BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Fortitude Life Insurance & Annuity Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary (collectively, “FLIAC” or the “Company”), with its principal offices in Jersey City, New Jersey, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fortitude Group Holdings, LLC (“FGH”). Prior to April 1, 2022, the Company (previously named Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation ("PALAC")) was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Annuities, Inc ("PAI"), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential Financial, Inc. ("Prudential Financial"), a New Jersey Corporation. On April 1, 2022, PAI completed the sale of its equity interest in the Company to FGH. As a result, the Company is no longer an affiliate of Prudential Financial or any of its affiliates. See Basis of Presentation below and Note 1 in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for further information regarding the acquisition.

Basis of Presentation

The Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) on a basis consistent with reporting interim financial information in accordance with instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements present the consolidated results of operations, financial condition, and cash flows of the Successor Company and a variable interest entity ("VIE") that meets the requirements for consolidation. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements of the Predecessor Company were not consolidated as it was a single entity prior to acquisition.

Following the acquisition of FLIAC, purchase accounting was applied to FGH's financial statements and we have elected to "push down" the basis to FLIAC in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 805, Business Combinations. The application of push-down accounting created a new basis of accounting for all assets and liabilities based on fair value at the date of acquisition. As a result, FLIAC's financial position, results of operations, and cash flows subsequent to the acquisition are not comparable with those prior to April 1, 2022, and therefore have been segregated to indicate pre-acquisition and post-acquisition periods. The pre-acquisition period through March 31, 2022 is referred to as the Predecessor Company. The post-acquisition period, April 1, 2022 and forward, includes the impact of push-down accounting and is referred to as the Successor Company. See Notes 1 and 2 in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 for further information regarding the acquisition and our application of push-down accounting.

In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and results of operations have been made. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Novation of Ceded Business

In 2022, in accordance with applicable state law, a program was instituted to novate a significant portion of the Ceded Business policies from FLIAC to Pruco Life Insurance Company ("Pruco Life"). The program does not have an impact on net equity or net income but has resulted in the reduction of certain activity/balances associated with these policies. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, approximately $7 million of account value, which generally approximates fair values of insurance liabilities, was transferred out of the Company as a result of the novation program. Approximately 66 percent of account value in the Ceded Business has been novated since the acquisition of the Company on April 1, 2022.

Reclassifications

Certain amounts in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.