an $86 million valuation-related pre-tax charge from an increase to the policyholder account balances of indexed variable annuity products, and certain other immaterial adjustments. In connection with this restatement, the Company will also correct for an unrelated $75 million misclassification of certain affiliated ceded activity in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2024, which decreases cash flows from financing activities and increases cash flows from operating activities.
Management discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, the matters disclosed in this filing pursuant to Item 4.02(a) of Form 8-K.
The Company plans to restate the previously issued Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2024, by amending its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024.
Controls and Procedures
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of March 31, 2024, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the identification of a material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and will amend Part I Item 4 Controls and Procedures of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2024. The material weakness relates to controls over the completeness, accuracy, and timeliness of the review of the manual calculations and related adjustments for the Policyholder Account Balance liability for variable annuity products. In addition, management concluded that the material weakness continued to exist in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 30, 2024, as management's remediation plans have not yet been completed and will report in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2024 that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due to the identification of this material weakness.