Prudential Insurance Co. of America

Japanese: プルーデンシャル保険[会社] - プルーデンシャルほけん（英語表記）Prudential Insurance Co.of America

Alongside the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, this is one of the largest life insurance companies in the United States. Its headquarters are in Newark, New Jersey. Its predecessor was the Widows' and Orphans' Friendly Society, founded in Newark in 1873 by John Fairfield Dryden (1839-1911). It became the Prudential Friendly Society in 1875, and adopted its current name in 1877. It focused on simple insurance for workers, expanding its business scale, and by the end of the 19th century, along with the newly emerging Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, it had a position third to the three long-standing life insurance companies, Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Equitable Life Assurance of the United States, and New York Life Insurance Co.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

メトロポリタン生命保険会社と並ぶアメリカで最大の生命保険会社。本社ニュージャージー州ニューアーク。ドライデンJohn Fairfield Dryden(1839‐1911)が1873年ニューアークに設立したWidows’ and Orphans’ Friendly Societyがその前身。75年にPrudential Friendly Societyとなり，77年に現社名となる。労働者向けの簡易保険に力を注ぎ，企業規模を拡大し，19世紀の末期には同じく新興のメトロポリタン生命保険会社とともに，古くからの三大生命保険会社，Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.，Equitable Life Assurance of the United States,New York Life Insurance Co.に次ぐ地位を占めた。

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