Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Release
2023 Results(1)
- 2023 net income attributable to
Prudential Financial, Inc. of$2.488 billion or$6.74 per Common share versus net loss of$1.647 billion or$4.49 per share for 2022. - 2023 after-tax adjusted operating income of
$4.286 billion or$11.62 per Common share versus$3.914 billion or$10.31 per share for 2022. - Fourth quarter 2023 net income attributable to
Prudential Financial, Inc. of$1.317 billion or$3.61 per Common share versus net loss of$52 million or$0.16 per share for the year-ago quarter. - Fourth quarter 2023 after-tax adjusted operating income of
$943 million or$2.58 per Common share versus$932 million or$2.49 per share for the year-ago quarter. - Book value per Common share of
$76.77 versus$82.48 per share for the year-ago quarter; adjusted book value per Common share of$96.64 versus$94.69 per share for the year-ago quarter. - Parent company highly liquid assets(2) of
$4.1 billion versus$4.5 billion for the year-ago quarter. - Assets under management(3) of
$1.450 trillion versus$1.377 trillion for the year-ago quarter. - Capital returned to shareholders of
$708 million in the fourth quarter, including$250 million of share repurchases and$458 million of dividends, versus$824 million in the year-ago quarter. Dividends paid in the fourth quarter were$1.25 per Common share, representing a 5% yield on adjusted book value. - The Company's Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to
$1.0 billion of outstanding
Common Stock during the period fromJanuary 1, 2024 throughDecember 31, 2024 . In addition, the Company declared a quarterly dividend of$1.30 per share of Common Stock, payable onMarch 14, 2024 , to shareholders of record as ofFebruary 20, 2024 . This represents an increase of 4% over the prior year dividend level, the 16th consecutive year the dividend has been increased.
"Our 2023 results reflect continued strong sales across our insurance and retirement businesses and solid underlying earnings growth.
We are proud of the significant progress we made to become a higher growth, more capital efficient, and more nimble company.
In 2023, we successfully reduced our market sensitivity and increased capital flexibility through multiple strategic transactions. We reached more people around the world with our leading life, retirement, and investment products through expanded distribution and enhanced technology. We launched
Looking ahead, we are confident that our strategy and mutually reinforcing business system position us well to deliver long-term, sustainable growth, and to continue to be a global leader in expanding access to investing, insurance, and retirement security."
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Net income attributable to
Consolidated adjusted operating income and adjusted book value are non-GAAP measures. A discussion of these measures, including definitions thereof, how they are useful to investors, and certain limitations thereof, is included later in this press release under "Non-GAAP Measures" and reconciliations to the most comparable GAAP measures are provided in the tables that accompany this release.
RESULTS OF ONGOING OPERATIONS
The Company's ongoing operations include PGIM,
PGIM
PGIM, the Company's global investment management business, reported adjusted operating income of
PGIM assets under management of
Retirement Strategies, consisting of Institutional Retirement Strategies and Individual Retirement Strategies, reported adjusted operating income of
Institutional Retirement Strategies:
- Reported adjusted operating income of
$432 million in the current quarter, compared to$332 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase primarily reflects higher net investment spread results. - Account values of
$258 billion increased 3% from the year-ago quarter, reflecting the benefits of business growth, favorable foreign exchange impacts, and market appreciation, partially offset by the reinsurance of a block of structured settlements. Sales in the current quarter of$14.3 billion reflect$13.0 billion of international reinsurance transactions, including a$9.2 billion longevity risk transfer transaction inthe Netherlands .
Individual Retirement Strategies:
- Reported adjusted operating income of
$482 million in the current quarter, compared to$415 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase primarily reflects higher net investment spread results and lower expenses, partially offset by lower fee income, net of distribution expenses and other associated costs. - Account values of
$118 billion were down 1% from the year-ago quarter, reflecting the reinsurance of a block of legacy variable annuities and net outflows, partially offset by market appreciation. Sales of -
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- Reported adjusted operating income of
$66 million in the current quarter, compared to$15 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase primarily reflects more favorable underwriting results in both group life and disability and lower expenses. - Reported earned premiums, policy charges, and fees of
$1.4 billion decreased 1% from the year-ago quarter.
Individual Life:
- Reported adjusted operating income of
$8 million in the current quarter, compared to a loss of$52 million in the year-ago quarter. This increase reflects higher net investment spread results and lower expenses, partially offset by less favorable underwriting results. - Sales of
$205 million in the current quarter increased 33% from the year-ago quarter, driven by Variable Life and Term sales, reflecting our pivot to less market sensitive products.
International Businesses
International Businesses, consisting of Life Planner and Gibraltar Life & Other, reported adjusted operating income of
Life Planner:
- Reported adjusted operating income of
$464 million in the current quarter, compared to$493 million in the year-ago quarter. This decrease reflects less favorable underwriting results, including unfavorable policyholder behavior, partially offset by higher net investment spread results. - Constant dollar basis sales(4) of
$306 million in the current quarter increased 21% from the year-ago quarter, driven by higher sales in bothJapan andBrazil .
Gibraltar Life & Other:
- Reported adjusted operating income of
$284 million in the current quarter, compared to$321 million in the year-ago quarter. This decrease primarily reflects less favorable underwriting results, including unfavorable policyholder behavior, and lower net investment spread results, partially offset by lower expenses. - Constant dollar basis sales(4) of
$320 million in the current quarter increased 27% from the year-ago quarter, driven by growth in theIndependent Agency and Bank channels.
Corporate & Other
Corporate & Other reported a loss, on an adjusted operating income basis, of
NET INCOME
Net Income in the current quarter included
Net loss for the year-ago quarter included
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in the fair value of Assurance IQ,
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain of the statements included in this release, including those regarding planned dividends and share repurchases, our expectation that
NON-GAAP MEASURES
Consolidated adjusted operating income and adjusted book value are non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in this release.
We believe that our use of these non-GAAP measures helps investors understand and evaluate the Company's performance and financial position. The presentation of adjusted operating income as we measure it for management purposes enhances the understanding of the results of operations by highlighting the results from ongoing operations and the underlying profitability of our businesses. Trends in the underlying profitability of our businesses can be more clearly identified without the fluctuating effects of the items described below. Adjusted book value augments the understanding of our financial position by providing a measure of net worth that is primarily attributable to our business operations separate from the portion that is affected by capital and currency market conditions, and by isolating the accounting impact associated with insurance liabilities that are generally not marked to market and the supporting investments that are marked to market through accumulated other comprehensive income under GAAP. However, these non-GAAP measures are not substitutes for income and equity determined in accordance with GAAP, and the adjustments made to derive these measures are important to an understanding of our overall results of operations and financial position. The schedules accompanying this release provide reconciliations of non-GAAP measures with the corresponding measures calculated using GAAP. Additional historic information relating to our financial performance is located on our website at investor.prudential.com.
Adjusted operating income is a non-GAAP measure used by the Company to evaluate segment performance and to allocate resources. Adjusted operating income excludes "Realized investment gains (losses), net, and related charges and adjustments". A significant element of realized investment gains and losses are impairments and credit-related and interest rate-related gains and losses. Impairments and losses from sales of credit-impaired securities, the timing of which depends largely on market credit cycles, can vary considerably across periods. The timing of other sales that would result in gains or losses, such as interest rate-related gains or losses, is largely
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subject to our discretion and influenced by market opportunities as well as our tax and capital profile.
Realized investment gains (losses) within certain businesses for which such gains (losses) are a principal source of earnings, and those associated with terminating hedges of foreign currency earnings and current period yield adjustments, are included in adjusted operating income. Adjusted operating income generally excludes realized investment gains and losses from products that contain embedded derivatives, and from associated derivative portfolios that are part of an asset-liability management program related to the risk of those products. Adjusted operating income also excludes gains and losses from changes in value of certain assets and liabilities relating to foreign currency exchange movements that have been economically hedged or considered part of our capital funding strategies for our international subsidiaries, as well as gains and losses on certain investments that are designated as trading. Adjusted operating income also excludes investment gains and losses on assets supporting experience-rated contractholder liabilities and changes in experience-rated contractholder liabilities due to asset value changes, because these recorded changes in asset and liability values are expected to ultimately accrue to contractholders. Additionally, adjusted operating income excludes the changes in fair value of equity securities that are recorded in net income.
Adjusted operating income excludes "Change in value of market risk benefits, net of related hedging gains (losses)", which reflects the impact from changes in current market conditions, and market experience updates, reflecting the immediate impacts in current period results from changes in current market conditions on estimates of profitability, which we believe enhances the understanding of underlying performance trends. Adjusted operating income also excludes the results of Divested and Run-off Businesses, which are not relevant to our ongoing operations, and discontinued operations and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests, each of which is presented as a separate component of net income under GAAP. Additionally, adjusted operating income excludes other items, such as certain components of the consideration for acquisitions, which are recognized as compensation expense over the requisite service periods, and goodwill impairments. Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests is presented as a separate component of net income under GAAP and excluded from adjusted operating income. The tax effect associated with pre-tax adjusted operating income is based on applicable
Adjusted operating income does not equate to "Net income" as determined in accordance with
Adjusted book value is calculated as total equity (GAAP book value) excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), the cumulative change in fair value of funds withheld embedded derivatives, and the cumulative effect of foreign currency exchange rate remeasurements and currency translation adjustments corresponding to realized investment gains and losses. These items are excluded in order to highlight the book value attributable to our core business operations separate from the portion attributable to external and potentially volatile capital and currency market conditions.
FOOTNOTES
- On
January 1, 2023 , the Company adopted Accounting Standard Update 2018-12 for Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Long-Duration Contracts, which provided new authoritative guidance impacting the accounting and disclosure requirements for long-duration insurance and investment contracts issued by the Company. Prior-year amounts have been adjusted to reflect this guidance. - Highly liquid assets predominantly include cash, short-term investments,
U.S. Treasury securities, obligations of otherU.S. government authorities and agencies, and/or foreign government bonds. For more information about highly liquid assets, see the section titled "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources" included inPrudential Financial, Inc.'s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. - For more information about assets under management, see the section titled "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of Operations - Segment Measures" -
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included in
- For more information about constant dollar basis sales, see the section titled "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Results of Operations by Segment - International
Businesses" included inPrudential Financial, Inc.'s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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Financial Highlights (in millions, unaudited)
Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
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2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
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Adjusted operating income (loss) before income taxes (1): |
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PGIM |
$ |
172 |
$ |
230 |
$ |
713 |
$ |
843 |
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|
988 |
710 |
3,792 |
2,711 |
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International Businesses |
748 |
814 |
3,183 |
3,205 |
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Corporate and Other |
(656) |
(525) |
(2,172) |
(1,677) |
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Total adjusted operating income before income taxes |
$ |
1,252 |
$ |
1,229 |
$ |
5,516 |
$ |
5,082 |
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Reconciling Items: |
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Realized investment gains (losses), net, and related charges and adjustments |
$ |
314 |
$ |
(924) |
$ |
(2,573) |
$ |
(6,326) |
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Change in value of market risk benefits, net of related hedging gains (losses) |
216 |
629 |
56 |
(443) |
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Market experience updates |
(78) |
25 |
110 |
642 |
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Divested and Run-off Businesses: |
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Closed Block division |
(50) |
(40) |
(100) |
(18) |
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Other Divested and Run-off Businesses |
224 |
(29) |
349 |
146 |
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Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures and earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(26) |
(18) |
(68) |
(36) |
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Other adjustments (2) |
(190) |
(912) |
(218) |
(939) |
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Total reconciling items, before income taxes |
410 |
(1,269) |
(2,444) |
(6,974) |
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Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in earnings of operating joint ventures |
$ |
1,662 |
$ |
(40) |
$ |
3,072 |
$ |
(1,892) |
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Income Statement Data: |
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Net income (loss) attributable to |
$ |
1,317 |
$ |
(52) |
$ |
2,488 |
$ |
(1,647) |
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Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests |
9 |
8 |
20 |
(28) |
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Net income (loss) |
1,326 |
(44) |
2,508 |
(1,675) |
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Less: Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests |
9 |
8 |
20 |
(28) |
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Income (loss) attributable to |
1,317 |
(52) |
2,488 |
(1,647) |
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Less: Equity in earnings of operating joint ventures, net of taxes and earnings attributable to |
14 |
(17) |
29 |
(34) |
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noncontrolling interests |
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Income (loss) (after-tax) before equity in earnings of operating joint ventures |
1,303 |
(35) |
2,459 |
(1,613) |
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Less: Total reconciling items, before income taxes |
410 |
(1,269) |
(2,444) |
(6,974) |
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Less: Income taxes, not applicable to adjusted operating income |
50 |
(302) |
(617) |
(1,447) |
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Total reconciling items, after income taxes |
360 |
(967) |
(1,827) |
(5,527) |
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After-tax adjusted operating income (1) |
943 |
932 |
4,286 |
3,914 |
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Income taxes, applicable to adjusted operating income |
309 |
297 |
1,230 |
1,168 |
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Adjusted operating income before income taxes (1) |
$ |
1,252 |
$ |
1,229 |
$ |
5,516 |
$ |
5,082 |
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(in millions, except per share data, unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
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2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
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Earnings per share of Common Stock: |
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Net income (loss) attributable to |
$ |
3.61 |
$ |
(0.16) |
$ |
6.74 |
$ |
(4.49) |
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Less: Reconciling Items: |
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Realized investment gains (losses), net, and related charges and adjustments |
0.87 |
(2.50) |
(7.06) |
(16.88) |
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Change in value of market risk benefits, net of related hedging gains (losses) |
0.60 |
1.70 |
0.15 |
(1.18) |
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Market experience updates |
(0.22) |
0.07 |
0.30 |
1.71 |
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Divested and Run-off Businesses: |
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Closed Block division |
(0.14) |
(0.11) |
(0.27) |
(0.05) |
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Other Divested and Run-off Businesses |
0.62 |
(0.08) |
0.96 |
0.39 |
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Difference in earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards |
(0.01) |
0.02 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
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Other adjustments (2) |
(0.53) |
(2.47) |
(0.60) |
(2.51) |
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Total reconciling items, before income taxes |
1.19 |
(3.37) |
(6.47) |
(18.45) |
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Less: Income taxes, not applicable to adjusted operating income |
0.16 |
(0.72) |
(1.59) |
(3.65) |
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Total reconciling items, after income taxes |
1.03 |
(2.65) |
(4.88) |
(14.80) |
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After-tax adjusted operating income |
$ |
2.58 |
$ |
2.49 |
$ |
11.62 |
$ |
10.31 |
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Weighted average number of outstanding common shares - basic |
360.3 |
367.6 |
363.5 |
372.3 |
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Weighted average number of outstanding common shares - diluted |
361.0 |
369.4 |
364.6 |
374.7 |
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For earnings per share of Common Stock calculation: |
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Net income (loss) attributable to |
$ |
1,317 |
$ |
(52) |
$ |
2,488 |
$ |
(1,647) |
|||||
Less: Earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards |
14 |
6 |
29 |
25 |
|||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to |
$ |
1,303 |
$ |
(58) |
$ |
2,459 |
$ |
(1,672) |
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Stock calculation |
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After-tax adjusted operating income (1) |
$ |
943 |
$ |
932 |
$ |
4,286 |
$ |
3,914 |
|||||
Less: Earnings allocated to participating unvested share-based payment awards |
10 |
12 |
49 |
52 |
|||||||||
After-tax adjusted operating income for earnings per share of Common Stock calculation (1) |
$ |
933 |
$ |
920 |
$ |
4,237 |
$ |
3,862 |
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GAAP book value (total PFI equity) at end of period |
$ |
27,820 |
$ |
30,593 |
|||||||||
Less: Accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) |
(6,504) |
(3,806) |
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GAAP book value excluding AOCI |
34,324 |
34,399 |
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Less: Cumulative change in fair value of funds withheld embedded derivatives |
(181) |
- |
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Less: Cumulative effect of foreign exchange rate remeasurement and currency translation |
(518) |
(723) |
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adjustments corresponding to realized gains (losses) |
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Adjusted book value |
$ |
35,023 |
$ |
35,122 |
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End of period number of common shares - diluted |
362.4 |
370.9 |
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GAAP book value per common share - diluted |
76.77 |
82.48 |
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GAAP book value excluding AOCI per share - diluted |
94.71 |
92.74 |
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Adjusted book value per common share - diluted |
96.64 |
94.69 |
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(in millions, or as otherwise noted, unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
Year Ended |
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2023 |
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
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PGIM: |
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PGIM: |
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Assets Managed by PGIM (in billions, as of end of period): |
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Institutional customers |
$ |
582.6 |
$ |
549.2 |
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Retail customers |
330.3 |
299.6 |
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General account |
385.2 |
379.6 |
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Total PGIM |
$ |
1,298.1 |
$ |
1,228.4 |
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Institutional Customers - Assets Under Management (in billions): |
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Gross additions, excluding money market |
$ |
20.5 |
$ |
13.8 |
$ |
67.7 |
$ |
71.6 |
|||||
Net additions (withdrawals), excluding money market |
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$ |
(6.3) |
$ |
(6.0) |
$ |
(23.3) |
$ |
3.0 |
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Retail Customers - Assets Under Management (in billions): |
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Gross additions, excluding money market |
$ |
14.8 |
$ |
16.5 |
$ |
51.9 |
$ |
66.3 |
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Net withdrawals, excluding money market |
$ |
(7.2) |
$ |
(5.7) |
$ |
(15.1) |
$ |
(23.2) |
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Retirement Strategies: |
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Institutional Retirement Strategies: |
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Gross additions |
$ |
14,287 |
$ |
12,277 |
$ |
28,498 |
$ |
31,773 |
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Net additions |
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$ |
8,124 |
$ |
8,029 |
$ |
3,215 |
$ |
15,375 |
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Total account value at end of period, net |
$ |
258,417 |
$ |
251,818 |
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Individual Retirement Strategies: |
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|
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Guaranteed Living Benefits: |
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Gross sales (3) |
$ |
2,102 |
$ |
1,490 |
$ |
7,604 |
$ |
5,964 |
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Sales, net of full surrenders and death benefits |
$ |
234 |
$ |
355 |
$ |
869 |
$ |
(88) |
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Total account value at end of period, net |
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$ |
117,911 |
$ |
119,205 |
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Annualized New Business Premiums (4): |
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Group life |
$ |
41 |
$ |
10 |
$ |
296 |
$ |
283 |
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Group disability |
19 |
13 |
235 |
196 |
|||||||||
Total |
$ |
60 |
$ |
23 |
$ |
531 |
$ |
479 |
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Individual Life: |
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Annualized New Business Premiums (4): |
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Term life |
$ |
33 |
$ |
22 |
$ |
120 |
$ |
93 |
|||||
Universal life |
27 |
25 |
81 |
92 |
|||||||||
Variable life |
145 |
107 |
536 |
424 |
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Total |
$ |
205 |
$ |
154 |
$ |
737 |
$ |
609 |
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International Businesses: |
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International Businesses: |
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Annualized New Business Premiums (4)(5): |
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Actual exchange rate basis |
$ |
598 |
$ |
488 |
$ |
2,087 |
$ |
1,819 |
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Constant exchange rate basis |
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$ |
626 |
$ |
505 |
$ |
2,153 |
$ |
1,846 |
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Financial Highlights
(in billions, as of end of period, unaudited)
2023 2022
Assets and Assets Under Management and Administration: |
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Total assets |
$ |
721.1 |
$ |
689.0 |
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Assets under management (at fair market value): |
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PGIM |
$ |
1,298.1 |
$ |
1,228.4 |
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|
123.9 |
124.1 |
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International Businesses |
17.9 |
16.1 |
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Corporate and Other (6) |
9.7 |
8.7 |
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Total assets under management |
1,449.6 |
1,377.3 |
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Assets under administration |
181.5 |
157.4 |
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Total assets under management and administration |
$ |
1,631.1 |
$ |
1,534.7 |
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