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, banking and trust services, real estate brokerage franchises, and relocation services.

Prudential Financial's Common Stock (NYSE:PRU) reflects the performance of its Financial Services Businesses, which consist of its U.S. Retirement Solutions and Investment Management division, its U.S. Individual Life and Group Solutions division, its International Insurance and Investments division, and its Corporate and Other operations.

The Prudential Friendly Society, founded by insurance agent John Fairfield Dryden, was founded in a basement office in downtown Newark, N.J., in 1875. It was the first company in the U.S. to make life insurance available to the working class. The company sold Industrial Insurance, which provided funeral and burial expenses for low-income families, with some weekly premiums as low as three cents.

 Four years later, Prudential's sales extended beyond New Jersey, into New York City and Philadelphia, and the company's customer base expanded to the newly emerging middle class. With growing sales, assets reached $1 million, and in 1885, the one-millionth policy was sold to John Dryden. Renamed "The Prudential Insurance Company of America," Prudential later adopted The Rock of Gibraltar as its company symbol, reflecting the strength and security it offered to customers.

A lot has changed since 1875, but not our commitment to helping people achieve financial security and peace of mind. For over 130 years we have demonstrated that we know what it means to keep the promises and commitments we make.