PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2025. Filed Jul 31, 2025.
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Jun 30, 2025 · Filed Jul 31, 2025
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10. Policyholders’ Account Balances
- POLICYHOLDERS’ ACCOUNT BALANCES
The balances of and changes in policyholders' account balances as of and for the periods ended are as follows:
| Retirement Strategies · Group Insurance · Individual Life · International Businesses · Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional · Individual Variable · Individual Fixed · Life/Disability · Variable/Universal Life | |||||||
| ($ in millions) | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $19,088 | $34,085 | $12,020 | $4,974 | $27,596 | $54,270 | $152,033 |
| Deposits | 4,806 | 3,869 | 2,538 | 483 | 1,373 | 4,971 | 18,040 |
| Interest credited | 404 | 349 | 183 | 67 | 199 | 686 | 1,888 |
| Acquisitions and dispositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Policy charges | (5) | (34) | (24) | (168) | (1,024) | (296) | (1,551) |
| Surrenders and withdrawals | (2,855) | (556) | (455) | (842) | (933) | (672) | (6,313) |
| Benefit payments | (323) | (38) | (69) | 0 | (109) | (1,159) | (1,698) |
| Net transfers (to) from separate account | 0 | 41 | 0 | (13) | 307 | 0 | 335 |
| Change in market value and other adjustments(1) | 0 | 917 | 60 | 0 | 495 | (10) | 1,462 |
| Foreign currency adjustment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,585 | 1,585 |
| Balance, end of period | $21,115 | $38,633 | $14,253 | $4,501 | $27,904 | $59,375 | $165,781 |
| Closed Block Division | 4,293 | ||||||
| Unearned revenue reserve, unearned expense credit, and additional interest reserve | 6,429 | ||||||
| Other(2) | 4,428 | ||||||
| Total Policyholders' account balance | $180,931 | ||||||
| Weighted-average crediting rate | 4.02% | 1.92% | 2.78% | 2.81% | 1.44% | 2.42% | 2.38% |
| Net amount at risk(3) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $74,475 | $408,334 | $30,967 | $513,776 |
| Cash surrender value(4) | $21,115 | $37,231 | $12,529 | $3,668 | $24,053 | $52,544 | $151,140 |
| Retirement Strategies · Group Insurance · Individual Life · International Businesses(5) · Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional · Individual Variable · Individual Fixed · Life/Disability · Variable/Universal Life | |||||||
| ($ in millions) | |||||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $17,738 | $23,765 | $7,095 | $5,293 | $27,439 | $51,399 | $132,729 |
| Deposits | 3,466 | 3,755 | 2,815 | 491 | 1,224 | 4,255 | 16,006 |
| Interest credited | 356 | 224 | 105 | 75 | 379 | 1,068 | 2,207 |
| Acquisitions and Dispositions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (336) | (336) |
| Policy charges | (6) | (12) | 0 | (164) | (1,023) | (305) | (1,510) |
| Surrenders and withdrawals | (2,514) | (442) | (338) | (849) | (821) | (1,036) | (6,000) |
| Benefit payments | (292) | (38) | (37) | 0 | (69) | (1,257) | (1,693) |
| Net transfers (to) from separate account | 0 | 49 | 0 | (6) | 285 | 0 | 328 |
| Change in market value and other adjustments(1) | 1 | 1,171 | 125 | 0 | 75 | (25) | 1,347 |
| Foreign currency adjustment | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (2,301) | (2,301) |
| Balance, end of period | $18,749 | $28,472 | $9,765 | $4,840 | $27,489 | $51,462 | $140,777 |
| Closed Block Division | 4,424 | ||||||
| Unearned revenue reserve, unearned expense credit, and additional interest reserve | 5,622 | ||||||
| Other(2) | 4,168 | ||||||
| Total Policyholders' account balance | $154,991 | ||||||
| Weighted-average crediting rate | 3.90% | 1.71% | 2.49% | 2.96% | 2.76% | 4.15% | 3.23% |
| Net amount at risk(3) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $74,276 | $389,142 | $24,055 | $487,473 |
| Cash surrender value(4) | $18,749 | $26,972 | $8,193 | $3,794 | $23,664 | $45,343 | $126,715 |
(1)Primarily relates to changes in the value of embedded derivative instruments associated with the indexed options of certain products.
(2)Includes $5,004 million and $5,268 million of Full Service account balances reinsured to Great-West as of June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
(3)The net amount at risk calculation includes both general account and separate account balances.
(4)Cash surrender value represents the amount of the contractholder's account balances distributable at the balance sheet date less certain surrender charges. There areno cash surrender charges for the Institutional Retirement Strategies segment.
(5)Prior period amounts have been updated to conform to current period presentation.
“Policyholders’ account balances” for Institutional Retirement Strategies, International Businesses and Corporate and Other includes the Company’s Funding Agreement Notes Issuance Program (“FANIP”), which totaled $7,801 million and $5,436 million at June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Under this program, which has a maximum authorized amount of $15 billion of medium-term notes and $6 billion of commercial paper, Delaware statutory trusts issue short-term commercial paper and/or medium-term notes to investors that are secured by funding agreements issued to the trusts by PICA. The outstanding commercial paper and notes have fixed or floating interest rates that range from 0.0% to 5.6% and original maturities ranging from zero months toten years. Included in the amounts at June 30, 2025 and 2024 are funding agreements that secure the medium-term note liability, which are carried at amortized cost, of $4,742 million and $3,474 million, respectively, and short-term note liability of $2,834 million and $1,994 million, respectively, and Retail Note liability of $257 million and $0 million, respectively.
“Policyholders’ account balances” for Institutional Retirement Strategies also includes collateralized funding agreements issued to the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLBNY”) totaling $2,628 million as of both June 30, 2025 and 2024. These obligations, which are carried at amortized cost, have fixed interest rates that range from 1.925% to 4.510% and original maturities ofseven years.
The Company issues variable life and universal life insurance contracts which may also include a “no-lapse guarantee” where the Company contractually guarantees to the contractholder a death benefit even when the account value drops to zero, as long as the “no-lapse guarantee” premium is paid.
The net amount at risk is generally defined as the current death benefit in excess of the current account balance at the balance sheet date. The Company’s primary risk exposures for these contracts relates to actual deviations from, or changes to, the assumptions used in the original pricing of these products, including contractholder mortality, contract lapses, and premium pattern, as well as interest rate and equity market returns.
The Company also issues annuity contracts that provide certain death benefit and/or living benefit guarantees and are accounted for as MRBs. See Note 11 for additional information, including the net amount at risk associated with these guarantees.
The balance of account values by range of guaranteed minimum crediting rates and the related range of difference, in basis points (“bps”), between rates being credited to policyholders and the respective guaranteed minimums are as follows:
| Range of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate(1) | At guaranteed minimum | 1 - 50 bps above guaranteed minimum | 51 - 150 bps above guaranteed minimum | Greater than 150 bps above guaranteed minimum | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | |||||
| Retirement Strategies - Institutional | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $614 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $614 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 1,552 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,552 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 3,513 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,513 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 4,732 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,732 |
| Total | $10,486 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,486 |
| Retirement Strategies - Individual Variable | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $448 | $204 | $407 | $0 | $1,059 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 104 | 377 | 1 | 0 | 482 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 28 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 1,605 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1,615 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 |
| Total | $2,254 | $586 | $421 | $0 | $3,261 |
| Retirement Strategies - Individual Fixed | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $4 | $18 | $1,118 | $1,140 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 428 | 65 | 215 | 52 | 760 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 536 | 454 | 550 | 15 | 1,555 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 3,113 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 3,156 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 |
| Total | $4,155 | $552 | $794 | $1,188 | $6,689 |
| Group Insurance - Life / Disability | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $712 | $712 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 1,442 | 6 | 51 | 7 | 1,506 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | $1,489 | $6 | $51 | $721 | $2,267 |
| Individual Life - Variable / Universal Life | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $354 | $354 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 341 | 0 | 2,072 | 1,602 | 4,015 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 284 | 1,565 | 2,737 | 432 | 5,018 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 5,611 | 1,953 | 1,305 | 45 | 8,914 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 5,302 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,302 |
| Total | $11,538 | $3,518 | $6,114 | $2,433 | $23,603 |
| International Businesses | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $3,932 | $23 | $0 | $0 | $3,955 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 16,450 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 16,482 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 7,926 | 280 | 26 | 0 | 8,232 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 8,743 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8,743 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 16,833 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16,833 |
| Total | $53,884 | $335 | $26 | $0 | $54,245 |
| Range of Guaranteed Minimum Crediting Rate(1) | At guaranteed minimum | 1 - 50 bps above guaranteed minimum | 51 - 150 bps above guaranteed minimum | Greater than 150 bps above guaranteed minimum | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in millions) | |||||
| Retirement Strategies - Institutional | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $503 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $503 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 1,519 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,519 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 608 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 608 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 4,674 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,674 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 2,118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,118 |
| Total | $9,422 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,422 |
| Retirement Strategies - Individual Variable | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $618 | $651 | $254 | $0 | $1,523 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 187 | 118 | 2 | 0 | 307 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 24 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 33 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 1,811 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1,827 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Total | $2,730 | $781 | $269 | $0 | $3,780 |
| Retirement Strategies - Individual Fixed | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $4 | $10 | $707 | $721 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 482 | 96 | 234 | 79 | 891 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 548 | 461 | 563 | 16 | 1,588 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 1,036 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 1,122 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Total | $2,156 | $637 | $815 | $804 | $4,412 |
| Group Insurance - Life / Disability | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $921 | $921 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 1,448 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1,510 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| Total | $1,547 | $0 | $0 | $983 | $2,530 |
| Individual Life - Variable / Universal Life | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $324 | $324 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 247 | 0 | 1,678 | 1,848 | 3,773 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 31 | 1,480 | 2,837 | 448 | 4,796 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 4,300 | 3,897 | 1,342 | 28 | 9,567 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 5,433 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,433 |
| Total | $10,011 | $5,377 | $5,857 | $2,648 | $23,893 |
| International Businesses(2) | |||||
| Less than 1.00% | $15,646 | $40 | $83 | $2,560 | $18,329 |
| 1.00% - 1.99% | 10,445 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 10,527 |
| 2.00% - 2.99% | 4,755 | 293 | 32 | 0 | 5,080 |
| 3.00% - 4.00% | 5,852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,852 |
| Greater than 4.00% | 7,103 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7,103 |
| Total | $43,801 | $415 | $115 | $2,560 | $46,891 |
(1)Excludes contracts without minimum guaranteed crediting rates, such as funds with indexed-linked crediting options and Japan variable products.
Unearned Revenue Reserve (“URR”)
The balance of and changes in URR as of and for the periods ended are as follows:
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Life · International Businesses | ||||
| Variable/ Universal Life · Total | ||||
| (in millions) | ||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $5,245 | $505 | $5,750 | |
| Unearned revenue | 432 | 98 | 530 | |
| Amortization expense | (126) | (14) | (140) | |
| Other adjustments | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Foreign currency adjustment | 0 | 30 | 30 | |
| Balance, end of period | $5,551 | $619 | 6,170 | |
| Other | 64 | |||
| Total unearned revenue reserve balance | $6,234 | |||
| Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual Life · International Businesses(1) | ||||
| Variable/ Universal Life · Total | ||||
| (in millions) | ||||
| Balance, beginning of period | $4,613 | $454 | $5,067 | |
| Unearned revenue | 436 | 80 | 516 | |
| Amortization expense | (118) | (11) | (129) | |
| Other adjustments | 0 | (57) | (57) | |
| Foreign currency adjustment | 0 | (34) | (34) | |
| Balance, end of period | $4,931 | $432 | 5,363 | |
| Other | 53 | |||
| Total unearned revenue reserve balance | $5,416 | |||
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