| Average Annual Total Returns As of 4/30/2012 | Average Annual Total Returns As of 3/31/2012 | ||||||||||
| Investment Option Subaccounts | Inception Date | YTD % | 1 Year % | 3 Years % | 5 Years % | 10 Years % | Since Inception % | 1 Year % | 5 Years % | 10 Yrs/Since Inception % | |
| Balanced: | |||||||||||
| AST Advanced Strategies | 03/20/06 | 8.67 | 1.55 | 15.65 | 2.28 | N/A | 3.87 | 4.60 | 2.76 | 3.90 | |
| AST First Trust Balanced Target | 03/20/06 | 6.04 | -0.81 | 13.95 | -0.04 | N/A | 1.75 | 1.67 | 0.45 | 1.81 | |
| AST First Trust Capital Appreciation Target | 03/20/06 | 9.58 | -3.35 | 14.42 | -0.67 | N/A | 1.04 | -1.76 | -0.14 | 1.06 | |
| AST Shroders Multi-Asset World Strategies | 01/02/97 | 6.75 | -3.49 | 12.89 | 1.26 | 4.14 | 5.00 | -0.29 | 1.80 | 3.91 | |
| AST JPMorgan Strategic Opportunities | 05/05/93 | 6.42 | 2.01 | 10.40 | 2.26 | 4.93 | 5.92 | 4.17 | 2.76 | 4.49 | |
| Conservative Balanced | 04/17/89 | 7.57 | 5.89 | 14.50 | 3.66 | 5.28 | 5.26 | 8.26 | 4.21 | 5.00 | |
| Flexible Managed | 04/17/89 | 9.35 | 6.10 | 15.68 | 2.94 | 5.45 | 5.49 | 9.00 | 3.64 | 5.21 | |
| Asset Allocation Profile: | |||||||||||
| AST Balanced Asset Allocation | 12/05/05 | 9.07 | 1.54 | 13.84 | 2.16 | N/A | 0.69 | 4.37 | 2.68 | 0.73 | |
| AST BlackRock Global Strategies1 | 04/29/11 | 6.92 | -1.05 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -1.04 | N/A | N/A | -0.47 | |
| AST CLS Growth Asset Allocation | 11/19/07 | 10.84 | 1.74 | 15.43 | N/A | N/A | 3.40 | 4.77 | N/A | 3.51 | |
| AST CLS M oderate Asset Allocation | 11/19/07 | 7.83 | 0.73 | 12.53 | N/A | N/A | 1.20 | 3.30 | N/A | 1.30 | |
| AST Preservation Asset Allocation | 12/05/05 | 6.46 | 2.70 | 11.57 | 3.66 | N/A | 1.93 | 4.51 | 3.95 | 1.91 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation | 01/04/94 | 8.63 | 3.66 | 14.77 | 2.75 | 5.68 | 6.93 | 6.76 | 3.38 | 5.53 | |
| TOPS Protected Balanced ETF | 06/09/11 | 4.97 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4.12 | N/A | N/A | 4.71 | |
| TOPS Protected Growth ETF | 04/26/11 | 5.22 | -1.93 | N/A | N/A | N/A | -1.04 | N/A | N/A | -0.14 | |
| TOPS Protected Moderate Growth ETF | 06/09/11 | 5.20 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3.67 | N/A | N/A | 4.96 | |
| Money Market: | |||||||||||
| Money Market 7-Day Current Net Yield as of 4/30/2012:-0.23% | 04/17/89 | -0.07 | -0.22 | -0.17 | 1.03 | 1.60 | 3.53 | -0.22 | 1.12 | 1.61 | |