PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC

13. POLICYHOLDERS’ ACCOUNT BALANCES

The balances of and changes in policyholders' account balances as of and for the periods ended are as follows:

(1)Primarily relates to changes in the value of embedded derivative instruments associated with the indexed options of certain products.

(2)Includes $2,738 million, $5,099 million and $5,479 million of the Full Service Retirement business’s account balances reinsured to Empower for December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, 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 are no 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-Backed Notes (“FABN”) and Funding Agreement-Backed Commercial Paper (“FACP”) programs, which totaled $8,674 million, $5,547 million and $5,597 million, at December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Under these programs, which have maximum authorized amounts 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 fromtwo months toten years. Included in the amounts at December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 are funding agreements which secure the medium-term note liability, which are carried at amortized cost, of $5,694 million, $3,486 million and $3,474 million, respectively, and short-term note liability of $2,500 million, $2,086 million and $2,156 million, respectively, and Retail Note liability of $508 million, $136 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, $2,628 million, and $2,628 million, as of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. 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. For additional details regarding the FHLBNY program, see Note 18.

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 14 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:

(1)Excludes contracts without minimum guaranteed crediting rates, such as funds with indexed-linked crediting options and Japan variable products.

Unearned Revenue Reserve

The balance of and changes in URR as of and for the periods ended are as follows: