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"Prudential Financial companies serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the U.S. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including mutual funds, annuities, real estate brokerage franchises, relocation services, and more. Below, learn more about Prudential and its various businesses that can serve your needs.
Prudential Financial companies serve individual and institutional customers worldwide and include The Prudential Insurance Company of America, one of the largest life insurance companies in the U.S. These companies offer a variety of products and services, including life insurance, mutual funds, annuities, pension and retirement related services and administration, asset management, securities brokerage, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises, and relocation services.
Individual Life and Annuities manufactures individual variable life, term life, universal life, other non-participating life insurance products and variable and fixed annuities products and distributes primarily to the U.S. retail market through our proprietary and third-party distribution channels. In 2003 Prudential acquired Skandia U.S. Inc. ("American Skandia"). American Skandia is the largest distributor of variable annuities through independent financial planners in the United States.The acquisition propels Prudential into a top 10 spot in the annuity marketplace. Prudential's position in the variable annuity marketplace increases from 22nd to 8th as measured by sales (LIMRA 12/31/02) and from 14th to 5th as measured by assets under management (VARDS 12/31/02). This segment also includes our Agency Distribution sales force, which distributes variable and term life, investment and protection products with proprietary and non-proprietary investment options, as well as selected insurance products manufactured by others.
Group Insurance manufactures and distributes a full range of group life insurance, long-term and short-term group disability insurance, long-term care insurance and corporate- and trust-owned life insurance in the U.S. to institutional clients primarily for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans. Group Insurance also sells accidental death and dismemberment and other ancillary coverages and provides plan administrative services in connection with its insurance coverages.
The Asset Management segment provides a broad array of investment management and advisory services, mutual funds and other structured products, and also consists of commercial mortgage securitization operations, hedge portfolios, and proprietary investment and syndication activities.
The Financial Advisory segment provides full service securities brokerage and financial advisory services to individuals and businesses through our joint venture with Wachovia Corporation. This segment also includes our equity security sales and trading operations, our investment research operations, and the distribution of our wrap-fee products.
The Retirement segment manufactures and distributes products and provides administrative services for qualified and non-qualified retirement plans for companies of all sizes. These products and services are offered across the defined contribution market, including the 401(a), 401(k), 403(b), 457, and Taft-Hartley markets. We also offer products in the non-qualified retirement market. Additionally, this segment offers guaranteed products such as guaranteed investment contracts ("GICs"), funding agreements, and group annuities for defined contribution plans, defined benefit pension plans, structured settlements, and non-qualified entities.
International Insurance manufactures and distributes individual life insurance products to the affluent market in Japan and other foreign markets through Life Planners. In addition, through the acquisition of Gibraltar Life in Japan, international insurance offers similar products to the broad middle income market in Japan through Life Advisors, a proprietary distribution channel that operates separately from Life Planners.
International Investments provides private banking, asset management, and investment advice and product choice to high net worth and mass affluent retail clients and to institutional clients in selected international markets. Prudential's private wealth management business offers financial advisory, private banking and asset management services, as well as sales and trading for a wide range of futures and forward contracts, on a global basis, for retail and institutional customers. Prudential's investment business includes manufacturing of proprietary products and distribution of both proprietary and non-proprietary products, all tailored to meet client needs in the target countries.
Prudential Financial's Common Stock (NYSE:PRU) reflects the performance of its Financial Services Businesses, which consist of its Insurance, Investment, and International Insurance and Investments divisions and its Corporate and Other operations. " - prudential.com
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