Long/Short Investing--Pacific Life Only Carrier to Offer a Multi-Manager Approach with Variable Insurance Products

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The fundamental method or the quantitative method? Traditionally, long/short investment strategies followed one or the other. Now, both methods can be accessed in one investment option – the Long/Short Large-Cap, the newest in a wide variety of choices available through variable life insurance and variable annuity products from Pacific Life Insurance Company and Pacific Life & Annuity Company.

The Long/Short Large-Cap investment option offers access to the insight and experience of two leading fund managers: Analytic Investors, LLC and J.P. Morgan Investment Management, Inc.

“We are the only life insurance company offering a multi-manager approach to long/short investing,” said Alyce Peterson, vice president of marketing services for the Life Insurance Division. “We recognized that investors wanted this type of investment option as an alternative source of returns. As we researched fund managers, we found that managers used either one methodology or the other. By having two managers, the two disciplines are employed within one investment option and our clients can benefit from both methods.”

According to Kathleen McWard, vice president of marketing for the companies’ Annuities and Mutual Funds Division, the Long/Short Large-Cap option is also included in all five models of Portfolio Optimization, a strategic asset allocation service offered to variable life insurance and annuity owners. “The Long/Short strategy is a complement to the asset classes in all of our models. Our clients can appreciate the additional diversification,” she explained.

Pacific Life Insurance Company

Founded in 1868, Pacific Life Insurance Company provides life insurance products, annuities, and mutual funds, and offers a variety of investment products and services to individuals, businesses, and pension plans.¹ Pacific Life counts more than half of the 50 largest U.S. companies as clients² and is a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), whose membership promotes high ethical standards for the sale of individual life insurance and annuities. For additional information about Pacific Life, including its current financial strength ratings from A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s, and Moody’s, visit the company Web site at www.PacificLife.com.

¹ Product features and availability vary by state.

² Data compiled by Pacific Life using the FORTUNE 500® list as of April 2007.

Pacific Life & Annuity Company

Pacific Life & Annuity Company offers a wide range of products, including life insurance, annuities, structured settlement annuities, and other investment products and services for individuals and businesses.³ Pacific Life & Annuity is a member of the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (IMSA), whose membership promotes high ethical standards for the sale of individual life insurance and annuities. For additional information about Pacific Life & Annuity, including its current financial strength ratings from A.M. Best, Fitch Ratings, Standard & Poor’s, and Moody’s, visit the company Web site at www.PacificLifeandAnnuity.com.

³ Product features and availability vary by state.

Pacific Life Insurance Company is licensed to issue individual life insurance and annuity products in all states except New York. Product availability and features vary by state. Individual life insurance and annuity products are available in New York through Pacific Life & Annuity Company. Each company is solely responsible for the financial obligations accruing under the policies it issues, and its product and rider guarantees are backed by that company’s financial strength and claims-paying ability.

Pacific Life Insurance Company's and Pacific Life & Annuity Company’s variable products are sold only through the registered representatives of member firms. Variable products issued by Pacific Life Insurance Company and Pacific Life & Annuity Company are distributed by Pacific Select Distributors, Inc. (member FINRA & SIPC), a subsidiary of Pacific Life and an affiliate of Pacific Life & Annuity, and are available through licensed third-party broker dealers. Investors should carefully consider the underlying fund investment objectives, risks, charges, and limitations and expenses of a variable universal life insurance policy or a variable annuity. This and other information about Pacific Life is in prospectuses available from your registered representative or by calling (800) 800-7681. Read them carefully before investing or sending money.

Pacific Life Insurance Company’s and Pacific Life & Annuities’ individual life insurance products are marketed exclusively through independent third-party producers, which may include bank affiliated entities.