Statutory Financial Information and Regulatory Matters

We are required to file annual statements with state regulatory authorities prepared on an accounting basis prescribed or permitted by such authorities. The State of Connecticut Insurance Department (the “Department”) has adopted the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (the “NAIC’s”) Accounting Practices and Procedures manual effective January 1, 2001 (“NAIC SAP”) as a component of its prescribed or permitted statutory accounting practices. As of December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, the Department has not prescribed or permitted us to use any accounting practices that would materially deviate from NAIC SAP. Statutory surplus differs from equity reported in accordance with U.S. GAAP primarily because policy acquisition costs are expensed when incurred, life insurance reserves are based on different assumptions and deferred tax assets are limited to amounts reversing in a specified period with an additional limitation based upon 10% or 15% of statutory surplus, dependent on meeting certain risk-based capital (“RBC”) thresholds.

Connecticut Insurance Law requires that Connecticut life insurers report their RBC. RBC is based on a formula calculated by applying factors to various assets, premium and statutory reserve items. The formula takes into account the risk characteristics of the insurer, including asset risk, insurance risk, interest rate risk and business risk. Connecticut Insurance Law gives the Connecticut Commissioner of Insurance explicit regulatory authority to require various actions by, or take various actions against, insurers whose total adjusted capital does not exceed certain RBC levels. Our RBC was in excess of 200% of Company Action Level (the level where a life insurance enterprise must submit a comprehensive plan to state insurance regulators) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013.

The information below is taken from the PHL Variable annual statement filed with state regulatory authorities.



Statutory Financial Data: [1]	As of or for the years ended December 31,
($ in millions)	2014			2013			2012

Statutory capital and surplus	$	198.6		$	222.9		$	313.5
Asset valuation reserve	15.1			12.3			7.5
Statutory capital, surplus and asset valuation reserve	$	213.7		$	235.2		$	321.0
Statutory net gain (loss) from operations	$	(37.5	)	$	(67.6	)	$	61.9
Statutory net income (loss)	$	(41.1	)	$	(86.1	)	$	49.7

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[1]	Amounts in statements filed with state regulatory authorities may differ from audited financial statements.

The Connecticut Insurance Holding Company Act limits the maximum amount of annual dividends and other distributions in any 12-month period to stockholders of Connecticut domiciled insurance companies without prior approval of the Insurance Commissioner. Under current law, we cannot make any dividend distribution during 2015 without prior approval.