UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A
NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8(a) OF THE INVESTMENT
COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission that it registers under and pursuant to the provisions of Section
8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and in connection with such
notification of registration submits the following information:
Name: Principal Life Insurance Company of New York Variable Life Separate
Account
Address of Principal Business Office:
711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392
Telephone Number: (515) 246-5688
Name and address of agent for service of process:
Kate Stecklein, Esq.
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York
711 High Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50392
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of Form N-8A: YES [
] NO [X]
Item 1. Exact name of registrant.
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York Variable Life Separate Account
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized or
created and the date of such organization or creation.
State: New York
Date: August 19, 2026
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
The registrant is organized as a separate account of Principal Life Insurance
Company of New York.
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company, unit
investment trust, or management company).
Unit investment trust.
Item 5. If registrant is a management company:
(a) state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an "open-end" company;
Not applicable.
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified" company or a
"non-diversified" company (read Instruction 4(i) carefully before replying).
Not applicable.
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.
Not applicable.
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of directors,
state the name and address of each officer and director of registrant.
Not applicable.
Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not having a board
of directors:
a. state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York
New Loudon Rd, Suite 1, Latham, New York 12110
b. state the name and address of each officer and director of each sponsor of
registrant;
Name and Address
Position
Beals, Michael
Director
Chandgothia, Binay
Director
Chen, Wei-erh
Director
Dietrich, Elizabeth K.
Director
McCullum, Kenneth A.
Director
Pitz, Joel M.
Director
Reddy, Srinivas Dharam
Director
Schelhaas, Nathan P.
Director
Wong, Brant K.
Director
Flori, Louis E.
Chief Financial Officer/RIS
Maahs, Mitchell
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Pitz, Joel M.
Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Littlefield, Christopher J.
President - Retirement and Income Solutions
Reddy, Srinivas Dharam
Senior Vice President - Retirement and Income Solutions
Boyd, John Scott
Senior Vice President - Retirement Distribution
Farley, Kevin P.
Vice President - Enterprise Worksite Services
Montford, Amy M.
Vice President - Individual Retirement Solutions
Dietrich, Elizabeth K.
Vice President and Chief Actuary
Ayres, Russell D.
Vice President Chief Information Security Officer
Kinnison, Christopher L.
Vice President Financial Risk Management
Dufek, David J.
Vice President/Chief Internal Auditor
Farney, Matthew D.
Vice President/Controller
Lee, Humphrey H.
Vice President/Investor Relations
Noga, David P.
Vice President/Tax
Hassara, Teresa A.
Senior Vice President - WSRS
Fierro, Noreen M.
SVP and Enterprise Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Hoogensen, Kara M.
SVP, Benefits & Protection - Head of Workplace Benefits
Friedrich, Amy C.
President, Benefits and Protection
Schelhaas, Nathan P.
SVP, Benefits & Protection-Head of Business Owner Segment
Kiel, Brian C.
Chief Financial Officer - Benefits and Protection
Schafer, Andrew James
VP, B&P - Head of Workplace Benefit Solutions
Oiler, Mark R
Vice President - Enterprise Risk Management
McCullum, Kenneth A.
Exec. Vice President-Chief Risk Officer & General Account
Matos, Andrew
Vice President, WSRS CFO & Head of Stock Plan Services
Kay, Kathleen B.
Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer & PGS
Ness, Brian S.
Vice President - Strategic Execution Office
Miles, Everett S.
Vice President - Corporate Strategy and Development
Wong, Brant K.
Executive Managing Director-Head of Retirement Solutions
Djurasovic, George
Interim General Counsel
Agbe-Davies, Christopher Kole
VP, Associate General Counsel & Interim Corporate Secretary
Strable-Soethout, Deanna D.
Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer
Sailer, Scott M.
Vice President - Treasurer & Corporate CFO
Sicchitano, Joseph S.
Vice President - Head of Workplace Personal Investing
Gupta, Akash
VP - Chief Procurement Officer and Business Transformation
Harper, Jeff
Senior Actuary I
The business address of each of the directors and officers listed above is 711
High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392.
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian of registrant.
Not applicable.
Item 9. (a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering its
securities directly to the public (yes or no).
No.
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities to the public
through an underwriter, state the name and address of such underwriter.
Not applicable.
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item 9(b) is "not
applicable," state whether registrant presently proposes to make a public
offering of its securities (yes or no).
Yes.
(d) If the answer to Item 9(c) is "yes," state as of a date not to exceed ten
days prior to the filing of this notification of registration the number of
beneficial owners of registrant's outstanding securities (other than short-term
paper) and the name of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant's
outstanding voting securities.
Not applicable.
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
$0
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a license
to operate as a small business investment company under the Small Business
Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).
No.
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant's last regular periodic
report to its securityholders, if any.
Not applicable.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the sponsor
of the registrant has caused this notification of registration to be duly signed
on behalf of the registrant in the city of Des Moines and State of Iowa on the
18th day of September 2026.
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York Variable Life Separate Account
Registrant
By Principal Life Insurance Company of New York
/s/ Kenneth A. McCullum
By: Kenneth A. McCullum
Executive Vice President - Chief Risk Officer & General Account
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York
Attest: /s/ Martina Streigle
Martina Streigle
Executive Officer Operations Assistant
Principal Life Insurance Company of New York