Protective Variable Life Separate Account

Financial Statements 

Year Ended December 31, 2023  

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Thereon)

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Policy Owners of Protective Variable Life Separate Account and the Board of Directors of
Protective Life Insurance Company:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the subaccounts listed in Appendix A that comprise Protective Variable Life Separate Account (the Separate Account) as of December 31, 2023, the related statements of operations for the year or period then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years or periods in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Separate Account as of December 31, 2023, the results of its operations for the year or period then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years or periods in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Separate Account’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Separate Account in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the underlying mutual funds or their transfer agents; when replies were not received, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the auditor of one or more Protective Life Insurance Company Separate Accounts since 2019.

Birmingham, Alabama
April 16, 2024

Appendix A

The subaccounts that comprise Protective Variable Life Separate Account were audited according to varying periods as defined in the table below:

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023

Note: Totals and NAV may not appear to foot/crossfoot/calculate due to rounding.

(Continued)

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

PROTECTIVE VARIABLE LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES 

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2023