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This is our first report on Prudential, a major provider of life and health insurance. Prudential had a very strong quarter with 19% sales growth. The early indications are promising for the MCV category. Yet it's encouraging to note that 58% of the MCV are brand-new to Prudential in the first two months. APE increased 44% due to strong momentum in the agency channel. Moreover, Banca experienced rapid development. Prudential Financial, Inc. is focusing on improving its earnings by implementing c
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The new Prudential has no European business. It will exclusively be focused on Asian and US operations. The UK business was listed separately. Without the mature markets, the growth potential of Prudential is important in Asia, boosted by the low penetration rate. In the US, and after two years of adaptation to the new regulatory framework, the business should benefit gradually from its diversification strategy.
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Prudential announced an operating profit of £2,024m (up 14% like-for-like and 21% as reported) for its continuing operations, excluding M&GPrudential. Even the profitability of the “new” Prudential is driven by Asian operations. The demerger of the group is expected to be completed in Q4 19.
M&GPrudential announced its strategy a few months before the expected split of the insurer. The insurer will be structured into business units: Savings & Assets management and Heritage. While a development strategy will be implemented in the first BU, the large With-Profit business of the Heritage unit will be closed to new customers and managed by a specialised company (Diligent). The earnings and the capital position of M&GPrudential are likely to be fragile and would depend on the updates for
Prudential announced operating profit of £4,827m (up 6% lfl) and net profit at £3,013m (up 30% lfl). Like other UK Life insurers, Prudential benefited from new longevity assumption changes (£441m). The Asian business was the major contributor to earnings (c. 38%) as the US operations were hit by equity market movements. The demerger process is progressing well. The insurer announced African acquisitions in Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, but we do not expect a significant impact on the group’s f
Prudential announced operating profit of £2,405m (up 9% lfl). All business units posted improved earnings: +14% for Asia (£1,016m), USA (+2% to £1,002m) and M&G Prudential (+4% at £778m). The planned demerger of M&G Prudential from the group, which will result in two separately-listed companies, is progressing well. The insurer’s status of a good dividend payer is confirmed with an interim dividend of 15.67p/share, up 8%.
Prudential announced operating profit of £4,699m (up 6% lfl) and net profit at £2,390m (up 24% lfl). It also announced a major event: the demerger of M&G Prudential from Prudential plc. to focus on regions with extreme rapid growth. M&G will have the opportunity to improve its profitability through more control over its capital allocation. The insurer’s status of a good dividend payer should be kept thanks to the cash generated by the retained businesses.
Prudential’s 9M 17 Life new business profit increased by 17% to £2,469m. The Asian business posted a growing new business profit increase of 15% lfl (up 24% as reported) to £1,616m. APE sales increased by 5% (up 14% as reported). Eastspring AuM reached £44.3bn. In the USA, Jackson’s new business profit increased by 17% (up 28% as reported) to £619m. In the UK & Europe, M&G Prudential delivered external asset management net inflows of £9.9bn. In addition, continued demand for risk-managed solutio
Prudential announced an IFRS operating profit of £4,256m, up 7% at AER (-2% at CER) relative to 2015. The major contributor to operating profit is the US division (£2,030m), while the Asian and UK businesses stood at £1,644m and £828m, respectively. EEV new business profit grew by 18% to £3,088m: £2,030m (+18% yoy) from Asia, £790m (-2% yoy) from the US and £268m (+33% yoy) from the UK. APE sales increased by 16% to £6,320m, led by Asia (+33% yoy at £3,599m) and the UK (+33% yoy to £1,160m). In
Prudential is recovering on markets with a 3-month performance of more than 7%. Despite the sharp decrease in H1 16 EPS (-52% to 26.9p), IFRS operating profit is positive with a 6% decrease at CER to £2,059m. EEV new business profit grew by 8% to £1,260m. The group’s underlying free surplus generation increased by 13% to £1,609m and cash remitted by business units rose by 5% to £1,118m. Regarding the performances of the business units, the British insurer continued to perform well in the US mark
Mixed messages from UK and EU governments already highlight a potential for on-going political risk, with any sector volatility accentuated by Solvency II. With significant value in the sector we would look to now buy shares with strong fundamentals to be confirmed by upcoming results.
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Prudential announced an IFRS operating profit of £4,007m, up 22% at CER. The major contributor to operating profit is the US division (£1,691m), while the Asian and UK businesses stood at £1,209m and £1,167m, respectively. EEV new business profit grew by 20% to £2,617m. All business units contributed to this growth, with £1,490m (+28 yoy) from Asia, £809m (+8% yoy) from the US and £318m (+23% yoy) from the UK. APE sales increased by 17% to £5,607m, led by Asia where APE sales were 26% higher at
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