AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 1,DECEMBER 15, 2020
REGISTRATION NO. 333-_______333-249295 


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933  


PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF NEW JERSEY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)  


NEW JERSEY
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
22-2426091
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
C/O PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
213 WASHINGTON STREET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-2992
(973) 802-5740802-7333
(Address and telephone number of Depositor's principal executive offices)

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices) 
 

WILLIAM J. EVERS, ESQ.
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
213 WASHINGTON STREEET
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY 07102-2992
(973) 802-6000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)



COPIES TO:
DOUGLAS E. SCULLY
VICE PRESIDENT



PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
ONE CORPORATE DRIVE
SHELTON, CONNECTICUT 06484
(203) 925-6960






Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:   ¨Â
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.   x
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨Â
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.   ¨Â
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   ¨Â
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.   ¨Â
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerxSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ¨

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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



 
Title of each class of
securities to be registered
 Amount
to be
registered
 Proposed
maximum
offering price
per unit(1)
 Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
 Amount of
registration fee
Title of each class of
securities to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per unit(1)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Market Value Adjusted Annuity Contracts $39,811,877 $1.00 $39,811,877 $0Market Value Adjusted Annuity Contracts00$472,841,585$0

(1)Interests inThe amount to be registered and the market value adjustment account are sold on a dollar basis, not on the basis of aproposed maximum offering price per shareunit are not applicable because the securities are not issued in predetermined amounts or unit.units.



This filing is being made under the Securities Act of 1933 to register $39,811,877 of interests in market value adjusted annuity contracts. The interests being registered herein are carried over, as unsold securities, from an existing Form S-3 registration statement of the same issuer (333-220117)(333-220100) filed on September 29, 2017. Because a filing fee of $4,614$54,802 previously was paid with respect to those securities, there is no additional filing fee under this registration statement.now due. In accordance with Rule 415 (a)(6), the offering of securities on the earlier registration statement will be deemed terminated as of the effective date of this registration statement.

Audited financial statements for variable annuity separate accounts registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are not included in this Form S-3 registration statement. Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey incorporates by reference its annual report for the year ending 12/31/19December 31, 2019 on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of Exchange Act and all documents subsequently filed by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. As disclosed in Note 11, “REVISION TO PRIOR YEAR INFORMATION”, to the Financial Statements in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2020 and September 30, 2020, the Company has revised certain prior period amounts in the Statements of Cash Flows to correct an immaterial error identified in the presentation of certain cash flow activity related to policyholders’ account balances. Similarly, the Company will revise the prior periods presented within the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2020 and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.2020. The impact to the previously issued financial statements was not considered material. However, to improve comparability with future periods, the Company decided to revise the affected periods of the Statements of Cash Flows within the second and third quarter 10-Q filingfilings for the Company.

The following tables illustrate the effects of the revision for the affected periods.periodsStatements of Cash Flows impact.
Statements of Cash Flows Impact
($ in Thousands)
Year-To-Date As Of
December 31, 2019
As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 Policy Charges and Fee Income$(26,433)$9,333 $(17,100)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities29,264 9,333 38,597 
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals(342,230)— (342,230)
 Other, net— (9,333)(9,333)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities84,664 (9,333)75,331 
Year-To-Date As Of
September 30, 2019
As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:



Statements of Cash Flows Impact   
    
($ in Thousands)   
    
 Year-To-Date As Of
 December 31, 2019
 As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
 Policy Charges and Fee Income $ (26,433) $ 9,333 $ (17,100)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities                              29,264               9,333            38,597
    
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals                          (342,230)0         (342,230)
 Other, net0              (9,333)             (9,333)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities                              84,664              (9,333)            75,331
    
    
 Year-To-Date As Of
 September 30, 2019
 As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
 Policy Charges and Fee Income $ (37,295) $ 23,421 $ (13,874)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities                              (6,247)             23,421            17,174
    
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals                          (248,126)            (15,815)         (263,941)
 Other, net0              (7,606)             (7,606)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities                              80,929            (23,421)            57,508
    
    



 Year-To-Date As Of
 June 30, 2019
 As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
 Policy Charges and Fee Income $ (25,026) $ 15,958 $ (9,068)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities                              (2,993)             15,958            12,965
    
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals                          (162,051)            (11,023)         (173,074)
 Other, net0              (4,935)             (4,935)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities                              61,354            (15,958)            45,396
    
    
 Year-To-Date As Of
 December 31, 2018
 As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:   
 Policy Charges and Fee Income $ (21,780) $ 6,387 $ (15,393)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities                              34,768               6,387            41,155
    
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:   
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals                            311,1590          311,159
 Other, net0              (6,387)             (6,387)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities                              91,257              (6,387)            84,870
Risk Factors are discussed in the sections of the prospectus included in Part 1 of this Form concerning the Market Value Adjustment option.
 Policy Charges and Fee Income$(37,295)$23,421 $(13,874)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities(6,247)23,421 17,174 
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals(248,126)(15,815)(263,941)
 Other, net— (7,606)(7,606)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities80,929 (23,421)57,508 
Year-To-Date As Of
June 30, 2019
As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 Policy Charges and Fee Income$(25,026)$15,958 $(9,068)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities(2,993)15,958 12,965 
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals(162,051)(11,023)(173,074)
 Other, net— (4,935)(4,935)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities61,354 (15,958)45,396 
Year-To-Date As Of
December 31, 2018
As Previously ReportedRevisionAs Revised
CASHFLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
 Policy Charges and Fee Income$(21,780)$6,387 $(15,393)
Cashflows from (used in) operating activities34,768 6,387 41,155 
CASHFLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
  Policyholders’ account withdrawals311,159 — 311,159 
 Other, net— (6,387)(6,387)
Cashflows from (used in) financing activities91,257 (6,387)84,870 
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of each prospectus included in this registration statement. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The principal underwriter for these securities, Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. is not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will use its best efforts to sell the securities offered. Because the Annuities in which the securities described in this registration statement are no longer for sale, the only securities sold will be to existing contract owners. The offering under this registration statement will conclude three years from the effective date of this registration statement, unless terminated earlier by the Registrant. See each prospectus included in Part 1 hereof for the date of the prospectus.
The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission may determine.





PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
A Prudential Financial CompanyPRUCO LIFE OF NEW JERSEY FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE ANNUITY ACCOUNT
751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102-3777
Market Value Adjusted Fixed Allocation Investment Option Under Certain VariableSupplement dated December 22, 2020
to Prospectuses dated December 22, 2020

This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the current Prospectus for your Annuity Contractsand should be retained for future reference. This Supplement is intended to update certain information in the Prospectus for the variable annuity you own and is not intended to be a prospectus or offer for any other variable annuity that you do not own. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information. If you would like another copy of the current Annuity Prospectus, please call us at 1-888-PRU-2888.

On March 27, 2020 (Date of Enactment), Congress passed and President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This law includes provisions that impact Individual Retirement Annuities (IRAs), Roth IRAs and employer sponsored qualified retirement plans.
Waiver of Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) for 2020
The requirement to take minimum distributions from defined contribution plans and IRAs is waived for 2020.  The waiver would apply to any RMD due from such an arrangement in 2020, even RMDs with respect to the 2019 tax year that are due in 2020.  For example, if an IRA owner turned age 70½ in 2019, they owe an RMD for the 2019 tax year but can wait until 4/1/20 to take it.  If they did not take that first RMD in 2019, the bill waives it, along with the requirement to take their second RMD (for the 2020 tax year) by the end of 2020.  The relief applies both to lifetime and post-death RMDs.  In that regard, if the post-death 5-year rule applies, the 5-year period is determined without regard to calendar year 2020 and thus, the 5 year rule is extended by one year.  It is unclear whether this treatment applies for the 10-year period imposed by the SECURE Act. Although also unclear, the 1-year election rule for life expectancy payments by an eligible beneficiary may be extended based on the position the IRS took in Notice 2009-82.
Withdrawals from Employer Plans and IRAs, including Roth IRAs
Relief is provided for “coronavirus-related distributions” from qualified plans and IRAs. The relief applies to such distributions made at any time during the 2020 calendar year, as follows:   
Permits such distributions to be treated as in-service distributions, even if such amounts are not otherwise distributable from the plan under sections 401(k), 403(b), or 457, as applicable;  
Provides an exception to the 10% early distribution penalty under Code section 72(t) (but not for the similar penalty tax under Code section 72(q) that applies to non-qualified annuities);
Exempts such distributions from the 402(f) notice requirements and mandatory 20% withholding applicable to eligible rollover distributions, as applicable;
Permits the individual to include income attributable to such distributions ratably over the three-year period beginning with the year the distribution would otherwise be taxable (this spreading would apply unless the taxpayer elects out); and
Permits recontribution of such distribution to a plan or IRA within three years, in which case the recontribution is generally treated as a direct trustee-to-trustee transfer within 60 days of the distribution. 
The distribution must come from an “eligible retirement plan” within the meaning of Code section 402(c)(8)(B), i.e., an IRA, 401(a) plan, 403(a) plan, 403(b) plan, or governmental 457(b) plan.  The relief would be limited to aggregate distributions of $100,000.  See below for a description of who is eligible for the relief.  
Plan Loans
The following relief is provided with respect to plan loans (if available under a contract) taken by any “qualified individual” who is affected by the coronavirus:
For loans made during the 180-day period beginning on the date of enactment, the maximum loan amount would be increased from $50,000 or 50% of the vested account balance to $100,000 or 100% of the vested account balance.  Note that Department of Labor regulations require that plan loans be secured by no more than half of the account balance.  It is not clear whether this is an impediment to increasing the loan limit to 100% of the account balance.  We understand that DOL is aware of this issue. 
The due date for any repayment on a loan that otherwise is due between the date of enactment and December 31, 2020, would be delayed for one year.  This also would extend the maximum loan period (normally five years). 
Based on prior IRS guidance involving similar relief for natural disasters, all of the changes would be optional for plans See below for a description of who is eligible for the plan loan relief.
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Eligible Individuals for Withdrawal and Loan Relief
The administrator of an eligible retirement plan may rely on an employee’s certification that the employee satisfies the conditions for eligibility.  The eligibility criteria for the relief remain the same, meaning the individual must fall within one of the following categories:
The individual is diagnosed with the virus SARS-CoV-2 or with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by a test approved by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
The individual’s spouse or dependent is diagnosed with such virus or disease; or
The individual experiences adverse financial consequences as a result of being quarantined, being furloughed or laid off or having work hours reduced due to such virus or disease, being unable to work due to lack of child care due to such virus or disease, closing or reducing hours of a business owned or operated by the individual due to such virus or disease, or other factors as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury.
IRS Guidance
Extension of IRA Contribution Deadline
The deadline for making an IRA or Roth IRA contribution has been extended until July 15, 2020, the extended deadline for filing an individual’s 2019 tax return.

HORIZONNY


STRATEGIC PARTNERS® HORIZON ANNUITY
PROSPECTUS: October 2, 2020.December 22, 2020
This prospectus describes the Fixed Allocation investment option with a market value adjustment (the “MVA Fixed Allocation”) available as an investment option under the followingadjusted individual annuity contracts (the “Annuities” or the “Annuity”) issuedcontract offered by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("(“Pruco Life of New Jersey," “Prudential Annuities®Jersey”,” “we,” “our,” “we”, “our”, or “us”):

STRATEGIC PARTNERSSM ANNUITY ONE 3 VARIABLE ANNUITY
STRATEGIC PARTNERSSM PLUS 3 VARIABLE ANNUITY

If you are receiving this prospectus, it is because you currently own one of the Annuities. These Annuities are no longer offered for new sales.. This prospectus is being provided for informational or educational purposes only and does not considertake into account the investment objectives or financial situation of any contract ownerclient or prospective contract owners.clients. The information is not intended as investment advice and is not a recommendation about managing or investing your retirement savings. Clients seeking information regarding their particular investment needs should contact a financial professional.

This prospectus is not Pruco Life of New Jersey offers several different annuities which your representative may be authorized to offer to you. Each annuity has different features and benefits that may be appropriate for you based on your financial situation, your age and how you intend to use the annuity. The different features and benefits include variations in death benefit protection and the ability to access your annuity's contract althoughvalue and the charges that you will be subject to if you choose to surrender the annuity. The fees and charges under the annuity contract and compensation paid to your representative may also be different between each annuity. If you are receiving this prospectus, providesit is because you currently own one of these annuities. These annuities are no longer offered for new sales. Pruco Life of New Jersey is a descriptionwholly owned subsidiary of the material featuresPrudential Insurance Company of America. Pruco Life of New Jersey is located at 213 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102-2992, and can be contacted by calling 800-944-8786. Pruco Life of New Jersey administers the MVA Fixed Allocation under your contract. The description ofStrategic Partners Horizon Annuity contracts at the MVA Fixed Allocation’s material features is current as ofPrudential Annuity Service Center, P.O. Box 7960, Philadelphia, PA 19176. You can contact the date of this prospectus. If certain material provisions of the MVA Fixed Allocation are changed after the date of this prospectus, those changes will be described in a supplement to this prospectus and the supplement will become a part of this prospectus.

Prudential Annuity Service Center by calling, toll-free, 1-888-PRU-2888 or at www.prudential.com.
PLEASE READ THIS PROSPECTUS
Please read this prospectus before purchasing a Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity contract and keep it for future reference. This prospectus should be read in connection with the prospectus for your Annuity (the “Annuity Prospectus”), which describes the Annuity and its benefits, terms, and investment options other the MVA Fixed Allocation.
RISK FACTORS
Please refer to theThe Risk Factors section appears on page 4 of this prospectus.the Summary.
STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY
This market value adjusted annuity contract allows you to allocate your purchase payments to one of several guarantee periods that we offer at the time. While your money remains in the contract for the full guarantee period, your principal amount is guaranteed and will earn a minimum interest rate which is dictated by applicable state law. If you withdraw assets more than 30 days prior to the end of a guarantee period, we will apply a market value adjustment, which may increase or decrease your initial amount invested.
Our general obligations and any guaranteed benefits under the annuity contract are supported by our general account and are subject to our claims paying ability. Assets in the general account are not segregated for the exclusive benefit of any particular contract or obligation. General account assets are also available to our general creditors and for conducting routine business activities.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
In compliance with U.S. law, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey delivers this prospectus to current contract owners that reside outside of the United States. In addition, we may not market or offer benefits, features or enhancements to prospective or current contract owners while outside of the United States.
The Annuities and the MVA Fixed Allocation are
THE SEC HAS NOT deposits or obligations of, or issued, guaranteed or endorsed by, any bank, and are NOT insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board or any other agency. An investment involves investment risks, including possible loss of value.

THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSIONDETERMINED THAT THIS CONTRACT IS A GOOD INVESTMENT, NOR HAS THE COMMISSIONSEC DETERMINED THAT THIS PROSPECTUS IS COMPLETE OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARYACCURATE. IT IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
PRUDENTIAL, PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL, PRUDENTIAL ANNUITIESOFFENSE TO STATE OTHERWISE. INVESTMENT IN A MARKET VALUE ADJUSTED ANNUITY CONTRACT IS SUBJECT TO RISK, INCLUDING THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF YOUR MONEY. AN INVESTMENT IN STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY IS NOT A BANK DEPOSIT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE ROCK LOGO ARE SERVICEMARKS OF THE PRUDENTIALFEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA AND ITS AFFILIATES.CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER PROPRIETARY PRUDENTIAL MARKS MAY BE DESIGNATED AS SUCH THROUGH USE OF THE SM OR ® SYMBOLS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL: 1-888-PRU-2888 or WWW.PRUDENTIAL.COM


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
GOVERNMENT AGENCY.


HORIZONNY


CONTENTS
Page Number
PART I: STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
ALLOCATING YOUR ACCOUNT VALUE TO THE MVA FIXED ALLOCATIONS
FEES AND CHARGES
VALUING YOUR INVESTMENTS IN THE MVA FIXED ALLOCATION
GENERAL INFORMATION
RISK FACTORS
SUMMARY
PART II: STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY PROSPECTUS
SECTION 1: WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY?
SECTION 2: WHAT GUARANTEE PERIODS CAN I CHOOSE?
GUARANTEE PERIODS
MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
SECTION 3: WHAT KIND OF PAYMENTS WILL I RECEIVE DURING THE INCOME PHASE? (ANNUITIZATION)
PAYMENT PROVISIONS
OPTION 1: ANNUITY PAYMENTS FOR A FIXED PERIOD
OPTION 2: LIFE ANNUITY WITH 120 PAYMENTS (10 YEARS)
OTHER ANNUITY OPTIONS
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
SECTION 4: WHAT IS THE DEATH BENEFIT?
BENEFICIARY
CALCULATION OF THE DEATH BENEFIT
JOINT OWNERSHIP RULES
SECTION 5: HOW CAN I PURCHASE A STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
PURCHASE PAYMENT
ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENT
OWNER, ANNUITANT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS
SECTION 6: WHAT ARE THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
WITHDRAWAL CHARGE
TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO PREMIUM
SECTION 7: HOW CAN I ACCESS MY MONEY?
AUTOMATED WITHDRAWALS
SECTION 8: WHAT ARE THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
NONQUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACTS
QUALIFIED ANNUITY CONTRACTS
SECTION 9: OTHER INFORMATION
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT
ASSIGNMENT
IMDEMNIFICATION
HOW TO CONTACT US
CYBER SECURITY RISKS
MARKET-VALUE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA




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PART ISUMMARY

STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY PROSPECTUS

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Glossary of TermsPART I: STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
GLOSSARY
We set forth here definitionshave tried to make this prospectus as easy to read and understand as possible. By the nature of the contract, however, certain technical words or terms are unavoidable. We have identified the following as some of the key words or terms. Other defined terms used throughout this prospectus.
Account Value: The value of your allocations to investment options under your Annuity, including your allocation to the MVA Fixed Allocation. The specific calculation of Account Value of your Annuity isare set forth in your contract.
Accumulation Phase
The period that begins with the contract date (which we define below) and ends when you start receiving income payments, or earlier if the contract is terminated through a full withdrawal or payment of a death benefit.
Annuitant
The person whose life determines the amount of income payments that we will pay. If the annuitant dies before the annuity date, the co-annuitant (if any) becomes the annuitant if the contract’s requirements for changing the annuity date are met. If, upon the death of the annuitant, there is no surviving eligible co-annuitant, and the owner is not the annuitant, then the owner becomes the annuitant.
Annuity Prospectus.Date
The date when income payments are scheduled to begin. You must have our permission to change the annuity date. If the co-annuitant becomes the annuitant due to the death of the annuitant, and the co-annuitant is older than the annuitant, then the annuity date will be based on the age of the co-annuitant, provided that the contract’s requirements for changing the annuity date are met (e.g., the co-annuitant cannot be older than a specified age). If the co-annuitant is younger than the annuitant, then the annuity date will remain unchanged.
Beneficiary
The person(s) or entity you have chosen to receive a death benefit.
Business Day
A day that we are open for business. Our business day generally ends at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Co-Annuitant
The person shown on the contract data pages who becomes the annuitant (if eligible) upon the death of the annuitant if the requirements for changing the annuity date are met. We may also refer to a co-annuitant as a “contingent annuitant.”
Code
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company.
Contract Date
The date we accept your initial purchase payment and all necessary paperwork in good order at the Prudential Annuity Service Center. Contract anniversaries are measured from the contract date. A contract year starts on the contract date or on a contract anniversary.
Contract Owner, Owner or you
The person entitled to the ownership rights under the contract.
Contract Surrender Value
This is the total value of your contract adjusted by any market-value adjustment, minus any withdrawal charge(s) and premium taxes.
Contract Value
Fixed Allocation:The total value of the amount in a contract allocated to a guarantee period as of a particular date.
Death Benefit
If a death benefit is payable, the beneficiary you designate will receive the contract value as the death benefit. If the contract is owned by an entity (e.g. a corporation or trust), rather than by an individual, then we will pay the death benefit upon the death of the annuitant. See Section 4, “What Is The Death Benefit?”
Good Order
An instruction received at the Prudential Annuity Service Center, utilizing such forms, signatures and dating as we require, which is sufficiently clear that we do not need to exercise any discretion to follow such instructions.
Guarantee Period
A period of time during which your invested purchase payment earns interest at the declared rate. We currently make available guarantee periods equal to any or all of the following: 1 year (currently available only as a renewal option), 3 years, 5 years, 7 years, and 10 years. A guarantee period that does not exceed five years will always be available as a renewal option. During the 30 day period immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period, we allow you to make an additional purchase payment, which will be allocated to another guarantee period available at that time (provided that the new guarantee period ends prior to the contract anniversary next following the annuitant’s 90th birthday (or ten years after the contract date, if later) and that you reinvest at least $1000).
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Income Options
Options under the contract that define the frequency and duration of income payments. In your contract, we also refer to these as payout or annuity options.
Invested Purchase Payment
Your purchase payment (which we define below) less any deduction we make for any tax charge. In addition to the initial invested purchase payment, we allow you to make additional purchase payments during the 30 days preceding the end of a guarantee period.
Joint Owner
The person named as the joint owner, who shares ownership rights with the owner as defined in the contract. A joint owner must be a natural person.
Prudential Annuity Service Center
For general correspondence: P.O. Box 7960, Philadelphia, PA, 19176. For express overnight mail: 2101 Welsh Road, Dresher, PA 19025. The phone number is (888) PRU-2888. Prudential’s Web site is www.prudential.com.
Purchase Payments
The amount of money you pay us to purchase the contract, as well as any additional payment you make.
Tax Deferral
This is a way to increase your assets without currently being taxed. Generally, you do not pay taxes on your contract earnings until you take money out of your contract. You should be aware that tax favored plans (such as IRAs) already provide tax deferral regardless of whether they invest in annuity contracts. See Section 8, “What Are The Tax Considerations Associated With The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?”
we, us, our
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey.
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RISK FACTORS
There are various risks associated with an investment optionin the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity that offerswe summarize below.
Investment Risk: We are exposed to investment risk through our investments, which primarily consist of public and private fixed maturity securities, commercial mortgage and other loans, equity securities and alternative assets including private equity, hedge funds and real estate. We are also exposed to investment risk through a fixedpotential counterparty default.
Investment risk may result from: (1) economic conditions; (2) adverse capital market conditions, including disruptions in individual market sectors or a lack of buyers in the marketplace; (3) volatility; (4) credit spread changes; (5) benchmark interest rate changes; and (6) declines in value of underlying collateral. These factors may impact the credit quality, liquidity and value of our investments and derivatives, potentially resulting in higher capital charges and unrealized or realized losses. Also, certain investments we hold, regardless of market conditions, are relatively illiquid and our ability to promptly sell these assets for their full value may be limited. Additionally, our valuation of investments may include methodologies, inputs and assumptions which are subject to change and different interpretation and could result in changes to investment valuations that may materially impact our results of operations or financial condition.
Insurance Risk: We have significant liabilities for policyholders' benefits which are subject to insurance risk. Insurance risk is the risk that actual experience deviates adversely from our insurance assumptions, including mortality and policyholder behavior assumptions.We provide a variety of insurance products that are designed to help customers protect against a variety of financial uncertainties. Our insurance products protect customers against their potential risk of loss by transferring those risks to the Company, where those risks can be managed more efficiently through pooling and diversification over a larger number of independent exposures. During this transfer process, we assume the risk that actual losses experienced in our insurance products deviates significantly from what we expect. More specifically, insurance risk is concerned with the deviations that impact our future liabilities. Our profitability may decline if mortality experience or policyholder behavior experience differ significantly from our expectations when we price our products. In addition, if we experience higher than expected claims our liquidity position may be adversely impacted, and we may incur losses on investments if we are required to sell assets in order to pay claims. If it is necessary to sell assets at a loss, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely impacted.
Interest Rate Risk: Our insurance and annuity products, and our investment returns, are subject to interest rate risk, which is the risk of loss arising from asset/liability duration mismatches within our general account investments.The risk of mismatch in asset/liability duration is mainly driven by the specific dynamics of product liabilities. Some product liabilities are expected to have only modest risk related to interest rates because cash flows can be matched by available assets in the investable space. The interest rate risk emerges primarily from their tail cash flows (30 years or more), which cannot be matched by assets for sale in the marketplace, exposing the Company to future reinvestment risk. In addition, certain of our products provide for recurring premiums which may be invested at interest rates lower than the rates included in our pricing assumptions. Market-sensitive cash flows exist with other product liabilities including products whose cash flows can be linked to market performance through secondary guarantees, minimum crediting rates, and/or changes in insurance assumptions.
Our exposure to interest rates can manifest over years as in the case of earnings compression or in the short term by creating volatility in both earnings and capital. For example, some of our products expose us to the risk that changes in interest rates will reduce the spread between the amounts that we are required to pay under contracts and the rate of return we are able to earn on our general account investments supporting these contracts. When interest rates decline or remain low, as they have in recent years, we must invest in lower-yielding instruments, potentially reducing net investment income and constraining our ability to offer certain products. This risk is increased as more policyholders may retain their policies in a low rate environment. Since many of our policies and contracts have guaranteed minimum crediting rates or limit the resetting of crediting rates, the spreads could decrease or go negative.
Alternatively, when interest rates rise, we may not be able to replace the assets in our general account with the higher-yielding assets as quickly as needed to fund the higher crediting rates necessary to keep these products and contracts competitive. It is possible that fewer policyholders may retain their policies and annuity contracts as they pursue higher crediting rates, which could expose the Company to losses and liquidity stress.
Our mitigation efforts with respect to interest rate risk are primarily focused on maintaining an investment portfolio with diversified maturities that has a key rate duration profile that is approximately equal to the key rate duration profile of our liability and surplus benchmarks; however, these benchmarks are based on estimates of the liability cash flow profiles which are complex and could turn out to be inaccurate, especially when markets are volatile. In addition, there are practical and capital market limitations on our ability to accomplish this matching. Due to these and other factors we may need to liquidate investments prior to maturity at a loss in order to satisfy liabilities or be forced to reinvest funds in a lower rate environment.
Liquidity Risk: As a financial services company, we are exposed to liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Company is unable to meet near-term obligations as they come due. Liquidity risk is a manifestation of events that are driven by other risk types (market, insurance, investment, operational). A liquidity shortfall may arise in the event of insufficient funding sources or an immediate and significant need for cash or collateral. In addition, it is possible that expected liquidity sources may be unavailable or inadequate to satisfy the liquidity demands.
Enterprise Operational Risks - Our operations are exposed to the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed processes or systems, human error or misconduct, and as a specifiedresult of external events. An operational risk failure may result in one or more actual or potential impacts to the Company. Operational risk may be elevated as a result of organizational changes.
Key enterprise operational risks include the following:
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We are subject to business continuation risk, which is the risk that our systems and data may be disrupted. We depend heavily on our telecommunication, information technology and other operational systems and on the integrity and timeliness of data we use to run our businesses and service our customers. These systems may fail to operate properly or become disabled as a result of events or circumstances wholly or partly beyond our control. Further, we face the risk of operational and technology failures by others, including clearing agents, exchanges and other financial intermediaries and of vendors and parties to which we outsource the provision of services or business operations. We may experience a business continuation event as a result of:
Severe pandemic, either naturally occurring or intentionally manipulated pathogens.
Geo-political risks, including armed conflict and civil unrest.
Terrorist events.
Significant natural or accidental disasters.
Cyber attacks
We are subject to the risk that we may not adequately maintain information security. There continues to be significant and organized cyber-attack activity against western organizations, including but not limited to the financial services sector and no organization is fully immune to cyber-attacks. Risks related to cyber-attack arise in the following areas:
Protecting both “structured” and “unstructured” sensitive information is a constant need. However, some risks cannot be fully mitigated using technology or otherwise.
Unsuspecting employees represent a primary avenue for external parties to gain access to our network and systems. Many attacks, even from sophisticated actors, include rudimentary techniques such as coaxing an internal user to click on a malicious attachment or link to introduce malware or steal their username and password.
Insurance and retirement services companies are increasingly being targeted by hackers and fraudulent actors seeking to monetize personally identifiable information or extort money.
Nation-state sponsored organizations are engaged in cyber-attacks but not only for monetization purposes. Nation states appear to be motivated by the desire to gain information about foreign citizens and governments or to influence or cause disruptions in commerce or political affairs.
We have also seen an increase in non-technical attempts to commit fraud or solicit information via call centers and interactive voice response systems, and we anticipate the attempts will become more common.
We rely on third parties to provide services as described further below. While we have certain standards for all vendors that provide us services, our vendors, and in turn, their own service providers, may become subject to a security breach, including as a result of their failure to perform in accordance with contractual arrangements.
We may not adequately ensure the privacy of sensitive data. In the course of our ordinary business we collect, store and share with various third-parties (e.g., service providers, reinsurers, etc.) substantial amounts of private and confidential information, including in some instances sensitive health-related information. We are subject to the risk that the privacy of this information may be compromised, including as a result of an information security breach described above. Any compromise or perceived compromise of our security by us or by one of our vendors could damage our reputation, cause the termination of relationships with distributors, government-run health insurance exchanges, marketing partners and insurance carriers, reduce demand for our services and subject us to significant liability and expense as well as regulatory action and lawsuits, which would harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
Third parties (outsourcing providers, vendors and suppliers) present added operational risk to our enterprise. The Company's business model relies heavily on the use of third parties to deliver contracted services in a broad range of areas. This presents the risk that the Company is unable to meet legal, regulatory, financial or customer obligations because third parties fail to deliver contracted services, or that the Company is exposed to reputational damage because third parties operate in a poorly controlled manner. We use affiliates and third-party vendors located outside the U.S. to provide certain services and functions, which also exposes us to business disruptions and political risks as a result of risks inherent in conducting business outside of the U.S.
Affiliate and third-party distributors of our products present added regulatory, competitive and other risks to our enterprise Our products are sold primarily through our captive/affiliated distributors and third-party distributing firms. Our captive/affiliated distributors are made up of large numbers of decentralized sales personnel who are compensated based on commissions. The third-party distributing firms generally are not dedicated to us exclusively and may frequently recommend and/or market products of our competitors. Accordingly, we must compete intensely for their services. Our sales could be adversely affected if we are unable to attract, retain or motivate third-party distributing firms or if we do not adequately provide support, training, compensation, and education to this sales network regarding our products, or if our products are not competitive and not appropriately aligned with consumer needs. While third-party distributing firms have an independent regulatory accountability, some regulators have been clear with expectations that product manufacturers retain significant sales risk accountability.
Business Model Risk: We are subject to the risk of events that can cause our fundamental business model to change, either through a shift in the businesses in which we are engaged or a change in our execution.In addition, tactical risks may become strategic risks. For example, we must consider the impact of the prolonged low interest rate environment on new product development and continued sales of interest sensitive products.
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Regulatory Risk: Changes in the regulatory landscape may be unsettling to our business model.New laws and regulations are being considered in the U.S. and our other countries of operation at an increasing pace, as there has been greater scrutiny on financial regulation over the past several years. Proposed or unforeseen changes in law or regulation may adversely impact our business. For example, the following areas are active in regulatory rule making :
Financial sector regulatory reform.
U.S. federal, state and local tax laws.
Fiduciary rules and other standards of care.
Our regulation under U.S. state insurance laws and developments regarding group-wide supervision and capital standards, accounting rules, RBC factors for invested assets and reserves for variable annuities and other products.
Privacy and cybersecurity regulation.
Claims Paying Ability Risk. Our general obligations and any guaranteed benefits under the annuity are supported by our general account and are subject to our claims paying ability. Assets in the general account are not segregated for the exclusive benefit of any particular contract or obligation. General account assets are also available to our general creditors and for conducting routine business activities, such as the payment of salaries, rent and other ordinary business expenses. The general account is subject to regulation and supervision by the Arizona Department of Insurance and to the insurance laws and regulations of all jurisdictions where we are authorized to do business.
Additional responsive information is incorporated by reference to Part II, Item 1A in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, SEC File No. 333-18053, for the period ending September 30, 2020. A pandemic such as COVID-19 and its impacts were contemplated in many of the risk factors set forth under "Item 1A. Risks Factors’’ in that report. Currently, it is not possible to reliably estimate the length and severity of the pandemic or its impact to our operations, but the effects could be material.
Issuer Risk.Your Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity is available under a contract issued by Pruco Life of New Jersey, and thus is backed by the financial strength of that company. If Pruco Life of New Jersey were to experience significant financial adversity, it is possible that Pruco Life of New Jersey’s ability to pay interest and principal under the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity could be impaired.
Risks Related To Changing Interest Rates.You do not participate directly in the investment experience of the bonds and other instruments that Pruco Life of New Jersey holds to support the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity. Nonetheless, the market value adjustment formula (which is detailed in the appendix to this prospectus) reflects the effect that prevailing interest rates have on those bonds and other instruments. If you need to withdraw your money during a period in which prevailing interest rates have risen above their level when you made your purchase, you will experience a “negative” market value adjustment. When we impose this market value adjustment, it could result in the loss of both the interest you have earned and a portion of your purchase payments. Thus, before you commit to a particular guarantee period, you should consider carefully whether you have the ability to remain invested throughout the guarantee period. In addition, we cannot, of course, assure you that the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity will perform better than another investment that you might have made.
Risks Related To The Withdrawal Charge.We may impose withdrawal charges that range as high as 7%. If you anticipate needing to withdraw your money prior to the end of a guarantee period, you should be prepared to pay the withdrawal charge that we will impose.
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SUMMARY FOR SECTIONS 1–9
For a more complete discussion of the following topics, see the corresponding section in the prospectus.
SECTION 1
What Is The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity?
This market value adjusted annuity contract, offered by Pruco Life of New Jersey, is a contract between you, as the owner, and us. The contract is intended for retirement savings or other long-term investment purposes and provides a death benefit and guaranteed income options. The market value adjusted annuity contract may not be appropriate for investors who may need access to their money before the end of the Guarantee PeriodPeriod.
While your money remains in the contract for the full guarantee period, your principal amount is guaranteed and the minimum interest amount that your money will earn is dictated by applicable state law. Payments allocated to the contract are held as a separate pool of assets, but the income, gains or losses experienced by these assets are not directly credited or charged against the contracts. As a result, the strength of our guarantees under the contract are based on the overall financial strength of Pruco Life of New Jersey.
The contract, like all deferred annuity contracts, has two phases: the accumulation phase and the income phase. During the accumulation phase, earnings grow on a tax-deferred basis and are taxed as income when you make a withdrawal. The income phase starts when you begin receiving regular payments from your contract. The amount of money you are able to accumulate in your contract during the accumulation phase will help determine the amount of the payments you will receive during the income phase. Other factors will affect the amount of your payments such as age, gender and the payout option you selected.
We may amend the contract as permitted by law. For example, we may add new features to the contract. Subject to applicable law, we determine whether or not to make such contract amendments available to contracts that already have been issued.
SECTION 2
What Guarantee Periods Can I Choose?
You can allocate your initial purchase payment to one of the guarantee periods available under the contract. We have the right under the contract to offer one or more of the following guarantee periods: 1 year (currently available only as a renewal option), 3 years, 5 years, 7 years, or 10 years, and we may offer other guarantee periods in the future. At any time, we may offer any or all of these guarantee periods. You may not allocate your purchase payment to more than one guarantee period.
SECTION 3
What Kind Of Payments Will I Receive During The Income Phase? (Annuitization)
If you want to receive regular income from your annuity, you can choose one of several options, including guaranteed payments for the annuitant’s lifetime. Once you begin receiving regular payments, you cannot change your payment plan.
SECTION 4
What Is The Death Benefit?
If the sole owner or the first of the joint owners dies, the designated person(s) or the beneficiary will receive the contract value as the death benefit. If the contract is owned by an entity (e.g., a corporation or trust), rather than by an individual, then we will pay the death benefit upon the death of the annuitant.
SECTION 5
How Can I Purchase A Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?
This contract in no longer available for sale. Previously, you could purchase this contract, under most circumstances, with a minimum initial purchase payment of $5,000, but not greater than $5 million, absent our prior approval. We allow you to make additional purchase payments only during the 30 days immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period. This prospectus covers Fixed AllocationsYour representative can help you fill out the proper forms.
SECTION 6
What Are The Expenses Associated With The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?
During the accumulation phase, if you withdraw money, you may have to pay a withdrawal charge on all or part of the withdrawal. The withdrawal charge that we impose depends on the guarantee period during which you are withdrawing your money. The withdrawal charge ranges from 0%-7%. You also will be subject to a market value adjustment if you withdraw Account Valuemake a withdrawal prior to the maturityend of the Fixed Allocation (MVA Fixed Allocation). Your Annuitya guarantee period.
SECTION 7
How Can I Access My Money?
You may include Fixed Allocations that are not subject to a market value adjustment, such as abenefit fixed rate account, and those Fixed Allocations are covered by your Annuity Prospectus, not this prospectus.
Guarantee Period: A period ofwithdraw money at any time during the accumulation period where we creditphase. You may, however, be subject to income tax and, if you make a fixed rate of interest onwithdrawal prior to age 591/2, you may be subject to a Fixed Allocation.10% additional tax as well. Each contract year after the first, you may withdraw without charge, an amount
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Interim Value: 
The value of the MVA Fixed Allocations on any date other than the Maturity Date. The Interim Value is
equal to the initial value allocatedinterest you earned during the previous contract year (the “charge-free amount”). During years when a withdrawal charge applies (see “6: What Are the Expenses Associated with the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract? – Withdrawal Charge”), withdrawals greater than the charge-free amount will be subject to a withdrawal charge. A market-value adjustment may also apply.
SECTION 8
What Are The Tax Considerations Associated With The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?
Your earnings are generally not taxed until withdrawn. If you withdraw money during the accumulation phase, the tax law treats the withdrawal as earnings first and earnings are taxed as ordinary income If you are younger than age 591/2 when you withdraw money, you may be subject to a 10% additional federal tax on the earnings in addition to ordinary income taxation. A portion of the payments you receive during the income phase is considered a partial return of your original investment. Generally, all amounts withdrawn from an Individual Retirement Annuity (IRA) contract (excluding Roth IRAs) are taxable and subject to the MVA Fixed Allocation plus all interest credited10% additional tax if withdrawn prior to age 591/2.
SECTION 9
Other Information
This contract is issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, a subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America, and sold by registered representatives of affiliated and unaffiliated broker/dealers.
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PART IISECTIONS 1 - 9

STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY PROSPECTUS
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1: WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY?
The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity is a contract between you, the owner, and us, the insurance company, Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (Pruco Life of New Jersey, we or us).
Under our contract or agreement, in exchange for your payment to us, we promise to pay you a guaranteed income stream that can begin any time after the first contract anniversary. Your annuity is in the accumulation phase until you decide to begin receiving annuity payments. The date you begin receiving annuity payments is the annuity date. On the annuity date, your contract switches to the MVA Fixed Allocationincome phase.
This annuity contract benefits from tax deferral. Tax deferral means that you are not taxed on earnings or appreciation on the assets in your contract until you withdraw money from your contract. (If you purchase the annuity contract in a tax-favored plan such as an IRA, that plan generally provides tax deferral even without investing in an annuity contract. Therefore, before purchasing an annuity in a tax-favored plan, you should consider whether its features and benefits beyond tax deferral meet your needs and goals. You may also want to consider the relative features, benefits and costs of these annuities compared with any other investment that you may use in connection with your retirement plan or arrangement.)
Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity allows you to allocate a purchase payment to one of several guarantee periods that we offer at the time. As the owner of the date calculated, less any transfers or withdrawals from the MVA Fixed Allocation. The interim value does not include the effect of any MVA.
Maturity Date: The last daycontract, you have all of the Guarantee Period.decision-making rights under the contract. You will also be the annuitant unless you designate someone else. The owner is the person upon whose death during the accumulation phase, the death benefit generally is payable. The annuitant is the person whose life is used to determine the amount of annuity payments and how long the payments will continue. On and after the annuity date, the annuitant may not be changed.
MVAThe beneficiary is the person(s) or Market Value Adjustment: A market value adjustment used inentity designated to receive any death benefit if the determinationowner (or first-to-die of value of an MVA Fixed Allocation onjoint owners) dies during the accumulation phase. You may change the beneficiary any day more than 30 daystime prior to the Maturity Dateannuity date by making a written request to us. Your request becomes effective when we approve it.
2: WHAT GUARANTEE PERIODS CAN I CHOOSE?
The contract gives you the choice of such MVA Fixed Allocation.
MVA Fixed Allocation: An investment option that offers a fixed rate of interest for a specified Guarantee Period during the accumulation period that is subjectallocating your purchase payment to a market value adjustment if you withdraw Account Value prior to the maturityone of the Fixed Allocation. Yourguarantee periods that we are offering at the time.
GUARANTEE PERIODS
Under the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity contract, we have the right to offer one or more of several guarantee periods. These guarantee periods are 1 year (currently available only as a renewal option), 3 years, 5 years, 7 years, or 10 years in length. In the future, we may include Fixed Allocations thatoffer other guarantee periods on substantially the same terms as described in this prospectus. We are not subjectobligated to a market value adjustment, such as abenefit fixed rate account, and those Fixed Allocations are covered by your Annuity Prospectus, not this prospectus.
Owner: With an Annuity issued as an individual annuity contract, the Owner is either an eligible entity or individual named as having ownership rights in relation to the Annuity. With an Annuity issued as a certificate under a group annuity contract, the “Owner” refers to the person or entity who has the rights and benefits designated as to the “Participant” in the certificate.



Allocating Your Account Value to the MVA Fixed Allocation
How Do the MVA Fixed Allocations Work?
We credit a fixed interest rate to the MVA Fixed Allocation so long as you remain invested for a setoffer more than one guarantee period of time called a “Guarantee Period.” The last day of the Guarantee Period is called the “Maturity Date.” MVA Fixed Allocations currently are offered with Guarantee Periods from 1 to 10 years. We may make MVA Fixed Allocations of different durations available in the future, including MVA Fixed Allocations offered exclusively for use with certain optional investment programs. MVA Fixed Allocations may not be available in all states and may not always be available for all Guarantee Periods depending on market factors and other considerations.
The interest rate credited to an MVA Fixed Allocation is the rate in effect when the Guarantee Period begins and does not change so long as you remain invested for the Guarantee Period. The rates are an effective annual rate of interest. We determine the interest rates, in our sole discretion, for the various Guarantee Periods. At the time that we confirm your MVA Fixed Allocation, we will advise you of the interest rate in effect and the Maturity Date. We may change the rates we credit to MVA Fixed Allocations at any time. Any change in interest rate does not affect MVA Fixed Allocations that were in effect before the date of the change. To inquire asWe will apply your purchase payment to the current rates for MVA Fixed Allocations, please contact our Annuity Service Center at 1-888-PRU-2888 or at www.prudential.com.
guarantee period you have chosen. You must allocate all of your initial purchase payment to a single guarantee period. A Guarantee Period for an MVA Fixed Allocation begins:
when all or part of a net purchase payment is allocated to a particular Guarantee Period;
upon transfer of any of your Account Value to an MVA Fixed Allocation for athat particular Guarantee Period; or
when you “renew” an MVA Fixed Allocation by electinginto a new Guarantee Period.
ToWe periodically declare, in our sole discretion, the extent permittedinterest rate for each available guarantee period. We also guarantee that you will receive an interest rate at least equal to the minimum stipulated by law, we may establish differentapplicable state law. You will earn interest rates for MVA Fixed Allocations offered to a class of Owners who choose to participate in various optional investment programs we make available.
Prudential Annuities may offer MVA Fixed Allocations with Guarantee Periods of 3 months or 6 months exclusively for use as a short-term MVA Fixed Allocation (“Short-term MVA Fixed Allocations”). Short-term MVA Fixed Allocations may only be established withon your initialinvested purchase payment or additional purchase payments. You may not transfer existing Account Value to a Short-term MVA Fixed Allocation. We reserve the right to terminate offering these special purpose MVA Fixed Allocations at any time.
On the Maturity Date of the Short-term MVA Fixed Allocation, the remaining Account Value will be transferred to the investment options you choose at the inception ofrate that we have declared for the program. If no instructions are provided, such Account Value will be transferred to the AST Government Money Market Sub-account, which is described in your Annuity Prospectus. Short-term MVA Fixed Allocations may not be renewed on the Maturity Date. Ifguarantee period you surrender the Annuity or make an unscheduled transfer of any Account Value from the Short-term MVA Fixed Allocation to any other investment option before the end of the Guarantee Period, a Market Value Adjustment will apply.
How Do You Determine Rates For the MVA Fixed Allocations?
have chosen. We do not have a specificrigid formula for determining the fixed interest rates for MVA Fixed Allocations.rates. Generally the interest rates we offer for MVA Fixed Allocations will reflect the investment returns available on the types of investments we make to support our fixed rate guarantees. These investment types may include cash, debt securities guaranteed by the United States government and its agencies and instrumentalities, money market instruments, mortgage-backed securities, mortgage loans, corporate debt obligations of different durations, private placements, asset-backed obligations, and municipal bonds. In determining rates we also consider factors such as the length of the Guarantee Period for the MVA Fixed Allocation,guarantee period, regulatory and tax requirements, liquidity of the markets for the type of investments we make, commissions, administrative and investment expenses, our insurance risks, in relation to the MVA Fixed Allocations, general economic trends and competition. Some of these considerations are similar to those we consider in determining the insurance charge that we deduct from Account Value allocated to other investment options, as described in your Annuity Prospectus. For some of the same reasons that we deduct the insurance charge against the Account Value allocated to other investment options, we also take into consideration mortality, expense, administration, profit and other factors in determining the interest rates we credit to MVA Fixed Allocations, and therefore, we credit lower interest rates due to the existence of these factors than we otherwise would.
We will credit interest on a new MVA Fixed Allocation in an existing Annuityguarantee period at a rate not less than the rate we are then crediting to MVA Fixed Allocations forguarantee periods of the same Guarantee Periodlength selected by new Annuity purchasers in the same class.
In addition to the basic interest, we also may pay additional interest with respect to guarantee periods other than the one year and three year periods. The amount of the additional interest varies according to the amount of your purchase payment. Specifically, we may pay additional interest equal to 0.50% annually for a purchase payment of $25,000 to $74,999, and 1.00% annually for a purchase payment of $75,000 or more. If we grant additional interest to you, you will earn that interest only during the first year of your contract (and during the first year of the initial renewal guarantee period, other than the one and three year periods). We are not obligated to offer this additional interest continuously, meaning that we reserve the right to offer additional interest only during limited time periods of our choosing. We also reserve the right to change the amount of the additional interest. As of August 24, 2009, we are no longer granting additional interest with respect to purchases of new contracts.
We express interest rates as annual rates, although we credit interest within each guarantee period on a daily basis. The daily interest that we credit is equal to the pro rated portion of the interest that would be earned on an annual basis. We credit interest from the business day on which your purchase payment is received in good order at the Prudential Annuity Service Center until the earliest to occur of any of the following events: (a) full surrender of the contract, (b) commencement of annuity payments or settlement, (c) cessation of the guarantee period, or (d) death of the first to die of the owner and joint owner (or annuitant, for entity-owned contracts). At the time that we confirm your guarantee period, we will advise you of the interest rate in effect and the date your guarantee period matures. We may change the rates we credit to a new guarantee period at any time. Any
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change in interest rate does not affect guarantee periods that were in effect before the date of the change. To inquire as to the current rates for an MVA Fixed Allocation mayguarantee periods, please call 1-888-PRU-2888 or at www.prudential.com.
During the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period, we allow you to do any of the following, without the imposition of the withdrawal charge or market value adjustment: (a) surrender the contract, in whole or in part, (b) allocate the contract value to another guarantee period available at that time (provided that the new guarantee period ends prior to the contract anniversary next following the annuitant’s 90th birthday (or ten years after the contract date, if later) and that you reinvest at least $1,000), or (c) apply the contract value to the annuity or settlement option of your choice. If we do not receive instructions from you concerning the disposition of the contract value in your maturing guarantee period, we will reinvest the contract value in a guarantee period having the same duration as the guarantee period that matured (provided that the new guarantee period ends prior to the contract anniversary next following the annuitant’s 90th birthday (or ten years after the contract date, if later) and that you reinvest at least $1,000). If any available new guarantee period would end on or after the contract anniversary next following the annuitant's 90th birthday (or ten years after the contract date, if later), then we will make only the one year guarantee period available as the renewal period. We will not impose a withdrawal charge on amounts you withdraw from the one year guarantee period described in the immediately preceding sentence, although such a withdrawal would be subject to a minimum ratemarket value adjustment.
MARKET VALUE ADJUSTMENT
When you allocate a purchase payment to a guarantee period, we use that money to buy and sell securities and other instruments to support our obligation to pay interest. Generally, we buy bonds and certain other instruments for this purpose. The duration of the bonds and other instruments that we buy with respect to a particular guarantee period is influenced significantly by the length of the guarantee period. For example, we typically would acquire longer-duration bonds with respect to the 10 year guarantee period than we do for the 3 year guarantee period. The value of these bonds is affected by changes in interest rates, among other factors. The market value adjustment that we assess against your contract value if you withdraw prior to the end of a guarantee period involves our attributing to you a portion of our investment experience on these bonds and other instruments.
For example, if you make a full withdrawal when interest rates have risen since the time of your investment, the bonds and other investments in the guarantee period likely would have decreased in value, meaning that we would impose a “negative” market value adjustment on you (i.e., one that results in a reduction of the withdrawal proceeds that you receive). For a partial withdrawal, we would deduct a negative market value adjustment from your remaining contract value. Conversely, if interest rates have decreased, the market value adjustment could be positive.
Other things you should know about the market value adjustment include the following:
We determine the market value adjustment according to a mathematical formula, which is set forth at the end of this prospectus under the heading “Market-Value Adjustment Formula.” In that section of the prospectus, we also provide hypothetical examples of how the formula works.
A negative market value adjustment could cause you to lose not only the interest you have earned but also a portion of your principal.
You may varywithdraw (after the first contract year), without the imposition of any market value adjustment, an amount equal to the interest earned under your contract during the immediately preceding contract year.
In addition to imposing a market value adjustment on withdrawals, we also will impose a market value adjustment on the contract value you apply to an annuity or settlement option, except if you annuitize during the 30-day period preceding the end of a guarantee period (See Section 3 for details).
You should realize, however, that apart from the market value adjustment, the value of the benefits under your contract does not depend on the investment performance of the bonds and other instruments that we hold with respect to your guarantee period. Apart from the effect of any market value adjustment, we do not pass through to you the gains or losses on the bonds and other instruments that we hold in connection with a guarantee period.
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3: WHAT KIND OF PAYMENTS WILL I RECEIVE DURING THE INCOME PHASE? (ANNUITIZATION)
PAYMENT PROVISIONS
We can begin making annuity payments any time after the first contract anniversary. Annuity payments must begin no later than the contract anniversary coinciding with or next following the annuitant’s 90th birthday or ten years after the contract date, if later).
We make the income plans described below available before the annuity date. These plans are called annuity options. You must choose an annuity option at least 30 days in advance of the annuity date. If you do not, we will select Option 2 below on your behalf unless prohibited by state.applicable law. During the income phase, all of the annuity options under this contract are fixed annuity options. GENERALLY, ONCE THE ANNUITY PAYMENTS BEGIN, THE ANNUITY OPTION CANNOT BE CHANGED AND YOU CANNOT MAKE WITHDRAWALS.
If the annuitant dies or assigns the contract prior to the annuity date, and the new annuitant is older than the original annuitant, then the annuity date will be based on the new annuitant’s age. If the annuitant dies or assigns the contract prior to the annuity date, and the new annuitant is younger than the original annuitant, then the annuity date will remain unchanged. In certain states,no event, however, may an original or revised annuity date be later than the contract anniversary next following the annuitant’s 90th birthday (or ten years after the contract date, if later).
Option 1
Annuity Payments For A Fixed Period:Under this option, we will make equal payments for the period chosen, up to 25 years. The annuity payments may be made monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, as you choose, for the fixed period. If the annuitant dies during the income phase, a lump sum payment generally will be made to the beneficiary. The amount of the lump sum payment is determined by calculating the present value of the unpaid future payments. This is done by using the interest rate mayused to compute the actual payments. The interest rate will be subject toat least 3% a minimum under state law or regulation.year.
How Does the Market Value Adjustment Work?
If you transfer or withdraw Account Value from an MVA Fixed Allocation more than 30 days before the end of its Guarantee Period,Option 2
Life Annuity With 120 Payments (10 Years):Under this option, we will adjustmake annuity payments monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually as long as the annuitant is alive. If the annuitant dies before we have made 10 years worth of payments, we will pay the beneficiary in one lump sum the present value of the annuity payments scheduled to have been made over the remaining portion of that 10 year period, unless we were specifically instructed that such remaining annuity payments continue to be paid to the beneficiary. The present value of the remaining annuity payments is calculated by using the interest rate used to compute the amount of the original 120 payments. If this contract is issued as a Qualified Annuity Contract and annuity payments begin after age 92, then this Option 2 will be modified to permit a period certain that will end no later than the life expectancy of the annuitant defined under the IRS Required Minimum Distribution tables.
Other Annuity Options:We currently offer other annuity options not described above. At the time annuity payments are chosen, we may make available to you any of a variety of annuity and settlement options that are available on your investment basedannuity date. For example, we offer an interest payment option, under which we credit interest on the contract value until you request payment of all or part of the contract value. We can make interest payments on a formula, called a “Market Value Adjustment”monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or “MVA”.annual basis or allow interest to accrue on your contract assets. Under certain optional benefits described in the Annuity Prospectus, a formula transfers amounts between the MVA Fixed Allocations and other investment options.


MVA FORMULA FOR LONG-TERM MVA OPTIONS
The MVA formula is applied separately to each MVA Option to determine the Account Value of the MVA Option on a particular date.
The MVA factor is equal to:
[(1+I)/(1+J+K)]^(N/12)
where:
I     =    
the Crediting Rate for the MVA Option;
J     =    
the Rate for the remaining Guarantee Period, determined as described below;
K     =    
the Liquidity Factor, currently equal to 0.0025; and
N     =    
the number of months remaining in the Guarantee Period duration, rounded up to the nearest whole month
For the purposes of determining “J”,
Y=N /12
GP1
= the smallest whole number of years greater than or equal to Y.
r1
=
the rate for Guarantee Periods of duration GP1, which will equal the crediting rate if such Guarantee Period duration is currently available.
GP2
=the greatest whole number of years less than or equal to Y, but not less than 1.
r2
=
the rate for Guarantee Periods of duration GP2, which will equal the crediting rate if such Guarantee Period duration is currently available.
If we do not currently offer a Guarantee Period of duration GP1 or duration GP2,interest payment option, we will determine r1 and / or r2 by linearly interpolating between the current ratespay you interest of Guarantee Periods closest in duration. If we cannot interpolate becauseat least 1.50% a Guarantee Period of lesser durationyear. This option is not available then r1 and / or r2 will be equal to [(1) + (2) – (3)], where (1), (2), and (3) are defined as:if you hold your contract in an IRA.
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
If your contract is held under a tax-favored retirement plan (or “Qualified Annuity”), you should consider the required minimum distribution rules under the Code when selecting your annuity option.
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(1)=
the current Treasury spot rate for GP1 or GP2, respectively, and


(2)=the current crediting rate for the next longer Guaranteed Period duration currently available, and
4: WHAT IS THE DEATH BENEFIT?
(3)=the current Treasury spot rate for the next longer Guaranteed Period duration currently available.
BENEFICIARY
The term “current Treasury spot rate” refersbeneficiary is the person(s) or entity you name to the rates that existedreceive any death benefit. The beneficiary is named at the time the crediting rates werecontract is issued, unless you change it at a later date. Unless an irrevocable beneficiary has been named, you can change the beneficiary at any time before the owner or last determined.surviving owner dies. However, if the contract is jointly owned, the owner must name the joint owner and the joint owner must name the owner as the beneficiary.
To determine “J”:
CALCULATION OF THE DEATH BENEFIT
If Ythe owner (or first-to-die of the owner and joint owner) dies during the accumulation phase, we will, upon receiving appropriate proof of death and any other needed documentation in good order (proof of death), pay a death benefit to the beneficiary designated by the deceased owner or joint owner. If the contract is owned by an integer, and if Y is equalentity (e.g., a corporation or trust), rather than by an individual, then we will pay the death benefit upon the death of the annuitant. We require proof of death to be submitted promptly. The beneficiary will receive a Guarantee Period duration that we currently offer, “j” isdeath benefit equal to the crediting rate associatedcontract value as of the date that proof of death is received in good order at the Prudential Annuity Service Center.
Where a contract is structured so that it is owned by a grantor trust but the annuitant is not the grantor, then the contract is required to terminate upon the death of the grantor if the grantor pre-deceases the annuitant under Section 72(s) of the Code. Under this circumstance, the Contract Surrender Value will be paid out to the beneficiary and it is not eligible for the death benefit provided under the contract.
Instead of asking us to pay a death benefit, the surviving spouse may opt to continue the contract, as discussed below. Generally, we impose no withdrawal charge or market value adjustment when we pay the death benefit.
JOINT OWNERSHIP RULES
If the contract has an owner and a joint owner and they are spouses, then upon the first to die of the owner and joint owner, the surviving spouse has the choice of the following:
The contract can continue, with a Guarantee Period durationthe surviving spouse as the sole owner of Y years.
If Y is less than 1, then “J” = r2.the contract. In this case, the contract held by the surviving spouse will continue to be subject to the withdrawal charge and market value adjustment; or
The surviving spouse can receive the death benefit and the contract will end. If the surviving spouse wishes to receive the death benefit, he or she must make that choice within the first 60 days following our receipt of proof of death. Otherwise, we determine “J” by linearly interpolating between r1 and r2, using the following formula:contract will continue with the surviving spouse as the sole owner.
A surviving spouse’s ability to continue ownership of the annuity may be impacted by certain legal restrictions (see “8: What Are the Tax Considerations Associated with the Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?”). Please consult your tax or legal advisor for more information about such impact in your state.
J=
(R1 * (Y – GP2) + r2 * (GP1 – Y)) / (GP1 – GP2)


If the contract has an owner and a joint owner, and they are not spouses, the contract will not continue. Instead, the beneficiary will receive the death benefit.
The current ratedeath benefit payout options are:
Choice 1. Lump sum.
Choice 2. Generally, payment of the entire death benefit within 5 years of the date of death of the first to die. Under this choice, we will impose a market value adjustment upon any withdrawal made during the 5 year period (unless the withdrawal is made during the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period). Starting in 2020, upon your death under a Qualified Annuity (with the exception of government plans and plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements), your designated beneficiary must receive the entire death benefit within 10 years of your death.
Choice 3. Payment under an annuity or settlement option over the lifetime of the beneficiary or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the beneficiary with distribution beginning within one year of the date of death of the first to die. If the distribution does not begin by such time, then no partial withdrawals will be permitted thereafter, and the death benefit must be taken as a lump sum within the 5 year period, or 10 year period depending on the contract type. Starting in 2020, upon your death under a Qualified Annuity, only an eligible designated beneficiary (“J”EDB”) is allowed to take distributions over life, or over a period not extending beyond life expectancy of the beneficiary provided that such distributions commence within one year of death. An EDB is any designated beneficiary who is (1) your surviving spouse, (2) your minor child, (3) disabled or chronically ill individual, or (4) an individual not more than 10 years younger than you.
If no instructions are received on where to send the death benefit payment within 5 years of the date of death, the funds will be escheated.
The tax consequences to the beneficiary may vary among the three death benefit payout options. See Section 8, “What Are The Tax Considerations Associated With The Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity Contract?”
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5: HOW CAN I PURCHASE A STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
Please note that this Annuity is no longer offered for new sales.
PURCHASE PAYMENT
A purchase payment is the amount of money you give us to purchase the contract. The minimum initial purchase payment is $5,000, and may not exceed $5 million absent our prior approval, unless we are prohibited under applicable state law from insisting on such prior approval. We must approve any initial and additional Purchase Payments where the total amount of Purchase Payments equals $1,000,000 or more with respect to this Annuity and any other annuities you are purchasing from us (or that you already own) and/or our affiliates. An initial purchase payment is considered the first purchase payment received by us in good order. This is the MVA formulapayment that issues your contract. All subsequent purchase payments allocated to the contract will be considered subsequent purchase payments. You can allocate subsequent purchase payments to a guarantee period only during the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period, provided that any such purchase payment is at least $1,000.
Purchase payments must be submitted by check drawn on a U.S. bank, in U.S. dollars, and made payable to Pruco Life of New Jersey. Purchase payments may also be submitted via 1035 exchange or direct transfer of funds. Under certain circumstances, purchase payments may be transmitted to Pruco Life of New Jersey via wiring funds through your Financial Professional’s broker-dealer firm. We may apply certain limitations, restrictions, and/or underwriting standards as a condition of our issuance of a contract and/or acceptance of purchase payments. We may reject any payment if it is received in an unacceptable form. Our acceptance of a check is subject to our ability to collect funds.
We generally will sell you a contract only if the same Guaranteed Minimum Interest Rate aseldest of the Crediting Rate.owner, any joint owner, annuitant, and any co-annuitant is 85 or younger on the contract date (age 69 or younger, for IRA).
Applicable laws designed to counter terrorist and prevent money laundering might, in certain circumstances, require us to block a contract owner’s ability to make certain transactions and thereby refuse to accept purchase payments or requests for transfers, partial withdrawals, total withdrawals, death benefits, or income payments until instructions are received from the appropriate regulator. We also may be required to provide additional information about you and your contract to government regulators.
Speculative Investing: Do not purchase this contract if you, anyone acting on your behalf, and/or anyone providing advice to you plan to use it for speculation, arbitrage, viatication or any other type of collective investment scheme now or at any time prior to termination of the contract. Your contract may not be traded on any stock exchange or secondary market. By purchasing this contract, you represent and warrant that you are not using this contract for speculation, arbitrage, viatication or any other type of collective investment scheme.
Currently, we will not issue a contract, permit changes in ownership or allow assignments to certain ownership types, including but not limited to: corporations, partnerships, endowments and grantor trusts with multiple grantors. Further, we will only issue a contract, allow changes of ownership and/or permit assignments to certain ownership types if the contract is held exclusively for the benefit of the designated annuitant. These rules are subject to state law. We may issue a contract in ownership structures where the annuitant is also the participant in a Qualified or Non-Qualified employer sponsored plan and the contract represents his or her segregated interest in such plan. We reserve the right to waivefurther limit, restrict and/or change to whom we will issue a contract in the liquidity factor set forth above.future, to the extent permitted by state law. Further, please be aware that we do not provide administration for employer-sponsored plans and may also limit the number of plan participants that elect to use our contract as a funding vehicle.
MVA Examples For Long-Term MVA Options
ALLOCATION OF PURCHASE PAYMENT
When you purchase a contract, we will allocate your invested purchase payment to the guarantee period of your choosing, provided that we are offering that guarantee period at the time. You must allocate all of your initial purchase payment to a single guarantee period. Likewise, any subsequent purchase payment you make during the 30-day period immediately preceding the end of a guarantee period will be consolidated with your existing contract value, and the total will be allocated to a single guarantee period of your choosing.
OWNER, ANNUITANT AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS
In general, you may change the owner, annuitant and beneficiary designations by sending us a request in writing in a form acceptable to us. Upon an ownership change, any automated investment or withdrawal programs will be canceled. The following hypothetical examples shownew owner must submit the effectapplicable program enrollment if they wish to participate in such a program. Where allowed by law, such changes will be subject to our acceptance. Some of the MVAchanges we will not accept include, but are not limited to:
a new owner subsequent to the death of the owner or the first of any co-owners to die, except where a spouse-beneficiary has become the owner as a result of an owner’s death;
a new annuitant subsequent to the annuity date;
for “non-qualified” investments, a new annuitant prior to the annuity date if the contract is owned by an entity;
a change in determining Account Value. Assumebeneficiary if the following:owner had previously made the designation irrevocable; and
You allocate $100,000 into an MVA Option (we refer to this as the “Allocation Date” in these examples) with a Guarantee Period of 5 years (we refer to this as the “Maturity Date” in these examples).
The crediting rate associated with the MVA Option beginning on Allocation Date and maturing on Maturity Date is 2.50% (I = 2.50%).
You make no withdrawals or transfers until you decide to withdraw the entire MVA Option after exactly three (3) years, at which point 24 months remain before the Maturity Date (N = 24).
Examplea new annuitant for a contract issued to a grantor trust where the new annuitant is not the grantor of Positive MVAthe trust.
Assume that atAn ownership change may trigger a taxable event and once an ownership change is processed, the timetax reporting cannot be reversed. Therefore, you request the withdrawal, the crediting rateshould consult with a qualified tax advisor for complete information and advice prior to any ownership change.

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6: WHAT ARE THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
There are charges associated with the fixed allocation maturingcontract that may reduce the return on your investment. These charges and expenses are described below.
WITHDRAWAL CHARGE
The withdrawal charge is for the payment of the expenses involved in selling and distributing the contracts, including sales commissions, printing of prospectuses, sales administration, preparation of sales literature and other promotional activities.
You may surrender your contract in whole or in part while the guarantee period remains in effect. If you do so, however, you will be subject to (a) a possible withdrawal charge, (b) a market value adjustment (which we discussed in Section 2 above) and (c) possible tax penalties. After the first contract year, you may withdraw, without the imposition of any withdrawal charge or market value adjustment, an amount equal to the interest earned under your contract during the immediately preceding contract year. For purposes of this “free withdrawal” provision, you may not carry over to future contract years any amount of interest that you did not withdraw in a prior contract year. When we calculate the withdrawal charge and market value adjustment, we first take into account any available charge-free amount. We impose a withdrawal charge and market value adjustment only after that amount has been exhausted. In addition, we do not impose either a withdrawal charge or a market value adjustment on amounts you withdraw under the contract’s minimum distribution option to satisfy Internal Revenue Service required minimum distribution rules. The amount of the required minimum distribution for your particular situation may depend on other annuities, savings or investments. We will only calculate the amount of your required minimum distribution based on the Maturity Datevalue of your contract. We require three (3) days advance written notice to calculate and process the amount of your payments. You may elect to have required minimum distributions paid out monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually. The $100 minimum amount that applies to Systematic Withdrawals applies to monthly required minimum distributions but does not apply to required minimum distributions taken out on a quarterly, semi-annual or annual basis.
If you make a full withdrawal, we will deduct the withdrawal charge from the proceeds that we pay to you. If you make a partial withdrawal, we will deduct the withdrawal charge from the contract value remaining in the guarantee period. We calculate the withdrawal charge after we have given effect to any market value adjustment.
The withdrawal charge that we impose is 1.50% (J = 1.50%). Basedequal to a specified percentage of the contract value withdrawn that is in excess of the charge-free amount described above. With respect to the initial guarantee period, the withdrawal charge is based on these assumptions, the MVA wouldnumber of contract anniversaries that have elapsed since the contract date. Withdrawal charges are also imposed during your first renewal guarantee period, as discussed below. No withdrawal charges apply to any guarantee period that you choose subsequent to your first renewal guarantee period. Moreover, we impose no withdrawal charge on withdrawals from any one year guarantee period. The withdrawal charge for the initial guarantee period is equal to the following:
Number of Contract Anniversaries Since
the Contract Date
Withdrawal Charge
07%
16%
25%
34%
43%
52%
61%
70%
The withdrawal charge during the first year of the first renewal guarantee period is equal to the lesser of 5%, or 1% times the number of years in the renewal guarantee period, and the charge decreases by 1% per year thereafter. The withdrawal charge schedule for annuitants aged 90 or older differs slightly. Some or all of the guarantee periods that we offer at any given time will be calculated as follows:
MVA Factor=
[(1+I)/(1+J+0.0025)]^(N/12) = [1.025/1.0175]2 = 1.01480
Unadjusted Value=$107,689.06
Adjusted Account Value after MVA=Unadjusted Value × MVA Factor = $109,282.86
Example of Negative MVA
Assume that atshorter than the time you requestperiods indicated immediately above. If a withdrawal is effective on the day before a contract anniversary, the withdrawal charge percentage will be that as of the crediting ratenext following contract anniversary.
TAXES ATTRIBUTABLE TO PREMIUM
There may be premium based taxes applicable to your purchase payment. We are responsible for the payment of these taxes and may make a deduction from the value of the contract to pay some or all of these taxes. It is our current practice not to deduct a charge for the federal tax associated with deferred acquisition costs paid by us that are based on premium received. However, we reserve the fixed allocation maturingright to charge the contract owner for any such tax associated with deferred acquisition costs and any other type of tax measured by the amount of premium received by us that may be imposed in the future.
We will pay company income taxes on the Maturity Date is 3.50% (J = 3.50%). Based on these assumptions,taxable corporate earnings created by this Annuity. While we may consider company income taxes when pricing our products, we do not currently include such income taxes in the MVA would be calculated as follows:
MVA Factor=
[(1+I)/(1+J+0.0025)]N/12 = [1.025/1.0375]2 = 0.97605
Unadjusted Value=$107,689.06
Adjusted Account Value after MVA=Unadjusted Value x MVA Factor = $105,109.91

MVA FORMULA FOR 6 OR 12 MONTH DCA MVA OPTIONS
The MVA formula is applied separately to each DCA MVA Option to determine the Account Value of the DCA MVA Option on a particular date.
The Market Value Adjustment Factor applicable to the MVA Options we make availabletax charges you may pay under the 6 or 12 Month Dollar Cost Averaging Program is as follows:
The MVA factor is equal to:
[(1+I)/(1+J+K)]^(N/12)


where:Annuity. We will periodically review the
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I     =    
the Index Rate established at inception of a DCA MVA Option. This Index Rate will be based on a Constant Maturity Treasury (CMT) rate for a maturity (in months) equal to the initial duration of the DCA MVA Option. This CMT rate will be determined based on the weekly average of the CMT Index of appropriate maturity as of two weeks prior to initiation of the DCA MVA Option. The CMT Index will be based on “Treasury constant maturities nominal 12” rates as publishedissue of charging for these taxes, and we may charge for these taxes in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15. If a CMT index for the number of months needed is not available, the applicable CMT index will be determined based on a linear interpolation of the published CMT indices;
J     =    
the Index Rate determined at the time the MVA calculation is needed, based on a CMT rate for the amount of time remaining in the DCA MVA Option. The amount of time will be based on the number of complete months remaining in the DCA MVA Option, rounded up to the nearest whole month. This CMT rate will be determined based on the weekly average of the CMT Index of appropriate maturity as of two weeks prior to the date for which the MVA calculation is needed. The CMT Index will be based on “Treasury constant maturities nominal 12” rates as published in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15. If a CMT index for the number of months needed is not available, the applicable CMT index will be determined based on a linear interpolation of the published CMT indices;
K     =    
the Liquidity Factor, currently equal to 0.0025; and
N     =    
the number of complete months remaining in the DCA MVA Option, rounded up to the nearest whole month.
If the “Treasury constant maturities nominal 12” rates available through Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 should become unavailable at any time, or if the rate for a 1-month maturity should become unavailable through this source, we will substitute rates which, in our opinion, are comparable.
future. We reserve the right to waiveimpose a charge for federal income taxes if we determine, in our sole discretion, that we will incur a tax as a result of the Liquidity Factor.operation of the separate account.

In calculating our corporate income tax liability, we may derive certain corporate income tax benefits associated with the investment of company assets, including separate account assets, which are treated as company assets under applicable income tax law. These benefits reduce our overall corporate income tax liability. Under current law, such benefits may include foreign tax credits and corporate dividend received deductions. We do not pass these tax benefits through to holders of the separate account annuity contracts because (i) the contract Owners are not the Owners of the assets generating these benefits under applicable income tax law and (ii) we do not currently include company income taxes in the tax charges you pay under the Annuity. We reserve the right to change these tax practices.
What Happens When My Guarantee Period Matures?
7: HOW CAN I ACCESS MY MONEY?
You can withdraw money at any time during the accumulation phase. If you do so, however, you may be subject to income tax and, if the withdrawal is prior to your attaining age 591/2, an additional tax may apply. You will need our consent to make a partial withdrawal if the requested withdrawal is less than $250. During the accumulation phase, we generally have the right to terminate your contract and pay you the contract value if the current contract value is less than $2,000 and certain other conditions apply. We may postpone paying any amount for a full or partial surrender to authenticate the signature on a request. In the event that we postpone payment, the request will not be effective until we have validated the signature on the request to our satisfaction.
Income taxes, additional taxes, withdrawal charges, and a market value adjustment may apply to any withdrawal you make. For a more complete explanation of tax consequences, see Section 8.
AUTOMATED WITHDRAWALS
We offer an automated withdrawal feature. This feature enables you to receive periodic withdrawals in monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual intervals. We will process your withdrawal at the end of the business day at the intervals you specify. We will continue at these intervals until you tell us otherwise. We reserve the right to cease paying automated withdrawals if paying any such withdrawal would cause the contract value to be less than $2,000.
The “Maturity Date”minimum automated withdrawal amount you can make is $100. An assignment of the contract terminates any automated withdrawal program that you had in effect. Withdrawal charges, and a market value adjustment, may apply to any automated withdrawal you make. You may not use the automated withdrawal feature to withdraw the interest earned under your contract.
Income taxes, additional taxes, withdrawal charges, and a market value adjustment may apply to any withdrawal you make. For a more complete explanation of tax consequences, see Section 8.
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8. WHAT ARE THE TAX CONSIDERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRATEGIC PARTNERS HORIZON ANNUITY CONTRACT?
The tax considerations associated with an Annuity vary depending on whether the Annuity is (i) owned by an individual or non-natural person, and not associated with a tax-favored retirement plan, or (ii) held under a tax-favored retirement plan. We discuss the tax considerations for these categories of Annuities below. The discussion is general in nature and describes only federal income tax law (not state, local, foreign or other federal tax laws). It is based on current law and interpretations which may change. The information provided is not intended as tax advice. The federal income tax treatment of the Annuity is unclear in certain circumstances, and you should always consult a qualified tax adviser regarding the application of law to individual circumstances. Generally, the cost basis in an MVA Fixed AllocationAnnuity is the last dayamount you pay into your Annuity, or into an annuity exchanged for your Annuity, on an after-tax basis less any withdrawals of such payments. Cost basis for a tax-favored retirement plan is provided only in limited circumstances, such as for contributions to a Roth IRA or nondeductible contributions to a traditional IRA. We do not track cost basis for tax-favored retirement plans, which is the responsibility of the Guarantee Period (noteOwner.
On advisory products, you may establish an advisory fee deduction program for a qualified or non-qualified Annuity with no living benefit such that charges for investment advisory fees are not taxable to the Annuity Owner. Please note that there are additional requirements that must be satisfied in order for investment advisory fee charges paid from a non-qualified Annuity to be treated as not taxable. Advisory fee deduction programs are not permitted if the Annuity is commission based or has a living benefit. Charges for investment advisory fees that are taken from a qualified or non-qualified Annuity with a living benefit are treated as a partial withdrawal from the Annuity and will be tax reported as such to the Annuity Owner.
The discussion below generally assumes that the discussionAnnuity is issued to the Annuity Owner. For Annuities issued under the Beneficiary Continuation Option or as a Beneficiary Annuity, refer to the Taxes Payable by Beneficiaries for a Nonqualified Annuity and Required Distributions Upon Your Death for Qualified Annuities sections below.
NONQUALIFIED ANNUITIES
In general, as used in this section of Guarantee Periodsprospectus, a Nonqualified Annuity is owned by an individual or non-natural person and is not applicableassociated with a tax-favored retirement plan.
Taxes Payable by You
We believe the Annuity is an Annuity for tax purposes. Accordingly, as a general rule, you should not pay any tax until you receive money under the Annuity. Generally, an Annuity issued by the same company (and affiliates) to you during the same calendar year must be treated as one Annuity for purposes of determining the amount subject to tax under the rules described below. We treat advisory fee payments as an expense of the Annuity and not a taxable distribution if your non-qualified Annuity satisfies the requirements of a Private Letter Ruling issued to Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey by the Internal Revenue Services (“IRS”). In accordance with the PLR, advisory fee payments from your non-qualified Annuity are treated as an expense as long as your advisor attests to Prudential that the PLR requirements have been met, including that the advisory fees will not exceed 1.5% of the Annuity’s cash value and the Annuity only pays the advisor for fees related to investment advice and no other services. The PLR does not generally allow such favorable tax treatment of advisory fee payments where a commission is also paid on the Annuity.
It is possible that the IRS could assert that some or all of the charges for the optional living or death benefits under the Annuity should be treated for federal income tax purposes as a partial withdrawal from the Annuity. If this were the case, the charge for this benefit could be deemed a withdrawal and treated as taxable income to the Fixed Allocations usedextent there are earnings in the Annuity. Additionally, for Owners under age 59½, the taxable income attributable to the charge for the benefit could be subject to an additional tax. If the IRS determines that the charges for one or more benefits under the Annuity are taxable withdrawals, then the sole or surviving Owner will be provided with a dollarnotice from us describing available alternatives regarding these benefits.
Taxes on Withdrawals and Surrender Before Annuity Payments Begin
If you make a withdrawal from your Annuity or surrender it before annuity payments begin, the amount you receive will be taxed as ordinary income, rather than as a return of cost averaging program,basis, until all gain has been withdrawn. At any time there is no gain in your Annuity, payments will be treated as a nontaxable return of cost basis until all cost basis has been returned. After all cost basis is returned, all subsequent amounts will be taxed as ordinary income. An exception to this treatment exists for contracts purchased prior to August 14, 1982. Withdrawals are treated as a return of cost basis in the Benefit Fixed Rate Account, andAnnuity first until Purchase Payments made before August 14, 1982 are withdrawn. Moreover, income allocable to Purchase Payments made before August 14, 1982, is not subject to the DCA Fixed Rate options). Before10% additional tax.
You will generally be taxed on any withdrawals from the Maturity Date,Annuity while you may chooseare alive even if the withdrawal is paid to renew the MVA Fixed Allocation for a new Guarantee Periodsomeone else. Withdrawals under any of the sameoptional living benefits or different length (based upon what is currently offered)as a systematic payment are taxed under these rules. If you assign or you may transferpledge all or part of that MVA Fixed Allocation’syour Annuity as collateral for a loan, the part assigned generally will be treated as a withdrawal and subject to income tax to the extent of gain. If the entire Account Value is assigned or pledged, subsequent increases in the Account Value are also treated as withdrawals for as long as the assignment or pledge remains in place. The cost basis is increased by the amount includible in income with respect to such assignment or pledge. If you transfer your Annuity for less than full consideration, such as by gift, you will also trigger tax on any gain in the Annuity. This rule does not apply if you transfer the Annuity to your spouse or under most circumstances if you transfer the Annuity incident to divorce.
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If you choose to receive payments under an interest payment option, or a Beneficiary chooses to receive a death benefit under an interest payment option, that election will be treated, for tax purposes, as surrendering your Annuity and will immediately subject any gain in the Annuity to income tax.
Taxes on Annuity Payments
If you select an annuity payment option as described in the Access to Account Value section earlier in this prospectus, a portion of each annuity payment you receive will be treated as a partial return of your cost basis and will not be taxed. The remaining portion will be taxed as ordinary income. Generally, the nontaxable portion is determined by multiplying the annuity payment you receive by a fraction, the numerator of which is your cost basis (less any amounts previously received tax-free) and the denominator of which is the total expected payments under the Annuity. After the full amount of your cost basis has been recovered tax-free, the full amount of the annuity payments will be taxable. If annuity payments stop due to the death of the Annuitant before the full amount of your cost basis has been recovered, a tax deduction may be allowed for the unrecovered amount. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, this deduction is suspended until after 2025.
If your Account Value is reduced to zero but the Annuity remains in force due to a benefit provision, further distributions from the Annuity will be reported as annuity payments, using an exclusion ratio based upon the undistributed cost basis in the Annuity and the total value of the anticipated future payments until such time as all cost basis has been recovered.
Maximum Annuity Date
You must commence annuity payments no later than the first day of the calendar month following the maximum Annuity Date for your Annuity. Upon reaching the maximum Annuity Date you can no longer make Purchase Payments, surrender, exchange, or transfer your contract. The maximum Annuity Date may be the same as the Latest Annuity Date as described elsewhere in this prospectus. For some of our Annuities, you can choose to defer the Annuity Date beyond the default or Latest Annuity Date, as applicable, described in your Annuity. However, the IRS may not then consider your Annuity to be an Annuity under the tax law.
Please refer to your Annuity contract for the maximum Annuity Date.
Partial Annuitization
Individuals may partially annuitize their Nonqualified Annuity if the contract so permits. The tax law allows for a portion of a nonqualified Annuity, endowment or life insurance contract to be annuitized while the balance is not annuitized. The annuitized portion must be paid out over 10 or more years or over the lives of one or more individuals. The annuitized portion of the Annuity is treated as a separate Annuity for purposes of determining taxability of the payments under Section 72 of the Code. We do not currently permit partial annuitization.
Medicare Tax on Net Investment Income
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, enacted in 2010, included a Medicare tax on investment income. This tax assesses a 3.8% surtax on the lesser of (1) net investment income or (2) the excess of “modified adjusted gross income” over a threshold amount. The “threshold amount” is $250,000 for married taxpayers filing jointly or qualifying widow(er) with dependent child, $125,000 for married taxpayers filing separately, $200,000 for all others, and approximately $12,750 for trusts. The taxable portion of payments received as a withdrawal, surrender, annuity payment, death benefit payment or any other actual or deemed distribution under the Annuity will be considered investment income for purposes of this surtax.
10% Additional Tax for Early Withdrawal from a Nonqualified Annuity
You may owe a 10% additional tax on the taxable part of distributions received from your Nonqualified Annuity before you attain age 59½. Amounts are not subject to this additional tax if:
the amount is paid on or after you reach age 59½;
the amount is paid on or after the death of you (or the death of the Annuitant when the owner is not an individual);
the amount received is attributable to your becoming disabled (as defined in the Code);
generally the amount paid or received is in the form of substantially equal payments (as defined in the Code) not less frequently than annually (please note that substantially equal payments must continue until the later of reaching age 59½ or five years and modification of payments during that time period will result in retroactive application of the 10% additional tax); or
the amount received is paid under an immediate Annuity (within the meaning of the Code) and the annuity start date is no more than one year from the date of purchase (the first monthly annuity payment being required to be paid within 13 months).
Other exceptions to this tax may apply. You should consult your tax adviser for further details.
Special Rules in Relation to Tax-free Exchanges Under Section 1035
Section 1035 of the Code permits certain tax-free exchanges of a life insurance contract, Annuity or endowment contract for an Annuity, including tax-free exchanges of annuity death benefits for a Beneficiary Annuity. Partial exchanges may be treated in the same way as tax-free 1035 exchanges of entire contracts, therefore avoiding current taxation of the partially exchanged amount as well as the 10% additional tax on pre-age 59½ withdrawals. In Revenue Procedure 2011-38, the IRS indicated that, for partial exchanges on or after October 24, 2011, where there is a surrender or distribution from either the initial Annuity or receiving Annuity within 180 days of the date on which the partial exchange was completed (other than an amount received as an annuity for a period of 10 years or more or during one or more lives), the IRS may not treat the transaction, as
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a tax-free Section 1035 exchange. The IRS will apply general tax rules to determine the substance and treatment of the transaction in such cases. We strongly urge you to discuss any partial exchange transaction of this type with your tax adviser before proceeding with the transaction.
If an Annuity is purchased through a tax-free exchange of a life insurance contract, Annuity or endowment contract that was purchased prior to August 14, 1982, then any Purchase Payments made to the original contract prior to August 14, 1982 will be treated as made to the new Annuity prior to that date. Generally, such pre-August 14, 1982 withdrawals are treated as a return of cost basis first until Purchase Payments made before August 14, 1982 are withdrawn. Moreover, income allocable to Purchase Payments made before August 14, 1982, is not subject to the 10% additional tax.
After you elect an Annuity Payout Option, we do not allow you to exchange your Annuity.
Taxes Payable by Beneficiaries for a Nonqualified Annuity
If an Owner dies before the Annuity Date, the Death Benefit distributions are subject to ordinary income tax to the extent the distribution exceeds the cost basis in the Annuity. The value of the Death Benefit, as determined under federal law, is also included in the Owner’s estate for federal estate tax purposes. Generally, the same income tax rules described above would also apply to amounts received by your Beneficiary. Choosing an option other than a lump sum Death Benefit may defer taxes. Certain minimum distribution requirements apply upon your death, as discussed further below in the Annuity Qualification section. Tax consequences to the Beneficiary vary depending upon the Death Benefit payment option selected. Generally, for payment of the Death Benefit:
As a lump sum payment, the Beneficiary is taxed in the year of payment on gain in the Annuity.
Within 5 years of death of Owner, the Beneficiary is taxed on the lump sum payment. The Death Benefit must be taken as one lump sum payment within 5 years of the death of the Owner. Partial withdrawals are not permitted.
Under an Annuity or Annuity settlement option where distributions begin within one year of the date of death of the Owner, the Beneficiary is taxed on each payment with part as gain and part as return of cost basis. After the full amount of cost basis has been recovered tax-free, the full amount of the annuity payments will be taxable.
After the Annuity Date, if a period certain remains under the annuity option and the Annuitant dies before the end of that period, any remaining payments made to the Beneficiary will be fully excluded from income until the remaining investment in the contract is recovered and all annuity payments thereafter are fully includible in income. If we allow the Beneficiary to commute the remaining payments in a lump sum, the proceeds will be taxable as a surrender.
Considerations for Contingent Annuitants: We may allow the naming of a contingent Annuitant when a Nonqualified Annuity is held by a pension plan or a tax favored retirement plan, or held by a Custodial Account (as defined earlier in this prospectus). In such a situation, the Annuity may no longer qualify for tax deferral where the Annuity continues after the death of the Annuitant. However, tax deferral should be provided instead by the pension plan, tax favored retirement plan, or Custodial Account. We may also allow the naming of a contingent annuitant when a Nonqualified Annuity is held by an entity owner when such Annuities do not qualify for tax deferral under the current tax law. This does not supersede any benefit language which may restrict the use of the contingent annuitant.
Reporting and Withholding on Distributions
Amounts distributed from an Annuity are subject to federal and state income tax reporting and withholding. In general, we will withhold federal income tax from the taxable portion of such distribution based on the type of distribution. In the case of an annuity payment, we will withhold as if you are a married individual with three (3) exemptions unless you designate a different withholding status. If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, we will automatically withhold using single with zero exemptions as the default. In the case of all other distributions, we will withhold at a 10% rate. You may generally elect not to have tax withheld from your payments. An election out of withholding must be made on forms that we provide. If you are a U.S. person (which includes a resident alien), and you request a payment be delivered outside the United States, we are required to withhold income tax.
State income tax withholding rules vary and we will withhold based on the rules of your state of residence. Special tax rules apply to withholding for nonresident aliens, and we generally withhold income tax for nonresident aliens at a 30% rate. A different withholding rate may be applicable to a nonresident alien based on the terms of an existing income tax treaty between the United States and the nonresident alien’s country. Please refer to the discussion below regarding withholding rules for a Qualified Annuity.
Regardless of the amount withheld by us, you are liable for payment of federal and state income tax on the taxable portion of annuity distributions. You should consult with your tax adviser regarding the payment of the correct amount of these income taxes and potential liability if you fail to pay such taxes.
Entity Owners
Where an Annuity is held by a non-natural person (e.g., a corporation), other than as an agent or nominee for a natural person (or in other limited circumstances), increases in the value of the Annuity over its cost basis will be subject to tax annually.
Where an Annuity is issued to a Charitable Remainder Trust (CRT), increases in the value of the Annuity over its cost basis will be subject to tax reporting annually. As there are charges for the optional living and death benefits described elsewhere in this prospectus, and such charges reduce
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the contract value of the Annuity, trustees of the CRT should discuss with their legal advisers whether election of such optional living or death benefits violates their fiduciary duty to the remainder beneficiary.
Where an Annuity is issued to a trust, and such trust is characterized as a grantor trust under the Code, such Annuity shall not be considered to be held by a non-natural person and will be subject to the tax reporting and withholding requirements generally applicable to a Nonqualified Annuity held by a natural person, provided that all grantors of the trust are natural persons. At this time, we will not issue an Annuity to grantor trusts with more than two grantors.
Where the Annuity is owned by a grantor trust, the Annuity must be distributed within five years after the date of the first grantor’s death under Section 72(s) of the Code. See the “Death Benefits” section for scenarios where a Death Benefit or Surrender Value is payable depending upon the underlying facts.
Trusts are required to complete and submit a Certificate of Entity form, and we will tax report based on the information provided on this form.
Annuity Qualification
Diversification And Investor Control. In order to qualify for the tax rules applicable to Annuities described above, the investment assets in the Sub-accounts Nonqualified Annuity must be diversified according to certain rules under the Code. Each Portfolio is required to diversify its investments each quarter so that no more than 55% of the value of its assets is represented by any one investment, no more than 70% is represented by any two investments, no more than 80% is represented by any three investments, and no more than 90% is represented by any four investments. Generally, securities of a single issuer are treated as one investment, and obligations of each U.S. Government agency and instrumentality (such as the Government National Mortgage Association) are treated as issued by separate issuers. In addition, any security issued, guaranteed or insured (to the extent so guaranteed or insured) by the U.S. or an instrumentality of the U.S. will be treated as a security issued by the U.S. Government or its instrumentality, where applicable. We believe the Portfolios underlying the variable Investment Options of the Annuity meet these diversification requirements.
An additional requirement for qualification for the tax treatment described above is that we, and not you as the Annuity Owner, must have sufficient control over the underlying assets to be treated as the Owner of the underlying assets for tax purposes. While we also believe these investor control rules will be met, the Treasury Department may promulgate guidelines under which a variable annuity will not be treated as an Annuity for tax purposes if persons with ownership rights have excessive control over the investments underlying such variable Annuity. It is unclear whether such guidelines, if in fact promulgated, would have retroactive effect. It is also unclear what effect, if any, such guidelines might have on transfers between the Investment Options offered pursuant to this prospectus. We reserve the right to take any action, including modifications to your Annuity or the Investment Options, required to comply with such guidelines if promulgated. Any such changes will apply uniformly to affected Owners and will be made with such notice to affected Owners as is feasible under the circumstances.
Required Distributions Upon Your Death for a Nonqualified Annuity. Upon your death, certain distributions must be made under the Annuity. The required distributions depend on whether you die before you start taking annuity payments under the Annuity or after you start taking annuity payments under the Annuity. If you die on or after the Annuity Date, the remaining portion of the interest in the Annuity must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of death. If you die before the Annuity Date, the entire interest in the Annuity must be distributed within five years after the date of death, or as periodic payments over a period not extending beyond the life or life expectancy of the designated Beneficiary (provided such payments begin within one year of your death). If the Beneficiary does not begin installments within one year of the date of death, no partial withdrawals will be permitted thereafter, and we require that the Beneficiary take the Death Benefit as a lump sum within the five-year deadline.Your designated Beneficiary is the person to whom benefit rights under the Annuity pass by reason of death, and must be a natural person in order to elect a periodic payment option based on life expectancy or a period exceeding five years. Additionally, if the Annuity is payable to (or for the benefit of) your surviving spouse, that portion of the Annuity may be continued with your spouse as the Owner. For Nonqualified Annuities owned by a non-natural person, the required distribution rules apply upon the death of the Annuitant. This means that for an Annuity held by a non-natural person (such as a trust) for which there is named a co-annuitant, then such required distributions will be triggered by the death of the first co-annuitant to die.
Changes To Your Annuity. We reserve the right to make any changes we deem necessary to assure that your Annuity qualifies as an Annuity for tax purposes. Any such changes will apply to all Annuity Owners and you will be given notice to the extent feasible under the circumstances.
QUALIFIED ANNUITIES
In general, as used in this prospectus, a Qualified Annuity is an Annuity with applicable endorsements for a tax-favored plan or a Nonqualified Annuity held by a tax-favored retirement plan.
The following is a general discussion of the tax considerations for Qualified Annuities. This Annuity may or may not be available for all types of the tax-favored retirement plans discussed below. This discussion assumes that you have satisfied the eligibility requirements for any tax-favored retirement plan. Please consult your financial professional prior to purchase to confirm if this Annuity is available for a particular type of tax-favored retirement plan or whether we will accept the type of contribution you intend for this Annuity.
A Qualified Annuity may typically be purchased for use in connection with:
Individual retirement accounts and annuities (IRAs), including inherited IRAs (which we refer to as a Beneficiary IRA), which are subject to Sections 408(a) and 408(b) of the Code;
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Roth IRAs, including inherited Roth IRAs (which we refer to as a Beneficiary Roth IRA) under Section 408A of the Code;
A corporate Pension or Profit-sharing plan (subject to 401(a) of the Code);
H.R. 10 plans (also known as Keogh Plans, subject to 401(a) of the Code);
Tax Sheltered Annuities (subject to 403(b) of the Code, also known as Tax Deferred Annuities or TDAs);
Section 457 plans (subject to 457 of the Code).
A Nonqualified Annuity may also be purchased by a 401(a) trust, a custodial IRA or a custodial Roth IRA account, or a Section 457 plan, which can hold other permissible assets. The terms and administration of the trust or custodial account or plan in accordance with the laws and regulations for 401(a) plans, IRAs or Roth IRAs, or a Section 457 plan, as applicable, are the responsibility of the applicable trustee or custodian.
You should be aware that tax favored plans such as IRAs generally provide income tax deferral regardless of whether they invest in Annuities. This means that when a tax favored plan invests in an Annuity, it generally does not result in any additional tax benefits (such as income tax deferral and income tax free transfers).
Types of Tax-favored Plans
IRAs. The “IRA Disclosure Statement” and “Roth IRA Disclosure Statement” which accompany the prospectus contain information about eligibility, contribution limits, tax particulars, and other IRA information. In addition to this information (the material terms are summarized in this prospectus and in those Disclosure Statements), the IRS requires that you have a “Free Look” after making an initial contribution to the Annuity. During this time, you can cancel the Annuity by notifying us in writing, and we will refund the greater of all purchase payments under the Annuity or the Account Value, less any applicable federal and state income tax withholding.
Contribution Limits/Rollovers. Subject to the minimum purchase payment requirements of an Annuity, you may purchase an Annuity for an IRA in connection with a “rollover” of amounts from a qualified retirement plan, as a transfer from another IRA, by making a contribution consisting of your IRA contributions and catch-up contributions, if applicable, attributable to the prior year during the period from January 1 to April 15 (or the later applicable due date of your federal income tax return, without extension), or as a current year contribution. In 2020 the contribution limit is $6,000. The contribution amount is indexed for inflation. The tax law also provides for a catch-up provision for individuals who are age 50 and above, allowing these individuals an additional $1,000 contribution each year. The catch-up amount is not indexed for inflation. The “rollover” rules under the Code are fairly technical; however, an individual (or his or her surviving spouse) may generally “roll over” certain distributions from tax favored retirement plans (either directly or within 60 days from the date of these distributions) if he or she meets the requirements for distribution. Once you buy an Annuity, you can make regular IRA contributions under the Annuity (to the extent permitted by law). For IRA rollovers, an individual can only make an IRA to IRA rollover if the individual has not made a rollover involving any IRAs owned by the individual in the prior 12 months. An IRA transfer is a tax-free trustee-to-trustee “transfer” from one IRA account to another. IRA transfers are not subject to this 12-month rule. Beginning in 2020, there is no longer an age limitation with regard to contributions to a traditional IRA as long as the earned income requirements are met.
In some circumstances, non-spouse Beneficiaries may roll over to an IRA amounts due from qualified plans, 403(b) plans, and governmental 457(b) plans. However, the rollover rules applicable to non-spouse Beneficiaries under the Code are more restrictive than the rollover rules applicable to Owner/participants and spouse Beneficiaries. Generally, non-spouse Beneficiaries may roll over distributions from tax favored retirement plans only as a direct rollover, and if permitted by the plan. For plan years beginning after December 31, 2009, employer retirement plans are required to permit non-spouse Beneficiaries to roll over funds to an inherited IRA. An inherited IRA must be directly rolled over from the employer plan or transferred from an IRA and must be titled in the name of the deceased (i.e., John Doe deceased for the benefit of Jane Doe). No additional contributions can be made to an inherited IRA. In this prospectus, an inherited IRA is also referred to as a Beneficiary Annuity.
Required Provisions. Annuities that are IRAs (or endorsements that are part of the contract) must contain certain provisions:
You, as Owner of the Annuity, must be the “Annuitant” under the contract (except in certain cases involving the division of property under a decree of divorce);
Your rights as Owner are non-forfeitable;
You cannot sell, assign or pledge the Annuity;
The annual contribution you pay cannot be greater than the maximum amount allowed by law, including catch-up contributions if applicable (which does not include any rollover amounts or amounts transferred by trustee-to-trustee transfer);
The date on which required minimum distributions must begin cannot be later than April 1st of the calendar year after the calendar year you turn age 70½ (or age 72, for distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, with respect to individuals who attain 70 ½ after such date); and
Death and annuity payments must meet Required Minimum Distribution rules described below.
Usually, the full amount of any distribution from an IRA (including a distribution from this Annuity) which is not a transfer or rollover is taxable. As taxable income, these distributions are subject to the general tax withholding rules described earlier regarding an Annuity in the Nonqualified Annuity section. In addition to this normal tax liability, you may also be liable for the following, depending on your actions:
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A 10% early withdrawal additional tax described below;
Liability for “prohibited transactions” if you, for example, borrow against the value of an IRA; or
Failure to take a Required Minimum Distribution, also described below.
SEPs. SEPs are a variation on a standard IRA, and Annuities issued to a SEP must satisfy the same general requirements described under IRAs (above). There are, however, some differences:
If you participate in a SEP, you generally do not include in income any employer contributions made to the SEP on your behalf up to the lesser of (a) $57,000 in 2020, or (b) 25% of your taxable compensation paid by the contributing employer (not including the employer’s SEP contribution as compensation for these purposes). However, for these purposes, compensation in excess of certain limits established by the IRS will not be considered. In 2020, this limit is $285,000;
SEPs must satisfy certain participation and nondiscrimination requirements not generally applicable to IRAs; and
SEPs that contain a salary reduction or “SARSEP” provision prior to 1997 may permit salary deferrals up to $19,500 in 2020 with the employer making these contributions to the SEP. However, no new “salary reduction” or “SARSEPs” can be established after 1996. Individuals participating in a SARSEP who are age 50 or above by the end of the year will be permitted to contribute an additional $6,500 in 2020. These amounts are indexed for inflation. Not all Annuities issued by us are available for SARSEPs. You will also be provided the same information, and have the same “Free Look” period, as you would have if you purchased the Annuity for a standard IRA.
ROTH IRAs. The “Roth IRA Disclosure Statement” contains information about eligibility, contribution limits, tax particulars and other Roth IRA information. Like standard IRAs, income within a Roth IRA accumulates tax-free, and contributions are subject to specific limits. Roth IRAs have, however, the following differences:
Contributions to a Roth IRA cannot be deducted from your gross income;
“Qualified distributions” from a Roth IRA are excludable from gross income. A “qualified distribution” is a distribution that satisfies two requirements: (1) the distribution must be made (a) after the Owner of the IRA attains age 59½; (b) after the Owner’s death; (c) due to the Owner’s disability; or (d) for a qualified first time homebuyer distribution within the meaning of Section 72(t)(2)(F) of the Code; and (2) the distribution must be made in the year that is at least five tax years after the first year for which a contribution was made to any Roth IRA established for the Owner or five years after a rollover, transfer, or conversion was made from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Distributions from a Roth IRA that are not qualified distributions will be treated as made first from contributions and then from earnings and earnings will be taxed generally in the same manner as distributions from a traditional IRA.
If eligible (including meeting income limitations and earnings requirements), you may make contributions to a Roth IRA during your lifetime, and distributions are not required during the owner’s lifetime.
Subject to the minimum Purchase Payment requirements of an Annuity, you may purchase an Annuity for a Roth IRA in connection with a “rollover” of amounts of another traditional IRA, SEP, SIMPLE-IRA, employer sponsored retirement plan (under Sections 401(a) or 403(b) of the Code) or Roth IRA; or, if you meet certain income limitations, by making a contribution consisting of your Roth IRA contributions and catch-up contributions, if applicable, attributable to the prior year during the period from January 1 to April 15 (or the applicable due date of your federal income tax return, without extension), or as a current year contribution. The Code permits persons who receive certain qualifying distributions from such non-Roth IRAs, to directly rollover or make, within 60 days, a “rollover” of all or any part of the amount of such distribution to a Roth IRA which they establish (a "conversion"). The conversion of non-Roth accounts triggers current taxation (but is not subject to a 10% early distribution additional tax).
The Code also permits the recharacterization of amounts from a traditional IRA, SEP, or SIMPLE IRA into a Roth IRA, or from a Roth IRA to a traditional IRA. Recharacterization is accomplished through a trustee-to-trustee transfer of a contribution (or a portion of a contribution) plus earnings, between different types of IRAs. A properly recharacterized contribution is treated as a contribution made to the second IRA instead of the first IRA. Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, you may no longer recharacterize a conversion to a Roth IRA. It is still permissible to recharacterize a contribution made to a Roth IRA as a traditional IRA contribution, or a contribution to a traditional IRA as a Roth IRA contribution. Such recharacterization must be completed by the applicable tax return due date (with extensions).
Once an Annuity has been purchased, regular Roth IRA contributions will be accepted to the extent permitted by law. In addition, an individual receiving an eligible rollover distribution from a designated Roth account under an employer plan may roll over the distribution to a Roth IRA even if the individual is not eligible to make regular contributions to a Roth IRA. Non-spouse Beneficiaries receiving a distribution from an employer sponsored retirement plan under Sections 401(a) or 403(b) of the Code can also directly roll over contributions to a Roth IRA. However, it is our understanding of the Code that non-spouse Beneficiaries cannot “rollover” benefits from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
TDAs. In general, you may own a Tax Deferred Annuity (also known as a TDA, Tax Sheltered Annuity (TSA), 403(b) plan or 403(b) Annuity) if you are an employee of a tax-exempt organization (as defined under Code Section 501(c)(3)) or a public educational organization, and you may make contributions to a TDA so long as your employer maintains such a plan and your rights to the Annuity are non-forfeitable. Contributions to a TDA, and any earnings, are not taxable until distribution. You may also make contributions to a TDA under a salary reduction agreement, generally up to a maximum of $19,500 in 2020. Individuals participating in a TDA who are age 50 or above by the end of the year will be permitted to contribute an additional $6,500 in 2020. This amount is indexed for inflation. Further, you may roll over TDA amounts to another MVA Fixed AllocationTDA or an IRA. You may also roll
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over TDA amounts to a qualified retirement plan, a SEP and a governmental 457(b) plan. An Annuity may generally only qualify as a TDA if distributions of salary deferrals (other than “grandfathered” amounts held as of December 31, 1988) may be made only on account of:
Your attainment of age 59½;
Your severance of employment;
Your death;
Your total and permanent disability; or
Hardship (under limited circumstances, and only related to salary deferrals, not including earnings attributable to these amounts).
In any event, you must begin receiving distributions from your TDA by April 1st of the calendar year after the calendar year you turn age 70½ (or age 72 shall apply to distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, with respect to individuals who attain age 70½ after such date),or retire, whichever is later. These distribution limits do not apply either to transfers or exchanges of investments under the Annuity, or to any “direct transfer” of your interest in the Annuity to another employer’s TDA plan or mutual fund “custodial account” described under Code Section 403(b)(7). Employer contributions to TDAs are subject to the same general contribution, nondiscrimination, and minimum participation rules applicable to “qualified” retirement plans.
Caution: Under IRS regulations we can accept contributions, transfers and rollovers only if we have entered into an information-sharing agreement, or its functional equivalent, with the applicable employer or its agent. In addition, in order to comply with the regulations, we will only process certain transactions (e.g., transfers, withdrawals, hardship distributions and, if applicable, loans) with employer approval. This means that if you request one of these transactions we will not consider your request to be in Good Order, and will not therefore process the transaction, until we receive the employer’s approval in written or electronic form.
Late Rollover Self-Certification
You may be able to apply a rollover contribution to your IRA or qualified retirement plan after the 60-day deadline through a self-certification procedure established by the IRS. Please consult your tax or legal adviser regarding your eligibility to use this self-certification procedure. As indicated in this IRS guidance, we, as a financial institution, are not required to accept your self-certification for waiver of the 60-day deadline.
Required Minimum Distributions and Payment Options
If you hold the Annuity under an IRA (or other tax-favored plan), Required Minimum Distribution rules must be satisfied. This means that generally payments must start by April 1 of the year after the year you reach age 70½ (or age 72 shall apply to distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, with respect to individuals who attain age 70½ after such date) and must be made for each year thereafter. For a TDA or a 401(a) plan for which the participant is not a greater than 5% Owner of the employer, this required beginning date can generally be deferred to retirement, if later. Roth IRAs are not subject to these rules during the Owner’s lifetime. The amount of the payment must at least equal the minimum required under the IRS rules. Several choices are available for calculating the minimum amount. More information on the mechanics of this calculation is available on request. Please contact us at a reasonable time before the IRS deadline so that a timely distribution is made. Please note that there is a 50% tax penalty on the amount of any required minimum distribution not made in a timely manner. Required Minimum Distributions are calculated based on the sum of the Account Value and the actuarial value of any additional living and death benefits from optional riders that you have purchased under the Annuity. As a result, the Required Minimum Distributions may be larger than if the calculation were based on the Account Value only, which may in turn result in an earlier (but not before the required beginning date) distribution of amounts under the Annuity and an increased amount of taxable income distributed to the Annuity Owner, and a reduction of payments under the living and death benefit optional riders.
You can use the Minimum Distribution option to satisfy the Required Minimum Distribution rules for an Annuity without either beginning annuity payments or surrendering the Annuity. We will distribute to you the Required Minimum Distribution amount, less any other partial withdrawals that you made during the year. Such amount will be based on the value of the Annuity as of December 31 of the prior year, but is determined without regard to other Annuities you may own. If a trustee to trustee transfer or direct rollover of the full contract value is requested when there is an active Required Minimum Distribution program running, the Required Minimum Distribution will be removed and sent to the Owner prior to the remaining funds being sent to the transfer institution.
Although the IRS rules determine the required amount to be distributed from your IRA each year, certain payment alternatives are still available to you. If you own more than one IRA, you can choose to satisfy your minimum distribution requirement for each of your IRAs by withdrawing that amount from any of your IRAs. If you inherit more than one IRA or more than one Roth IRA from the same Owner, similar rules apply.
Charitable IRA Distributions.
Certain qualified IRA distributions used for charitable purposes are eligible for an exclusion from gross income, up to $100,000, for otherwise taxable IRA distributions from a traditional or Roth IRA. A qualified charitable distribution is a distribution that is made (1) directly by the IRA trustee to certain qualified charitable organizations and (2) on or after the date the IRA owner attains age 70½. Distributions that are excluded from income under this provision are not taken into account in determining the individual’s deductions, if any, for charitable contributions.Effective 2020, the amount of your qualified charitable distributions that are excluded from income for a tax year is reduced (but not below zero) by the excess of: (1)  the total amount of your IRA deductions allowed for all tax years ending on or after the date you attain age 70½, over (2)  the total amount of reductions for all tax years preceding the current tax year.
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The IRS has indicated that an IRA trustee is not responsible for determining whether a distribution to a charity is one that satisfies the requirements of the charitable giving incentive. Consistent with the applicable IRS instructions, we report these distributions as normal IRA distributions on Form 1099-R. Individuals are responsible for reflecting the distributions as charitable IRA distributions on their personal tax returns.
Required Distributions Upon Your Death for a Qualified Annuity
Upon your death under an IRA, Roth IRA, 403(b) or other employer sponsored plan, any remaining interest must be distributed in accordance with federal income tax requirements. The post-death distribution requirements were amended, applicable generally with respect to deaths occurring after 2019, by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 (which includes the "Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement" Act (SECURE Act)). The post-death distribution requirements under prior law continue to apply in certain circumstances.
Prior law. Under prior law, if an employee under an employer sponsored plan or IRA owner dies prior to the required beginning date, the remaining interest must be distributed (1) within 5 years after the death (the “5-year rule”), or (2) over the life of the designated beneficiary, or over a period not extending beyond the life expectancy of the designated beneficiary, provided that such distributions commence within one year after death (the “lifetime payout rule”). If the employee or IRA owner dies on or after the required beginning date (including after the date distributions have commenced in the form of an annuity), the remaining interest must be distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used as of the date of death (the “at-least-as-rapidly rule”).
The new law. Under the new law, if you die after 2019, and you have a designated beneficiary, any remaining interest must be distributed by December 31st of the year that includes the 10 year anniversary of your death, unless the designated beneficiary is an “eligible designated beneficiary” (“EDB”) or some other exception applies. A designated beneficiary is any individual designated as a beneficiary by the employee or IRA owner. An EDB is any designated beneficiary who is (1) your surviving spouse, (2) your minor child, (3) disabled, (4) chronically ill, or (5) an individual not more than 10 years younger than you. An individual’s status as an EDB is determined on the date of your death.
This 10-year post-death distribution period applies regardless of whether you die before your required beginning date, or you die on or after that date (including after distributions have commenced in the form of an annuity). However, if the beneficiary is an EDB and the EDB dies before the entire interest is distributed under this 10-year rule, the remaining interest must be distributed within 10 years after the EDB’s death (i.e., a new 10-year distribution period begins).
Instead of taking distributions under the new 10-year rule, an EDB can stretch distributions over life, or over a period not extending beyond life expectancy, provided that such distributions commence within one year of your death, subject to certain special rules. In particular, if the EDB dies before the remaining interest is distributed under this stretch rule, the remaining interest must be distributed within 10 years after the EDB’s death (regardless of whether the remaining distribution period under the stretch rule was more or less than 10 years). In addition, if your minor child is an EDB, the child will cease to be an EDB on the date the child reaches the age of majority, and any remaining interest must be distributed within 10 years after that date (regardless of whether the remaining distribution period under the stretch rule was more or less than 10 years).
The new law applies if you die after 2019, subject to several exceptions. In particular, if you are an employee under a governmental plan, such as a section 403(b) plan of a public school or a governmental 457(b) plan, the new law applies if you die after 2021. In addition, if your plan is maintained pursuant to one or more investment optionscollective bargaining agreements, the new law generally applies if you die after 2021 (unless the collective bargaining agreements terminate earlier).
It is important to note that under prior law, annuity payments that commenced under a method that satisfied the distribution requirements while the employee or IRA owner was alive could continue to be made under that method after the death of the employee or IRA owner. However, under the new law, if you commence taking distributions in the form of an annuity that can continue after your death, such as in the form of a joint and survivor annuity or an annuity with a guaranteed period of more than 10 years, any distributions after your death that are scheduled to be made beyond the applicable distribution period imposed under the new law might need to be commuted at the end of that period (or otherwise modified after your death if permitted under federal tax law and by Prudential) in order to comply with the new post-death distribution requirements.
The new post-death distribution requirements do not apply if annuity payments that comply with prior law commenced prior to December 20, 2019. Also, even if annuity payments have not commenced prior to December 20, 2019, the new requirements generally do not apply to an immediate annuity contract or a deferred income annuity contract (including a qualifying lifetime annuity contract, or “QLAC”)) purchased prior to that date, if you have made an irrevocable election before that date as to the method and amount of the annuity.
If your beneficiary is not an individual, such as a charity, your estate, or a trust, any remaining interest after your death generally must be distributed under prior law in accordance with the 5-year rule or the at-least-as-rapidly rule, as applicable (but not the lifetime payout rule). However, if your beneficiary is a trust and all the beneficiaries of the trust are individuals, the new law can apply pursuant to special rules that treat the beneficiaries of the trust as designated beneficiaries, including special rules allowing a beneficiary of a trust who is disabled or chronically ill to stretch the distribution of their interest over their life or life expectancy in some cases. You may wish to consult a professional tax advisor about the federal income tax consequences of your beneficiary designations.
In addition, the new post-death distribution requirements generally do not apply if the employee or IRA owner died prior to January 1, 2020. However, if the designated beneficiary of the deceased employee or IRA owner dies after January 1, 2020, any remaining interest must be distributed within 10 year of the designated beneficiary’s death. Hence, this 10-year rule will apply to (1) a contract issued prior to 2020 which
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continues to be held by a designated beneficiary of an employee or IRA owner who died prior to 2020, and (2) an inherited IRA issued after 2019 to the designated beneficiary of an employee or IRA owner who died prior to 2020.
Spousal continuation. Under the new law, as under prior law, if your beneficiary is your spouse, your surviving spouse can delay the application of the post-death distribution requirements until after your surviving spouse reaches age 70 ½ (or age 72, for distributions required to be made after December 31, 2019, with respect to individuals who attain age 70½ after such date) by transferring the remaining interest tax-free to your surviving spouse’s own IRA, or by treating your IRA as your surviving spouse’s own IRA.
The post-death distribution requirements are complex and unclear in numerous respects. In addition, the manner in which these requirements will apply will depend on your particular facts and circumstances. You may wish to consult a professional tax adviser for tax advice as to your particular situation.
A Beneficiary has the flexibility to take out more each year than mandated under the required minimum distribution rules. Note that in 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Inherited IRAs, other than IRAs inherited by the owner’s spouse, do not qualify as retirement assets for purposes of protection under the federal bankruptcy laws.
Until withdrawn, amounts in a Qualified Annuity continue to be tax deferred. Amounts withdrawn each year, including amounts that are required to be withdrawn under the required minimum distribution rules, are subject to tax. You may wish to consult a professional tax adviser for tax advice as to your particular situation.
For a Roth IRA, if death occurs before the entire interest is distributed, the death benefit must be distributed under the same rules applied to IRAs where death occurs before the date required minimum distributions must begin under the Code.
10 % Additional Tax for Early Withdrawals from a Qualified Annuity You may owe a 10% additional tax on the taxable part of distributions received from an IRA, SEP, Roth IRA, TDA or qualified retirement plan before you attain age 59½. Amounts are not subject to this additional tax if:
the amount is paid on or after you reach age 59½ or die;
the amount received is attributable to your becoming disabled; or
generally the amount paid or received is in the form of substantially equal payments (as defined in the Code) not less frequently than annually. (Please note that substantially equal payments must continue until the later of reaching age 59½ or five years. Modification of payments or additional contributions to the Annuity during that time period will result in retroactive application of the 10% additional tax.)
Other exceptions to this tax may apply. You should consult your tax adviser for further details.
Withholding
For 403(b) Tax Deferred annuities, we will withhold federal income tax at the rate of 20% for any eligible rollover distribution paid by us to or for a plan participant, unless such distribution is “directly” rolled over into another qualified plan, IRA (including the IRA variations described in your Annuity Prospectus.above), SEP, governmental 457(b) plan or TDA. An eligible rollover distribution is defined under the tax law as a distribution from an employer plan under 401(a), a TDA or a governmental 457(b) plan, excluding any distribution that is part of a series of substantially equal payments (at least annually) made over the life expectancy of the employee or the joint life expectancies of the employee and his designated Beneficiary, any distribution made for a specified period of 10 years or more, any distribution that is a required minimum distribution and any hardship distribution. Regulations also specify certain other items which are not considered eligible rollover distributions. We will not chargewithhold for payments made from trustee owned Annuities or for payments under a MVA if457 plan. For all other distributions, unless you choose to renewelect otherwise, we will withhold federal income tax from the taxable portion of such distribution at an MVA Fixed Allocationappropriate percentage. The rate of withholding on its Maturity Date or transferannuity payments where no mandatory withholding is required is determined on the Account Value to one or more other investment options. We will notify you before the endbasis of the Guarantee Period about the fixed interest rateswithholding certificate that we are currently crediting to all MVA Fixed Allocations that are being offered. The rates being credited to MVA Fixed Allocations may change before the Maturity Date.
you file with us. If you do not specify howfile a certificate, we will automatically withhold federal taxes on the following basis:
For any annuity payments not subject to mandatory withholding, you wantwill have taxes withheld by us as if you are a married individual, with 3 exemptions; and
For all other distributions, we will withhold at a 10% rate.
If no U.S. taxpayer identification number is provided, no election out of withholding will be allowed, and we will automatically withhold using the default withholding rules. We will provide you with forms and instructions concerning the right to elect that no amount be withheld from payments in the ordinary course. However, you should know that, in any event, you are liable for payment of federal income taxes on the taxable portion of the distributions, and you should consult with your tax adviser to find out more information on your potential liability if you fail to pay such taxes. If you are a U.S. person (which includes a resident alien), and you request a payment be delivered outside the U.S., we are required to withhold income tax. There may be additional state income tax withholding requirements.
ERISA Requirements
ERISA (the “Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974”) and the Code prevent a fiduciary and other “parties in interest” with respect to a plan (and, for these purposes, an MVA Fixed AllocationIRA would also constitute a “plan”) from receiving any benefit from any party dealing with the plan, as a result of the sale of the Annuity. Administrative exemptions under ERISA generally permit the sale of insurance/annuity products to plans, provided that certain information is disclosed to the person purchasing the Annuity. This information has to do primarily with the fees, charges, discounts and other
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costs related to the Annuity, as well as any commissions paid to any agent selling the Annuity. Information about any applicable fees, charges, discounts, penalties or adjustments may be found in the applicable sections of this prospectus. Information about sales representatives and commissions may be found in the sections of this prospectus addressing distribution of the Annuities.
Other relevant information required by the exemptions is contained in the contract and accompanying documentation.
Please consult with your tax adviser if you have any questions about ERISA and these disclosure requirements.
Spousal Consent Rules for Retirement Plans - Qualified Annuities
If you are married at the time your payments commence, you may be required by federal law to choose an income option that provides survivor annuity income to your spouse, unless your spouse waives that right. Similarly, if you are married at the time of your death, federal law may require all or a portion of the Death Benefit to be allocated on its Maturity Date, we will then transferpaid to your spouse, even if you designated someone else as your Beneficiary. A brief explanation of the Account Valueapplicable rules follows. For more information, consult the terms of your retirement arrangement.
Defined Benefit Plans and Money Purchase Pension Plans. If you are married at the time your payments commence, federal law requires that benefits be paid to you in the MVA Fixed Allocationform of a “qualified joint and survivor annuity” (QJSA), unless you and your spouse waive that right, in writing. Generally, this means that you will receive a reduced payment during your life and, upon your death, your spouse will receive at least one-half of what you were receiving for life. You may elect to receive another income option if your spouse consents to the AST Government Money Market Sub-account, whichelection and waives his or her right to receive the QJSA. If your spouse consents to the alternative form of payment, your spouse may not receive any benefits from the plan upon your death. Federal law also requires that the plan pay a Death Benefit to your spouse if you are married and die before you begin receiving your benefit. This benefit must be available in the form of an Annuity for your spouse’s lifetime and is described in your Annuity Prospectus. You can thencalled a “qualified pre-retirement survivor annuity” (QPSA). If the plan pays Death Benefits to other Beneficiaries, you may elect to allocatehave a Beneficiary other than your spouse receive the Account Value to any other investment option.


Fees and Charges
Do Fees and Charges Apply to MVA Fixed Allocations?
There is no charge that applies specificallyDeath Benefit, but only if your spouse consents to the MVA Fixed Allocation. However,election and waives his or her right to receive the QPSA. If your spouse consents to the alternate Beneficiary, your spouse will receive no benefits from the plan upon your death. Any QPSA waiver prior to your attaining age 35 will become null and void on the first day of the calendar year in which you attain age 35, if still employed.
Defined Contribution Plans (including 401(k) Plans and ERISA 403(b) Annuities). Spousal consent to a distribution is generally not required. Upon your death, your spouse will receive the entire Death Benefit, even if you designated someone else as your Beneficiary, unless your spouse consents in writing to waive this right. Also, if you are married and elect an Annuity as a periodic income option, federal law requires that you receive a QJSA (as described above), unless you and your spouse consent to waive this right.
IRAs, non-ERISA 403(b) Annuities, and 457 Plans. Spousal consent to a distribution usually is not required. Upon your death, any Death Benefit will be paid to your designated Beneficiary.
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Reporting and Withholding for Escheated Amounts
In 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued Revenue Ruling 2018-17, which provides that an amount transferred from an IRA to a state’s unclaimed property fund is subject to federal withholding at the time of transfer. The amount transferred is also subject to federal tax reporting. Consistent with this Ruling, beginning in 2019, we will withhold federal and state income taxes and report to the applicable Owner or Beneficiary as required by law when amounts are transferred to a variety of charges,state’s unclaimed property fund.
Gifts and those charges may vary depending on benefits and investment options selected. For more information, please seeGeneration-skipping Transfers
If you transfer your Annuity Prospectus.to another person for less than adequate consideration, there may be gift tax consequences in addition to income tax consequences. Also, if you transfer your Annuity to a person two or more generations younger than you (such as a grandchild or grandniece) or to a person that is more than 37½ years younger than you, there may be generation-skipping transfer tax consequences.
Same Sex Marriages, Civil Unions and Domestic Partnerships
Valuing Your Investment inU.S. Treasury Department regulations provide that for federal tax purposes, the MVA Fixed Allocation
How do you value MVA Fixed Allocations?
During the Guarantee Period, we use the concept of an Interim Value for the MVA Fixed Allocations. The Interim Value can be calculated on any day and is equal to the initial value allocated to an MVA Fixed Allocation plus all interest credited to an MVA Fixed Allocation as of the date calculated. The Interim Valueterm “spouse” does not include the impact of any MVA. If you made any transfers or withdrawals from an MVA Fixed Allocation, the Interim Value will reflect the withdrawal of those amounts and any interest credited to those amounts before they were withdrawn. To determine the value of an MVA Fixed Allocation on any day more than 30 days prior to its Maturity Date, we multiply the Account Valueindividuals (whether of the MVA Fixed Allocation timesopposite sex or the MVA factor.same sex) who have entered into a registered domestic partnership, civil union, or other similar formal relationship that is not denominated as a marriage under the laws of the state where the relationship was entered into, regardless of domicile. As a result, if a Beneficiary of a deceased Owner and the Owner were parties to such a relationship, the Beneficiary will be required by federal tax law to take distributions from the Contract in the manner applicable to non-spouse Beneficiaries and will not be able to continue the Contract. Please consult with your tax or legal adviser before electing the Spousal Benefit for a civil union partner or domestic partner.

General Information
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Who is Pruco Life of New Jersey?


9: OTHER INFORMATION
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey (Pruco Life of New Jersey) is a stock life insurance company, organized inon September 17, 1982 under the laws of the State of New Jersey. It is licensed to sell life insurance and annuities in New Jersey and New York, and accordingly is subject to the laws of each of those states.  
Pruco Life of New Jersey is an indirecta wholly-owned subsidiary of The Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential), a New Jersey stock life insurance company that has been doing business since October 13, 1875. Prudential is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. (Prudential Financial), a New Jersey insurance holding company. No company other than Pruco Life of New Jersey has any legal responsibility to pay amounts that Pruco Life of New Jersey owes under its annuity contracts. As Pruco Life of New Jersey'sJersey’s ultimate parent, Prudential Financial however, exercises significant influence over the operations and capital structure of Pruco Life of New Jersey.
Jersey and Prudential. However, neither Prudential Financial, Prudential, nor any other related company has any legal responsibility to pay amounts that Pruco Life of New Jersey offers a wide array of annuities, including (1) deferred variable annuities that are registered withmay owe under the SEC, including fixed interest rate annuities that are offered as a companion to certain of our variable annuities and are registered because of their market value adjustment feature and (2) fixed annuities that are not registered with the SEC. In addition, Pruco Life has in force a relatively small block of variable life insurance policies and immediate variable annuities, but it no longer actively sells such policies.contract.
Pursuant to the delivery obligations under Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Rule 159 thereunder, Pruco Life of New Jersey delivers this prospectus to current contract owners that reside outside of the United States. In addition, we may not market or offer benefits, features or enhancements to prospective or current contract owners while outside of the United States.
Who Distributes Annuities Offered by Pruco Life?
Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (“PAD”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential Annuities, Inc., is the distributor and principal underwriter of the Annuities, including the MVA Fixed Allocation. PAD acts as the distributor of a number of annuity and life insurance products and funds serving as investment options under those products. PAD’s principal business address is One Corporate Drive, Shelton, Connecticut 06484. PAD is registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”) and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).
The MVA Fixed Allocation is offered on a continuous basis. PAD enters into distribution agreements with both affiliated and unaffiliated broker-dealers who are registered under the Exchange Act.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
Pruco Life of New Jersey incorporates by reference into the prospectus its latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) since the end offor the fiscal year covered by its latest annual report.ended December 31, 2019. In addition, all documents subsequently filed by Pruco Life of New Jersey pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act also are incorporated into the prospectus by reference. These reports may be accessed on the SEC's internet site under SEC File Number 333-18053. Pruco Life of New Jersey will provide to each person, including any beneficial Owner,owner, to whom a prospectus is delivered, a copy of any or all of the information that has been incorporated by reference into the prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. Such information will be provided upon written or oral request at no cost to the requester by writing to Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey, One Corporate Drive, Shelton, CT 06484 or by calling 1-888-PRU-2888.800-752-6342. Pruco Life of New Jersey files periodic reports as required under the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy, and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC (see www.sec.gov). Our internet address is www.prudentialannuities.com.www.prudential.com.

Service Providers

DisclosurePruco Life of Commission Position on Indemnification for Securities Act Liabilities
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arisingNew Jersey conducts the bulk of its operations through staff employed by it or by affiliated companies within the Prudential Financial family. Certain discrete functions have been delegated to non-affiliates that could be deemed “service providers” under the SecuritiesInvestment Company Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”)1940. The entities engaged by Pruco Life of New Jersey may change over time. As of December 31, 2019, non-affiliated entities that could be permitteddeemed service providers to directors, officers Pruco Life of New Jersey and/or persons controllingan affiliated insurer within the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed thatPruco Life of New Jersey business unit consisted of those set forth in the opiniontable below.
Name of Service ProviderServices ProvidedAddress
Broadridge Investor CommunicationProxy services and regulatory mailings51 Mercedes Way, Edgewood, NY 11717
EDM AmericasRecords management and administration of annuity contracts301 Fayetteville Street, Suite 1500, Raleigh, NC 27601
EXL Service Holdings, IncAdministration of annuity contracts350 Park Avenue, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10022
National Financial ServicesClearing firm for Broker Dealers82 Devonshire Street Boston, MA 02109
Open Text, IncFax Services100 Tri-State International Parkway, Lincolnshire, IL 60069
PERSHING LLCClearing firm for Broker DealersOne Pershing Plaza, Jersey City, NJ 07399
The Depository Trust Clearinghouse CorporationClearing and settlement services for Distributors and Carriers.55 Water Street, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10041
Thomson ReutersTax reporting services3 Times Square New York, NY 10036
Universal WildeComposition, printing, and mailing of contracts and benefit documents26 Dartmouth Street, Westwood, MA 02090
Venio Systems LLCClaim related services4031 University Drive, Suite 100, Fairfax, VA 22030

SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRACT
Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc. (PAD), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Annuities, Inc., is the distributor and principal underwriter of the SEC such indemnificationannuities offered through this prospectus. PAD acts as the distributor of a number of annuity products and AST Portfolios. PAD’s principal business address is against public policyOne Corporate Drive, Shelton, Connecticut 06484. PAD is registered as expressed ina broker/dealer under the SecuritiesExchange Act, and is therefore unenforceable.a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). PAD enters into distribution agreements with both affiliated and unaffiliated broker/dealers who are registered under the Exchange Act (collectively, “Firms”). The affiliated broker/dealer, Pruco Securities, LLC is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial that sells variable annuity and variable life insurance (among other products) through its registered representatives. Applications for each Annuity are solicited by registered representatives of the Firms. PAD utilizes a network of its own registered representatives to wholesale
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the Annuities to Firms. Because the Annuities offered through this prospectus are insurance products as well as securities, all registered representatives who sell the Annuities are also appointed insurance agents of Pruco Life of New Jersey.
Under the distribution agreement, commissions are paid to firms on sales of the contract according to one or more schedules. The individual representative will receive a portion of the compensation, depending on the practice of his or her firm. Commissions are generally based on a percentage of purchase payments made. Alternative compensation schedules are available that generally provide a lower initial commission plus ongoing quarterly compensation based on all or a portion of contract value. We may also provide compensation to the distributing firm for providing ongoing service to you in relation to the contract. Commissions and other compensation paid in relation to the contract do not result in any additional charge to you.
In addition, in an effort to promote the sale of our products (which may include the placement of Pruco Life of New Jersey and/or the contract on a preferred or recommended company or product list and/or access to the firm’s registered representatives), we or PAD may enter into compensation arrangements with certain broker-dealer firms with respect to certain or all registered representatives of such firms under which such firms may receive separate compensation or reimbursement for, among other things, training of sales personnel and/or marketing and/or administrative services and/or other services they provide. These services may include, but are not limited to: educating customers of the firm on the contract’s features; conducting due diligence and analysis, providing office access, operations and systems support; holding seminars intended to educate the firm’s registered representatives and make them more knowledgeable about the contract; providing a dedicated marketing coordinator; providing priority sales desk support; and providing expedited marketing compliance approval. To the extent permitted by FINRA rules and other applicable laws and regulations, PAD may pay or allow other promotional incentives or payments in the form of cash or non-cash compensation (e.g., gifts, occasional meals and entertainment, sponsorship of training and due diligence events). These arrangements may not be offered to all firms and the terms of such arrangements may differ between firms. A list of the firms to whom Pruco Life of New Jersey pays an amount under these arrangements is provided below. You should note that firms and individual registered representatives and branch managers within some firms participating in one of these compensation arrangements might receive greater compensation for selling the contract than for selling a different annuity that is not eligible for these compensation arrangements. While compensation is generally taken into account as an expense in considering the charges applicable to an annuity product, any such compensation will be paid by us or PAD and will not result in any additional charge to you. Overall compensation paid to the distributing firm does not exceed, based on actuarial assumptions, 8.5% of the total purchase payments made. Your registered representative can provide you with more information about the compensation arrangements that apply upon the sale of the contract.
The lists below include the names of the Firms and Entities that we are aware (as of December 31, 2019) received compensation with respect to our annuity business generally during 2019 (or as to which a payment amount was accrued during 2019). The Firms and Entities listed include those receiving non-cash and/or cash compensation (as indicated below) in connection with marketing of products issued by Pruco Life Insurance Company and Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey. Your registered representative can provide you with more information about the compensation arrangements that apply upon request. Each of these Annuities also is distributed by other selling Firms that previously were appointed only with our affiliate Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation (“PALAC”). Such other selling Firms may have received compensation similar to the types discussed above with respect to their sale of PALAC annuities. In addition, such other selling Firms may, on a going forward basis, receive substantial compensation that is not reflected in this 2019 retrospective depiction. During 2019, non-cash compensation received by Firms and Entities ranged from $1.00 to $433,912.73. During 2019, cash compensation received by Firms ranged from $1.10 to $18,272,777.70.
All of the Firms and Entities listed below received non-cash compensation during 2019. In addition, Firms in bold also received cash compensation during 2019.
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1st Global Capital Corp.FSC Securities Corp.People's Securities
Acorn Financial CorporationGarden State Securities, Inc.Pinnancle Investments, LLC
Advisor GroupGeneos Wealth Management, Inc.PlanMember Securities Corp.
Aegon TransamericaGoldman Sachs & Co.PNC Investments, LLC
ALHAGradient Securities, LLCPresidential Brokerage
AllianzGuardianPrincipal Financial Services, Inc.
Allen & Company of Florida, Inc.GWN Securities, Inc.ProEquities
Allstate Financial Srvcs, LLCH. Beck, Inc.Prospera Financial Services, Inc.
AMERICAN PORTFOLIO FIN SV CS INCH.D. Vest InvestmentPrudential Annuities
Ameritas Investment Corp.Hantz Financial Services,Inc.Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
AONHarbour Investment, Inc.Raymond James Financial Svcs
AQR Capital ManagementHornor, Townsend & Kent, Inc.RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION
Arete Wealth ManagementHSBCRNR Securities, L.L.C.
AXA Advisors, LLCIndependent Financial Grp, LLCRobert W. Baird & Co., Inc.
BBVA Securities, Inc.Infinex Financial GroupRoyal Alliance Associates
Ballew InvestmentsInvestacorpSAGEPOINT FINANCIAL, INC.
BB&T Investment Services, Inc.J.J.B. Hilliard Lyons, Inc.Scott & Stringfellow
BCG Securities, Inc.J.P. MorganSecurian Financial Svcs, Inc.
Berthel Fisher & CompanyJ.W. Cole Financial, Inc.Securities America, Inc.
BFT Financial Group, LLCJanney Montgomery Scott, LLC.Securities Service Network
BlackRock Financial Management Inc.Jennison Associates, LLCSigma Financial Corporation
Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc.Kestra Financial, Inc.SA Stone Wealth Management
Calton & Associates, IncKEY INVESTMENT SERVICES LLCStifel Nicolaus & Co.
Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.KMS Financial Services, Inc.STRATEGIC FIN ALLIANCE INC
CAPE SECURITIES, INC.Kovack Securities, Inc.Sunbelt Securities, Inc.
Capital AnalystsLegg MasonSunTrust Investment Services, Inc.
Capital Financial ServicesLincoln Financial AdvisorsSWBC Investment Services
Capital Investment Group, Inc.Lincoln Financial Securities CorporationT. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Cary Street PartnersLincoln Investment PlanningTFS Securities, Inc.
Centaurus Financial, Inc.Lion StreetThe Ayco Company, LP.
Cetera Advisor Network LLCLPL Financial CorporationThe Investment Center
CFD Investments, Inc.M&T SecuritiesThe O.N. Equity Sales Co.
Chesapeake Brokerage, LLC.M Holdings Securities, IncThe Prudential Insurance Company of America
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Merrill Lynch, P,F,STransAmerica Financial Advisors, Inc.
Citizens Securities, Inc.Mercer Allied Company L.P.Triad Advisors, Inc.
COMERICA SECURITIES, INC.MML Investors Services, Inc.UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Commonwealth Financial NetworkMoney Concepts Capital Corp.Umpqua Investments
Comprehensive Asset ManagementMorgan Stanley Smith BarneyUnited Planners Fin. Serv.
Crown Capital Securities, L.P.Mutual of Omaha BankUS Bank
CrumpNational Securities Corp.VOYA Financial Advisors
CUNA Brokerage Svcs, Inc.New York Life Insurance CompanyWADDELL & REED INC.
CUSO Financial Services, L.P.Newbridge Securities Corp.Wellington Asset Mgt.
David Lerner and AssociatesNext Financial Group, Inc.Wells Fargo Advisors LLC
Edward Jones & Co.North Ridge Securities Corp.WELLS FARGO ADVISORS LLC - WEALTH
Equity Services, Inc.OneAmerica Securities, Inc.Wells Fargo Investments LLC
Fidelity InvestmentsOPPENHEIMER & CO, INC.Woodbury Financial Services
FTB Advisors, Inc.Packerland Brokerage Svcs,IncWorld Equity Group, Inc.
Fortune Financial Services, Inc.Park Avenue Securities, LLC
Founders Financial Securities, LLCParkland Securities

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The Firms listed below received cash compensation during 2019 but did not receive any non-cash compensation.
ASSOCIATED SECURITIES CORP    
BFT Financial Group, LLC
WATERSTONE FINANCIAL GROUP INC
Wells Fargo Investments LLC
You should note that Firms and individual registered representatives and branch managers with some Firms participating in one of these compensation arrangements might receive greater compensation for selling the Annuities than for selling a different annuity that is not eligible for these compensation arrangements. While compensation is generally taken into account as an expense in considering the charges applicable to an annuity product, any such compensation will be paid by us or PAD and will not result in any additional charge to you or to the Separate Account. Cash and non-cash compensation varies by annuity product, and such differing compensation could be a factor in which annuity a financial professional recommends to you. Your registered representative can provide you with more information about the compensation arrangements that apply upon request.

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Litigation and Regulatory Matters
Pruco Life of New Jersey is subject to legal and regulatory actions in the ordinary course of our business. Pending legal and regulatory actions include proceedings specific to Pruco Life of New Jersey and proceedings generally applicable to business practices in the industry in which we operate. Pruco Life of New Jersey is subject to class action lawsuits and other litigation involving a variety of issues and allegations involving sales practices, claims payments and procedures, premium charges, policy servicing and breach of fiduciary duty to customers. Pruco Life of New Jersey is also subject to litigation arising out of its general business activities, such as its investments, contracts, leases and labor and employment relationships, including claims of discrimination and harassment, and could be exposed to claims or litigation concerning certain business or process patents. In addition, Pruco Life of New Jersey, along with other participants in the businesses in which it engages, may be subject from time to time to investigations, examinations and inquiries, in some cases industry-wide, concerning issues or matters upon which such regulators have determined to focus.
Pruco Life of New Jersey’s litigation and regulatory matters are subject to many uncertainties, and given their complexity and scope, their outcome cannot be predicted. In some of Pruco Life of New Jersey’s pending legal and regulatory actions, parties are seeking large and/or indeterminate amounts, including punitive or exemplary damages. It is possible that Pruco Life of New Jersey’s results of operations or cash flow in a particular quarterly or annual period could be materially affected by an ultimate unfavorable resolution of pending litigation and regulatory matters depending, in part, upon the results of operations or cash flow for such period. ConsideringIn light of the unpredictability of Pruco Life of New Jersey’s litigation and regulatory matters, it is also possible that in certain cases an ultimate unfavorable resolution of one or more pending litigation or regulatory matters could have a material adverse effect on Pruco Life of New Jersey’s financial position. Management believes, however, that, based on information currently known to it, the ultimate outcome of all pending litigation and regulatory matters, after consideration of applicable reserves and rights to indemnification, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the ability of PAD to perform its contract with Pruco Life of New Jersey’sJersey; or Pruco Life of New Jersey's ability to meet its obligations under the AnnuitiesContracts.
ASSIGNMENT
In general and the MVA Fixed Allocations.
Risk Factors
An allocationwhere allowed, you can assign your contract at any time during your lifetime. Your ability to an MVA Fixed Allocation has various risks associated with it. Before allocating to an MVA Fixed Allocation, you should carefully consider and evaluate allassign your contract may be limited, however, if your contract was issued under a qualified retirement plan. We will not be bound by any assignment until we receive written notice of the risksassignment in Good Order, and we will not be liable for any payment or other important information containedaction we take in this prospectus andaccordance with the contract that occurs before we receive your written notice.
Any assignment of the contract will result in the documentstermination of any automated withdrawal program that had been in effect. If the new Owner wants to re-institute an automated withdrawal program, then he/she needs to submit the forms that we incorporaterequire in Good Order.
Like any other change in ownership, an assignment may trigger a taxable event. You should consult with a qualified tax advisor for complete information and advice prior to assigning your contract as, once an assignment is processed, the tax reporting cannot be reversed.
INDEMNIFICATION
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the registrant has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
HOW TO CONTACT US
Please communicate with us using the telephone number and addresses below for the purposes described. Failure to send mail to the proper address may result in a delay in our receiving and processing your request.
Prudential’s Customer Service Team
Call our Customer Service Team at 1-888-PRU-2888 during normal business hours.
Internet
Access information about your Annuity through our website: www.prudential.com
Correspondence Sent by reference intoRegular Mail
Prudential Annuity Service Center
P.O. Box 7960
Philadelphia, PA 19176
Correspondence Sent by Overnight*, Certified or Registered Mail
Prudential Annuity Service Center
2101 Welsh Road
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Dresher, PA 19025
*Please note that overnight correspondence sent through the United States Postal Service may be delivered to the P.O. Box listed above, which could delay receipt of your correspondence at our Service Center. Overnight mail sent through other methods (e.g. Federal Express, United Parcel Service) will be delivered to the address listed below.
Correspondence sent by regular mail to our Service Center should be sent to the address shown above. Your correspondence will be picked up at this prospectus,address and then delivered to our Service Center. Your correspondence is not considered received by us until it is received at our Service Center. Where this Prospectus refers to the day when we receive a purchase payment, request, election, notice, transfer or any other transaction request from you, we mean the day on which that item (or the last requirement needed for us to process that item) arrives in complete and proper form at our Service Center or via the appropriate telephone or fax number if the item is a type we accept by those means. There are two main exceptions: if the item arrives at our Service Center (1) on a day that is not a business day, or (2) after the close of a business day, then, in each case, we are deemed to have received that item on the next business day.
You can obtain account information by calling our automated response system, and at www.prudential.com, our Internet Website. Our Customer Service representatives are also available during business hours to provide you with information about your account. You can request certain transactions through our telephone voice response system, our Internet Website or through a customer service representative. You can provide authorization for a third party, including your attorney-in-fact acting pursuant to a power of attorney or your Financial Professional, to access your account information and perform certain transactions on your account. You will need to complete a form provided by us which identifies those transactions that you wish to authorize via telephonic and electronic means and whether you wish to authorize a third party to perform any such transactions. Please note that unless you tell us otherwise, we deem that all transactions that are directed by your Financial Professional with respect to your Annuity have been authorized by you. We require that you or your representative provide proper identification before performing transactions over the telephone or through our Internet Website. This may include a Personal Identification Number (PIN) that will be provided to you upon issue of your Annuity or you may establish or change your PIN by calling our automated response system and at www.prudential.com, our Internet Website. Any third party that you authorize to perform financial transactions on your account will be assigned a PIN for your account.
Transactions requested via telephone are recorded. To the extent permitted by law, we will not be responsible for any claims, loss, liability or expense in connection with a transaction requested by telephone or other electronic means if we acted on such transaction instructions after following reasonable procedures to identify those persons authorized to perform transactions on your Annuity using verification methods which may include a request for your Social Security number, PIN or other form of electronic identification. We may be liable for losses due to unauthorized or fraudulent instructions if we did not follow such procedures.
Pruco Life of New Jersey does not guarantee access to telephonic, facsimile, Internet or any other electronic information or that we will be able to accept transaction instructions via such means at all times. Regular and/or express mail may be the only means by which we will accept transaction instructions when telephonic, facsimile, Internet or any other electronic means are unavailable or delayed. Pruco Life of New Jersey reserves the right to limit, restrict or terminate telephonic, facsimile, Internet or any other electronic transaction privileges at any time. There may be circumstances where the NYSE is open, however, due to inclement weather, natural disaster or other circumstances beyond our control, our offices may be closed or our business processing capabilities may be restricted. Under those circumstances, you may not be able to transfer contract value, or make a purchase or redemption request.
Cyber Security Risks:Pruco Life of New Jersey’s latest annual report on Form 10-K filed pursuantcontains information about cyber security risks associated with this Annuity in its “Operational Risk” section. Please see “Pruco Life of New Jersey" earlier in “Other Information” for information about how to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)receive a copy of the Exchange Act sinceannual report.
MARKET-VALUE ADJUSTMENT FORMULA
The formula under which Pruco Life of New Jersey calculates the endmarket value adjustment applicable to a full or partial surrender, annuitization, or settlement under Strategic Partners Horizon Annuity is set forth below. The market value adjustment is expressed as a multiplier factor. That is, the Contract Value after the market value adjustment (“MVA”), but before any surrender charge, is as follows: Contract Value (after MVA) = Contract Value (before MVA) X (1 + MVA). The MVA itself is calculated as follows:
MVA
=
[(1 + I
)^(N/12)
]-1
1 + J + .0025
where:     I     =    
the guaranteed credited interest rate (annual effective) for the given contract at the time of withdrawal or annuitization or settlement.
J     =
the interpolated current credited interest rate offered at the time of withdrawal or annuitization or settlement for a new issue with a guarantee period of equal length to the number of years remaining in the Contract’s current guarantee period.
N     =
equals the remaining number of months in the contract’s current guarantee period (rounded up) at the time of withdrawal or annuitization or settlement.
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The denominator of the fiscalMVA formula includes a factor, currently equal to 0.0025 or 0.25%. It is an adjustment that is applied when an MVA is assessed (regardless of whether the MVA is positive or negative) and, relative to when no factor is applied, will reduce the amount being surrendered or transferred.
The MVA formula uses an interpolated rate “J” as the current credited interest rate. Specifically, “J” is the interpolated current credited interest rate offered on new money at the time of withdrawal, annuitization, or settlement. The interpolated value is calculated using the following formula:
m/365 X (n + 1) year covered by such reportrate + (365 – m)/365 X n year rate,
where “n” equals the number of whole years remaining in the Contract's current guarantee period, and any“m” equals the number of additional days remaining in the current guarantee period.
Market Value Adjustment Example
The following will illustrate the application of the other periodic reports we file as required underMarket-Value Adjustment. For simplicity, surrender charges are ignored in these hypothetical examples.
Positive market value adjustment
Suppose a contract owner made an invested purchase payment of $10,000 on July 1, 2005 and received a guaranteed interest rate of 6% for 5 years. A request to surrender the Exchange Act. Our reports include specific information relatedcontract is made on May 1, 2007. At the time, the Contract Value has accumulated to risk factors.$11,127.11. The number of whole years remaining in the guarantee period is 3.

On May 1, 2007 the interest rate declared by Pruco Life of New Jersey for a guarantee period of 3 years (the number of whole years remaining) is 4% and for a guarantee period of 4 years (the number of whole years remaining plus 1) is 5%.

The following computations would be made:
1)Calculate the Charge Free Amount. The Charge Free Amount is the interest credited in the contract in the previous contract year. This amount is $600.00. It is not subject to a Market Value Adjustment.
2)Subtract the Charge Free Amount from the Contract Value. The result is the amount subject to a Market Value Adjustment (MVA).
    $11,127.11 – $600.00 = $10,527.11
3)Determine the Market Value Adjustment factor.
N=38
I=6%  (0.06)
J=[(61/365) X 0.05] + [((365 – 61)/365) X 0.04] = 0.0417
    The MVA factor calculation would be: [(1.06) / (1.0417 + .0025)]^(38/12) –1 = 0.04871
4)Multiply the amount subject to a Market Value Adjustment by the factor calculated in Step 3.
    $10,527.11 X 0.04871 = $512.78
5)Add together the Market Value Adjustment and the amount subject to the MVA.
    $10,527.11 + $512.78 = $11,039.89
6)Add back the Charge Free Amount to get the total Contract Surrender Value.
    $11,039.89 + $600.00 = $11,639.89
The MVA may not always be positive. Here is an example where it is negative.
Suppose a contract owner made an invested purchase payment of $10,000 on July 1, 2005 and received a guaranteed interest rate of 6% for 5 years. A request to surrender the contract is made on May 1, 2007. At the time, the Contract Value has accumulated to $11,127.11. The number of whole years remaining in the guarantee period is 3.
On May 1, 2007 the interest rate declared by Pruco Life of New Jersey for a guarantee period of 3 years (the number of whole years remaining) is 7%, and for a guarantee period of 4 years (the number of whole years remaining plus 1) is 8%.
The following computations would be made:
1)Calculate the Charge Free Amount. The Charge Free Amount is the interest credited in the contract in the previous contract year. This amount is $600.00. It is not subject to a Market Value Adjustment.
2)Subtract the Charge Free Amount from the Contract Value. The result is the amount subject to a Market Value Adjustment (MVA).
    $11,127.11 – $600.00 = $10,527.11
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3)Determine the Market Value Adjustment factor.
N=38
I=6%  (0.06)
J=[(61/365) X 0.08] + [((365 – 61)/365) X 0.07] = 0.0717
    The MVA factor calculation would be: [(1.06)/(1.0717+.0025)]^(38/12) –1 = –0.04126
4)Multiply the amount subject to a Market Value Adjustment by the factor calculated in Step 3.
    $10,527.11 X –0.04126 = –$434.35
5)Add together the Market Value Adjustment and the amount subject to the MVA.
    $10,527.11 – $434.35 = $10,092.76
6)Add back the Charge Free Amount to get the total Contract Surrender Value.
    $10,092.76 + $600.00 = $10,692.76



























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PART II

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
Accountant’s Fees & Expenses:$20,000.00
Legal Fees & Expenses:$20,000.00
Printing Fees & Expenses:$7,830.86308.59
Registration Fee:$0.00

 
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

The Registrant, in conjunction with certain of its affiliates, maintains insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a trustee, director, officer, employee, or agent of the Registrant, or who is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a trustee, director, officer, employee or agent of such other affiliated trust or corporation, against any liability asserted against and incurred by him or her arising out of his or her position with such trust or corporation.

New Jersey, being the state of organization of Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("PLNJ"), 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 PLNJ's By-law, Article V, which relates to indemnification of officers and directors, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1A(6)(c) to Form S-6 filed August 13, 1999 on behalf of the Pruco Life of New Jersey Variable Appreciable Account. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities 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 Securities 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
(a)     Exhibits
(1)
(5)



(23)
(24)     Powers of Attorney:
(a) Dylan J. Tyson (Note 1)
(b) Susan M. Mann (Note 1)
(c) Nandini Mongia (Note 1)
(d) Candace J. Woods(Note 1)
    (e) Markus Coombs (Note 1)



(Note 1) Filed herewith.
(Note 2)    Incorporated by reference to Form S-3A, Registration No. 333-220100, filed September 29, 2017 on behalf of the Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey.

(Note 2)Incorporated by reference to Form S-3A, Registration No. 333-220117, filed September 29, 2017 on behalf of the Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey.














ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS

The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

(1) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment to this registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(2) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(3) That each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness.

(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities:

The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;

(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and

(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

(5)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(6)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant, 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.











SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, State of New Jersey, on the 1st15th day of October,December, 2020.
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY
(Registrant)
 
By:Dylan J. Tyson*
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
SIGNATURETITLEDATE
Dylan J. Tyson*Director, President and Chief Executive OfficerOctober 1,December 15, 2020
Dylan J. Tyson
Susan M. Mann*Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and Director (Principal Accounting Officer)October 1,December 15, 2020
Susan M. Mann
Nandini Mongia*DirectorOctober 1,December 15, 2020
Nandini Mongia
Candace J. Woods*DirectorOctober 1,December 15, 2020
Candace J. Woods
Salene Hitchcock-Gear*Markus Coombs*DirectorOctober 1,December 15, 2020
Salene Hitchcock-GearMarkus Coombs
Caroline A. Feeney*DirectorOctober 1,December 15, 2020
Caroline A. Feeney
Salene Hitchcock-Gear*DirectorDecember 15, 2020
Salene Hitchcock-Gear


By:/s/ Elizabeth Gioia
Elizabeth Gioia
*Executed by Elizabeth Gioia on behalf of those indicated pursuant to Power of Attorney.











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