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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
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Successor Company

The Successor Company has transactions and relationships with affiliates. Although we seek to ensure that these transactions and relationships are fair and reasonable, it is possible that the terms of these transactions are not the same as those that would result from transactions among unrelated parties.

Expense Charges and Allocations

The majority of the Successor Company’s expenses are allocations or charges from FGH. These expenses primarily relate to general and administrative expenses which include accounting, actuarial, risk management, and data processing services. FGH also provides the Company with personnel and certain other services. The allocation of costs for other services are based on estimated level of usage, transactions or time incurred in providing the respective services. During the three months ended June 30, 2022, FLIAC was allocated $7 million of costs for these services.

Intercompany Liquidity Agreement

Effective April 1, 2022 FLIAC entered into an intercompany liquidity agreement with FGH that allows the Successor Company to borrow funds of up to $50 million to meet its short-term liquidity and other capital needs. As of June 30, 2022, there were no borrowings under the agreement.

Affiliated Investment and Advisory Activities

As of April 1, 2022, FLIAC became affiliated with The Carlyle Group Inc. (“Carlyle”), whereby Carlyle, through an affiliated investment fund has a 71.5% equity investment in its parent, FGH. In addition, FLIAC entered into an investment management and consulting services agreement with an affiliate of Carlyle. During the quarter ended June 30, 2022, FLIAC incurred $10 million of costs from this Carlyle affiliate for services provided to the Successor Company in connection with FGH's purchase of the Company from Prudential Financial.
Certain of Carlyle's affiliates also provide investment management services for FLIAC pursuant to investment management agreements. Investment management fees are charged based on a percentage of assets under management. As of June 30, 2022, assets under management had a market value of $286 million and were comprised primarily of private credit fixed income assets. FLIAC recognized $1 million of net investment income on such assets during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

In connection with the investment management agreements, as of June 30, 2020, FLIAC has committed $290 million to fund private equity investments where one or more Carlyle entities serves as general partner to the fund.

Predecessor Company

The Predecessor Company had extensive transactions and relationships with Prudential Insurance and other former affiliates. Although the Predecessor Company sought to ensure that these transactions and relationships were fair and reasonable, it is possible that the terms of these transactions were not the same as those that would result from transactions among unrelated parties.

Expense Charges and Allocations

The majority of the Predecessor Company’s expenses were allocations or charges from Prudential Insurance or other affiliates. These expenses were grouped into general and administrative expenses and agency distribution expenses.

The Predecessor Company’s general and administrative expenses were charged using allocation methodologies based on business production processes. The Predecessor Company operated under service and lease agreements whereby services of officers and employees, supplies, use of equipment and office space were provided by Prudential Insurance. The Predecessor Company reviewed its allocation methodology periodically and made adjustments accordingly. General and administrative expenses included allocations of stock compensation expenses related to a stock-based awards program and a deferred compensation program issued by Prudential Financial. The expense charged to the Predecessor Company for the stock-based awards program was $0.3 million for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. The expense charged to the Predecessor Company for the deferred compensation program was $0.5 million  and $1.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The Predecessor Company was charged for its share of employee benefit expenses. These expenses included costs for funded and non-funded, non-contributory defined benefit pension plans. Some of these benefits were based on final earnings and length of service while others were based on an account balance, which takes into consideration age, service and earnings during a career. The Predecessor Company’s share of net expense for the pension plans was $0.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $2.4 million and $4.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The Predecessor Company was also charged for its share of the costs associated with welfare plans issued by Prudential Insurance. These expenses included costs related to medical, dental, life insurance and disability. The Predecessor Company's share of net expense for the welfare plans was $0.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $0.9 million and $2.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

Prudential Insurance sponsors voluntary savings plans for its employee 401(k) plans. The plans provided for salary reduction contributions by employees and matching contributions by the Predecessor Company of up to 4% of annual salary. The Predecessor Company's expense for its share of the voluntary savings plan was $0.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $0.9 million and $1.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The Predecessor Company paid commissions and certain other fees to Prudential Annuities Distributors, Inc ("PAD"), an affiliate of the Predecessor Company, in consideration for PAD’s marketing and underwriting of the Company’s products. Commissions and fees were paid by PAD to broker-dealers who sold the Predecessor Company’s products. Commissions and fees paid by the Predecessor Company to PAD were $29 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $117 million and $236 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.

The Predecessor Company was charged for its share of corporate expenses incurred by Prudential Financial to benefit its businesses, such as advertising, executive oversight, external affairs and philanthropic activity. The Predecessor Company’s share of corporate expenses was $9 million for three months ended March 31, 2022 and $6 million and $13 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Affiliated Investment Management Expenses

The Predecessor Company paid investments management expenses in accordance with an agreement with PGIM, Inc. (“PGIM”), an affiliate of the Predecessor Company and investment manager to certain Predecessor Company general account and separate account assets. Investment management expenses paid to PGIM related to this agreement were $4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $6 million and $12 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. These expenses were recorded as “Net investment income” in the Company's Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Derivative Trades

In its ordinary course of business, the Predecessor Company entered into OTC derivative contracts with an affiliate, PGF. For these OTC derivative contracts, PGF had a substantially equal and offsetting position with an external counterparty. See Note 6 for additional information.

Joint Ventures

The Predecessor Company previously made investments in joint ventures with certain subsidiaries of Prudential Financial. "Other invested assets" included $0 million at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively. "Net investment income" related to these ventures included no gain or loss the three months ended March 31, 2022 and gains of $14 million and $18 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
Affiliated Asset Management and Service Fees

The Predecessor Company had a revenue sharing agreement with AST Investment Services, Inc. (“ASTISI”) and PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments”) whereby the Predecessor Company received fee income based on policyholders' separate account balances invested in the Advanced Series Trust and The Prudential Series Fund. Income received from ASTISI and PGIM Investments related to this agreement was $22 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $24 million and $47 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively. These revenues were recorded as “Asset management and service fees” in the Company's Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss).

Affiliated Asset Transfers

The Predecessor Company participated in affiliated asset trades with former parent and sister companies. Book and market value differences for trades with a parent and sister were recognized within "Realized investment gains (losses), net". The table below shows affiliated asset trades for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and for the year ended December 31, 2021.

AffiliateDateTransaction Security Type  Fair Value  Book Value  Realized
Investment
Gain (Loss)
(in millions)
Prudential InsuranceApril 2021PurchaseFixed Maturities$201 $201 $— 
Prudential InsuranceApril 2021PurchaseCommercial Mortgage Loan$177 $177 $— 
Vantage Casualty Insurance Co.June 2021PurchaseFixed Maturities$15 $15 $— 
Prudential InsuranceJune 2021SaleEquities$$$— 
Pruco LifeJune 2021SaleEquities$40 $38 $
Passaic Fund LLCJune 2021Transfer OutOther Invested Assets$12 $12 $— 
Passaic Fund LLCJuly 2021Transfer OutOther Invested Assets$196 $196 $— 
Prudential InsuranceSeptember 2021PurchaseFixed Maturities$$$— 
Prudential InsuranceSeptember 2021SaleFixed Maturities$12 $11 $
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity CompanySeptember 2021SaleFixed Maturities$26 $24 $
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity CompanySeptember 2021PurchaseFixed Maturities$35 $35 $— 
Prudential InsuranceSeptember 2021PurchaseDerivatives$— $— $— 
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity CompanySeptember 2021PurchaseDerivatives$(1)$(1)$— 
Prudential FinancialOctober 2021SaleEquities$10 $10 $— 
Pruco LifeNovember 2021SaleDerivatives$$— $
AffiliateDateTransaction Security Type  Fair Value  Book Value  Realized
Investment
Gain (Loss)
(in millions)
Prudential Arizona ReinsuranceNovember 2021PurchaseFixed Maturities$55 $55 $— 
Pruco LifeDecember 2021Transfer OutFixed Maturities$2,038 $1,934 $104 
Pruco LifeDecember 2021SaleFixed Maturities$57 $57 $— 
Prudential FinancialDecember 2021DividendFixed Maturities$167 $167 $— 
Prudential FinancialDecember 2021SaleFixed Maturities$144 $138 $
Prudential FinancialDecember 2021PurchaseCommercial Mortgage Loan$185 $185 $— 
Pruco LifeDecember 2021Transfer OutCommercial Mortgage Loan$538 $517 $21 
Pruco LifeDecember 2021SaleDerivatives$$$
Pruco LifeJanuary 2022SaleFixed Maturities$$$(1)
Prudential FinancialJanuary 2022SaleCommercial Mortgage Loan$29 $30 $— 
Pruco LifeJanuary 2022SaleDerivatives$— $— $— 
Pruco LifeFebruary 2022SaleFixed Maturities$129 $138 $(10)
Prudential FinancialMarch 2022SaleFixed Maturities$33 $33 $(1)


Debt Agreements

The Predecessor Company was authorized to borrow funds up to $9 billion from Prudential Financial and its affiliates to meet its capital and other funding needs. As of December 31, 2021, there were no short and long-term debt to affiliates outstanding.

The total interest expense incurred by the Predecessor Company related to affiliated loans and cash collateral with PGF was $0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and $4 million and $8 million for the three and six months ended 2021, respectively.

Contributed Capital and Dividends

Through March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Predecessor Company did not receive any capital contributions.

In March 2022, the Predecessor Company had a return of capital in the amount of $306 million to PAI. In July 2021, in connection with the 2021 Variable Annuities Recapture, there was a $3,813 million return of capital to PAI.

In March, June, and December of 2021, the Predecessor Company paid a dividend of $192 million, $188 million, and $451 million respectively, to PAI.

Reinsurance with Affiliates of Predecessor Company

The Predecessor Company used reinsurance as part of its risk management and capital management strategies for certain of its living benefit guarantees and variable annuity base contracts.

Effective April 1, 2016, the Predecessor Company reinsured the variable annuity base contracts, along with the living benefit guarantees, from Pruco Life Insurance Company ("Pruco Life"), excluding the Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey ("PLNJ") business which was reinsured to The Prudential Insurance Company of America (“Prudential Insurance”), in each case under a coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement. This reinsurance agreement covers new and in force business and excludes business reinsured externally. As of December 31, 2020, Pruco Life discontinued the sales of traditional variable annuities with guaranteed living benefit riders. The discontinuation has no impact on the reinsurance agreement between Pruco Life and the Company.

Effective July 1, 2021, Pruco Life recaptured the risks related to its business, as discussed above, that had previously been reinsured to the Company from April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2021. The product risks related to the previously reinsured business that were being managed in the Predecessor Company, were transferred to Pruco Life. In addition, the living benefit hedging program related to the previously reinsured living benefit riders will be managed within Pruco Life after the recapture. This transaction is referred to as the "2021 Variable Annuities Recapture". See Note 1 to the Financial Statements included in the Predecessor Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, for more details.

Effective December 1, 2021, the Company entered into a reinsurance agreement with Pruco Life under which the Company reinsured certain of its variable and fixed indexed annuities and fixed annuities with a guaranteed lifetime withdrawal income feature to Pruco Life.

Effective December 31, 2015, the Company surrendered its New York license and reinsured the majority of its New York business, both the living benefit guarantees and base contracts, to Prudential Insurance. Reinsurance ceded arrangements do not discharge the Company as the primary insurer. Ceded balances would represent a liability of the Company in the event the reinsurers were unable to meet their obligations to the Company under the terms of the reinsurance agreements. The Company believes a material reinsurance liability resulting from such inability of reinsurers to meet their obligations is unlikely.
Realized investment gains and losses include the impact of reinsurance agreements, particularly reinsurance agreements involving living benefit guarantees.
Reinsurance amounts included in the Predecessor Company's Unaudited Interim Statements of Financial Position as of December 31, 2021 were as follows:

December 31, 2021
 (in millions)
Reinsurance recoverables$8,108 
Deferred policy acquisition costs(530)
Deferred sales inducements(26)
Value of business acquired(2)
Other assets54 
Reinsurance payables7,183 
Other liabilities824 

The reinsurance recoverables by counterparty are broken out below:
December 31, 2021
 (in millions)
Prudential Insurance$372 
Pruco Life7,736 
Total reinsurance recoverables$8,108 
Reinsurance amounts, included in the Predecessor Company’s Unaudited Interim Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), were as follows:
Predecessor Company
 Three Months Ended
March 31
Three Months
Ended
June 30
Six Months
Ended
June 30
 20222021
 (in millions)
Premiums:
Direct$$$13 
Assumed— 16 
Ceded(1)(1)(2)
Net premiums11 27 
Policy charges and fee income:
Direct102 109 216 
Assumed— 412 819 
Ceded(1)(5)(7)(13)
Net policy charges and fee income 97 514 1,022 
Asset management and service fees:
Direct22 25 48 
Assumed— 84 165 
Ceded(2)(2)(4)
Net asset management and service fees20 107 209 
Realized investment gains (losses), net:
Direct312 493 (1,613)
Assumed— (1,356)4,022 
Ceded169 26 (117)
Realized investment gains (losses), net481 (837)2,292 
Policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves):
Direct31 24 
Assumed— (10)
Ceded(2)(5)(1)(1)
Net policyholders' benefits (including change in reserves) 26 (4)26 
Interest credited to policyholders’ account balances:
Direct91 15 96 
Assumed— 77 
Ceded(6)— (4)
Net interest credited to policyholders’ account balances85 21 169 
Reinsurance expense allowances and general and administrative expenses, net of capitalization and amortization(41)175 514 

(1)Includes $0.0 million, $(0.1) million and $(0.4) million of unaffiliated activity (with respect to the Predecessor Company) for the three months ended March 31, 2022 the three months ended June 30, 2021 and the six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.
(2) Includes $0.0 million and $(0.3) million, and $0.4 million of unaffiliated activity (with respect to the Predecessor Company) for the three months ended March 31, 2022, the three months ended June 30, 2021, and the six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively.