Prudential Car Insurance

History of Prudential Car Insurance

Established in 1848, today Prudential plc is a leading international financial services company with some 21 million customers, policyholders and unit holders and some 23,000 employees worldwide.

In the UK Prudential is a leading life and pensions provider with around seven million customers.

M&G was acquired by Prudential in 1999 and is the Group's UK and European fund manager, responsible for managing over 149 billion (as at 31 December 2005).

Launched by Prudential in 1998, Egg is an innovative financial services company, with over 3 million customers with a market share of 5% of UK credit card balances.

In Asia, Prudential is the leading European life insurer with life and fund management operations in 12 countries serving some Seven million customers.

In the US, Prudential owns Jackson National Life, a leading life insurance company, and has more than 3 million policies and contracts in force.