Press Releases
Here is a selection of the latest press releases from Prudential. For more information from Corporate Public Relations at Prudential, please email GlobalCommunicationsMedia@prudential.com, or contact our communications staff.
Prudential Financial to Announce Third Quarter 2017 Earnings; Schedules Conference Call
For Asia’s rapidly aging populations, innovation and forward-thinking policies drive retirement security
TAIPEI, Taiwan, September 22, 2017 - The quickening pace of aging in Asia – a region with more than half the world’s population over 60 – has urgent implications for the region’s families, retirees, pensions and policy makers.
Prudential names Candace Woods chief actuary
NEWARK, N.J., September 18, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) announced that Candace Woods will be promoted to senior vice president and assume the role of chief actuary of Prudential. She will succeed Richard Lambert, who has decided to retire from the company early next year after a distinguished career with Prudential.
MMC UK Pension Fund, advised by Mercer, selects Prudential and Canada Life Reinsurance to reinsure the longevity risk of £3.4 Billion ($4.3 billion) in pension liabilities
The Trustee of the MMC UK Pension Fund (the “Fund”) has announced the largest longevity risk transfer for a UK pension fund since 2014. The transaction, which reinsures the longevity risk of £3.4 billion ($4.3 billion) in pension liabilities, will provide long-term protection and income to the Fund in the event that the covered participants live longer than expected. It also lowers the risk that Marsh & McLennan Companies will face unexpected pension contributions due to an increase in pensioner life expectancy.
George Patterson to join QMA, co-lead unified Global Equity Platform with Peter Xu
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 11, 2017 – George N. Patterson will join QMA’s investment team to co-lead a unified Global Equity Platform, aligning the firm’s U.S. Value, U.S. Core and Non-U.S. Core investment strategies under one leadership team. The new platform will allow QMA to refine and customize products in response to the needs of its global client base, consistent with its long-term, research-led investment philosophy.
Prudential Financial, Inc. to Participate in CECP's CEO Investor Forum; Live Webcast Available
Gig economy may threaten financial wellness of contract workers, Prudential survey shows
NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 30, 2017 - The gig economy — the increasingly popular employment model where people work as independent contractors rather than employees of companies — has a destabilizing effect on personal financial security, a Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) survey shows.
Finance chiefs’ pension risk transfer motivations revealed in new research
NEWARK, N.J., Aug. 15, 2017 - The increasing costs and volatility of managing defined benefit pension plans have long been at the center of the motivations for transferring a company’s pension risk to an insurer. But which costs and what kinds of volatility are finance chiefs most concerned about? A new survey involving 80 senior finance executives at companies with traditional pensions sheds light on the motivations behind pension risk transfer decisions in the executive suite.