# Prudential Financial

> Prudential Financial is a Newark-based financial services company that combines life insurance, annuities, workplace benefits, pension risk transfer and international insurance with PGIM, its global active asset manager. Founded in 1875 to make small life-insurance policies accessible to working families, it now serves individuals, employers, retirement-plan sponsors and institutional investors across the United States and international markets, earning money from insurance premiums, investment spreads, policy and advisory fees, and asset-management fees.

- **Founded:** 1875
- **Headquarters:** Newark, United States
- **Founders:** John Fairfield Dryden (Founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 36,800 employees at year-end 2025; the supplied company record rounds this to 37,000.
- **Products:** Individual life insurance, Annuities and retirement income, Pension risk transfer, Group insurance and workplace benefits, PGIM investment management
- **Notable:** Reached its 150th anniversary in 2025., Managed $1.609 trillion in assets at December 31, 2025, including $1.466 trillion at PGIM., Serves approximately 50 million customers in more than 50 countries.

## Products & services

- **Individual life insurance** — Term, universal and variable life products designed for income protection, estate planning and wealth transfer.
- **Annuities and retirement income** — Fixed, variable and registered index-linked annuities that convert savings into protected accumulation or retirement income.
- **Pension risk transfer** — Institutional transactions in which Prudential assumes responsibility for some or all of an employer pension plan's benefit payments.
- **Group insurance and workplace benefits** — Employer-sponsored life, short- and long-term disability, supplemental health, absence management and related services.
- **PGIM investment management** — Active public fixed income, equities, real estate, private credit, alternatives and multi-asset strategies for institutions and retail investors.
- **International insurance** — Life, retirement, investment and fixed-benefit accident and health products distributed in Japan, Brazil, Mexico and through joint ventures and strategic investments in other markets.
- **Structured settlements and stable value** — Institutional retirement products that support long-duration payment obligations and capital preservation needs.

## Achievements

- Reached its 150th anniversary in 2025.
- Managed $1.609 trillion in assets at December 31, 2025, including $1.466 trillion at PGIM.
- Serves approximately 50 million customers in more than 50 countries.
- Ranked No. 1 in the Insurance: Life & Health category of Fortune's 2025 World's Most Admired Companies list.
- Reported $5.161 billion in after-tax adjusted operating income for 2025.
- Increased its common dividend for an 18th consecutive year with the dividend announced for first-quarter 2026.
- Won Kiplinger's 2026 Readers' Choice overall award among annuity providers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Scheduled an extended second-quarter earnings and strategy call for August 5 to review results and update the company's long-term vision.
- **2026-05** — Reported first-quarter net income of $597 million, after-tax adjusted operating income of $1.278 billion and $1.576 trillion in assets under management.
- **2026-05** — Declared a quarterly common-stock dividend of $1.40 per share.
- **2026-04** — Extended Prudential of Japan's voluntary new-sales suspension as the company continued remediation following employee misconduct.
- **2026-03** — CEO Andrew Sullivan also became chairman of the board.
- **2026-02** — Reported 2025 net income of $3.576 billion and nearly $3 billion returned to shareholders during the year.
- **2026-01** — Created a separately reported U.S. Legacy Products segment for closed blocks of traditional variable annuities and guaranteed universal life policies.
- **2025-12** — Realigned senior business leadership so the heads of U.S. businesses, Emerging Markets, Japan and PGIM report directly to the CEO.

## Links

- Website: https://www.prudential.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/prudential-financial
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/prudential/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/prudential
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prudential/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Prudential/

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Last updated: 2026-08-11