New York Life Global Funding - Irish Stock Exchange
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NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY<br />
NOTES TO STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010<br />
NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Insurance Company (“the Company”), a mutual life insurance company domiciled in <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>York</strong> State, and its subsidiaries offer a wide range of insurance and investment products and services<br />
including life and health insurance, long-term care, annuities (including single premium immediate<br />
annuities or guaranteed lifetime income annuities), pension products, mutual funds, and other investments<br />
and investment advisory services. Through certain Affinity programs, the Company is the exclusive<br />
provider of life insurance and fixed immediate and deferred annuities to members of AARP and<br />
underwrites group life, health and disability programs for professional and affinity organizations. The<br />
Company’s primary business operations are its Insurance and Investment Groups. The Insurance Group<br />
operations are conducted primarily through the Company and its wholly owned U.S. insurance<br />
subsidiaries <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Insurance and Annuity Corporation (“NYLIAC”) and NYLIFE Insurance<br />
Company of Arizona (“NYLAZ”). Through its wholly owned subsidiary, <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Enterprises<br />
LLC (“NYL Enterprises”), the Company markets individual insurance and investment products in<br />
Mexico, Taiwan and India. The Investment Group activities are conducted primarily through the<br />
Company, NYLIAC and various registered investment advisory subsidiaries of its wholly owned<br />
subsidiary, <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Investment Management Holdings LLC (“<strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> <strong>Life</strong> Investments”).<br />
NYLIFE LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and is a holding company for certain noninsurance<br />
subsidiaries of the Company. NYLIFE LLC, through its subsidiaries, offers securities<br />
brokerage, financial planning and investment advisory services, trust services and capital financing.<br />
Basis of Presentation<br />
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared using accounting practices prescribed by the<br />
<strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> State Department of Financial Services (“statutory accounting practices”), which is a<br />
comprehensive basis of accounting other than accounting principles generally accepted in the United<br />
States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).<br />
The <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> State Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”) recognizes only statutory accounting<br />
practices prescribed or permitted by the State of <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> for determining and reporting the financial<br />
position and results of operations of an insurance company and for determining its solvency under <strong>New</strong><br />
<strong>York</strong> Insurance Law. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (“NAIC”) Accounting<br />
Practices and Procedures Manual (“NAIC SAP”) has been adopted as a component of prescribed<br />
practices by the State of <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong>. Prescribed statutory accounting practices include state laws and<br />
regulations. Permitted statutory accounting practices encompass accounting practices that are not<br />
prescribed; such practices differ from state to state, may differ from company to company within a state,<br />
and may change in the future. The Company has no permitted practices.<br />
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