Retirement

NEWARK, N.J., June 26, 2017 - The Hartford has agreed to settle $1.6 billion of its pension obligations by purchasing a group annuity contract from The Prudential Insurance Company of America, the company announced today. The agreement transfers responsibility for paying the pension benefits of approximately 16,000 of The Hartford’s retirees and former U.S. employees, as well as their beneficiaries. The transaction represents approximately 29 percent of The Hartford’s pension obligations.

NEWARK, N.J., June 22, 2017 - Despite a persistent belief that public employees such as teachers, police and firefighters will be taken care of in retirement thanks to the pension plans of old, a survey sponsored by Prudential Retirement shows that today’s shifting political and economic landscape may have left them and their employers on shaky ground.

NEWARK, N.J., June 5, 2017 - The Joint Industry Board (JIB), a New York-based labor/management organization serving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union No. 3 members and their employers since 1943, selected Prudential Retirement to be the recordkeeper for its Deferred Salary Plan, or 401(k) plan. Prudential Retirement, among the industry’s largest recordkeepers and leading provider of Taft-Hartley retirement plan solutions, is a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).

NEWARK, N.J., May 16, 2017 - Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU) has deepened its commitment to the financial wellness of American families. The company announced a three-year $5 million partnership with the Aspen Institute to advance solutions that increase financial security for all American workers, and armed employers with new tools and resources to help them to understand and improve the financial health of their workforce.

NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 27, 2017 - Achieving personal savings goals has never been more important than developing a balanced plan for managing financial wellness. In conjunction with 2017’s America Saves Week campaign held Feb. 27 through March 4, Prudential Retirement is encouraging American workers to save more money while balancing multiple financial priorities. Prudential Retirement is a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU).