Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
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Item 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY
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GLOSSARY
Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company may use certain abbreviations, acronyms and terms which are defined below.
| Prudential Entities | ||||||||||||||
| Assurance IQ | Assurance IQ, LLC / AIQ | PLNJ | Pruco Life Insurance Company of New Jersey | |||||||||||
| Company | Prudential Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries | POB | Prudential of Brazil | |||||||||||
| Gibraltar Life | The Gibraltar Life Insurance Company, Ltd. | Pruco Life | Pruco Life Insurance Company | |||||||||||
| Gibraltar Re | Gibraltar Reinsurance Company Ltd. | Prudential | Prudential Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries | |||||||||||
| PFI | Prudential Financial, Inc. and its subsidiaries | Prudential Financial | Prudential Financial, Inc. | |||||||||||
| PGIM | The global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. | Prudential Funding | Prudential Funding, LLC | |||||||||||
| PGFL | The Prudential Gibraltar Financial Life Insurance Co., Ltd. | Prudential Insurance/PICA | The Prudential Insurance Company of America | |||||||||||
| PHJ | Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc. | Prudential of Japan | The Prudential Life Insurance Company Ltd. | |||||||||||
| PLIC | Prudential Legacy Insurance Company of New Jersey | Registrant | Prudential Financial, Inc. |
| Defined Terms | |||||||||||||||||
| A.M. Best | A.M. Best Company | Moody's | Moody's Investor Service, Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| AFS Debt Securities | Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value | Morningstar | Morningstar, Inc. | ||||||||||||||
| Allstate | The Allstate Corporation | NCTI | Net Controlled Foreign Corporation Tested Income | ||||||||||||||
| AuguStar | AuguStar Life Insurance Company, formerly known as The Ohio National Life Insurance Company | Other Postretirement Benefits | Certain health care and life insurance benefits provided by the Company for its retired employees, their beneficiaries and covered dependents | ||||||||||||||
| Board | Prudential Financial's Board of Directors | Pension Benefits | Funded and non-funded non-contributory defined benefit pension plans which cover substantially all of the Company’s employees | ||||||||||||||
| CIO Organization | Chief Investment Officer Organization | Prismic | Prismic Life Holding Company LP | ||||||||||||||
| Closed Block | Certain in-force participating insurance policies and annuity products, along with corresponding assets used for the payment of benefits and policyholders' dividends on these products | Prismic Re | Prismic Life Reinsurance, Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Credit-Linked Note Structures | Agreements with external counterparties providing for the issuance of surplus notes by our captive reinsurers in return for the receipt of credit-linked notes | Prismic Re International | Prismic Life Reinsurance International, Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Dodd-Frank | Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act | Regulation XXX | Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation | ||||||||||||||
| Empower | Great-West and Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, now known as Empower Annuity Insurance Company of America and Empower Life & Annuity Insurance Company of New York, respectively | S&P | Standard & Poor's Rating Services | ||||||||||||||
| Exchange Act | The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | SECURE Act | Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (‘SECURE”) Act, together with SECURE 2.0, collectively | ||||||||||||||
| Farmer Mac | Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation | Somerset Re | Somerset Reinsurance Ltd. | ||||||||||||||
| Fitch | Fitch Ratings Inc. | Star and Edison Businesses | AIG Star Life Insurance Co., Ltd, AIG Edison Life Insurance Company, AIG Financial Assurance Japan K.K. and AIG Edison Service Co., Ltd., collectively | ||||||||||||||
| Funds Withheld | Assets the Company retains the legal ownership of under certain reinsurance arrangements | Talcott Resolution | Talcott Resolution Life Insurance Company | ||||||||||||||
| GDPR | The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation | Tax Act of 2017 | The United States Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 | ||||||||||||||
| Great-West | Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company | Tax Act of 2025 | H.R.1, also referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” | ||||||||||||||
| Guideline AXXX | The Application of the Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation | The Colorado AI Law | Senate Bill 24-205 passed in Colorado, which regulates certain AI systems, and imposes obligations on AI system deployers and developers doing business in Colorado | ||||||||||||||
| Guideline AXXX | The Application of the Valuation of Life Insurance Policies Model Regulation | U.S. GAAP | Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America | ||||||||||||||
| Hartford Financial | Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | UCL | California’s Unfair Competition law | ||||||||||||||
| Hartford Life Business | The Hartford Financial Services Group's individual life insurance business acquired by Prudential Financial | Wilton Re | Wilton Reassurance Company and Wilton Reinsurance Bermuda Limited, collectively |
| Acronyms | ||||||||||||||
| ACL | Allowance for Credit Losses | GMDB | Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefits | |||||||||||
| AI | Artificial Intelligence | GMIB | Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefits | |||||||||||
| AIR | Additional Insurance Reserves | GMIWB | Guaranteed Minimum Income and Withdrawal Benefits | |||||||||||
| ALM | Asset Liability Management | GMWB | Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefits | |||||||||||
| AOCI | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | GSEs | Government Sponsored Entities | |||||||||||
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification | HDI | Highest Daily Lifetime Income | |||||||||||
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update | HGTO | Head of Global Technology and Operations | |||||||||||
| AUD | Australian Dollar | IAIG | Internationally Active Insurance Groups | |||||||||||
| BEAT | Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax | IAIS | International Association of Insurance Supervisors | |||||||||||
| BMA | Bermuda Monetary Authority | IRA | Individual Retirement Account | |||||||||||
| bps | Basis Points | IRS | Internal Revenue Service | |||||||||||
| CAMT | Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax | LIBOR | London Inter-Bank Offered Rate | |||||||||||
| CECL | Current Expected Credit Loss | LPs/LLCs | Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies | |||||||||||
| CFC | Capital and Finance Committee | MD&A | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | |||||||||||
| CFTC | Commodity Futures Trading Commission | MRBs | Market Risk Benefits | |||||||||||
| CISO | Chief Information Security Officer | NAIC | National Association of Insurance Commissioners | |||||||||||
| CLO | Collateralized Loan Obligation | NAV | Net Asset Value | |||||||||||
| CODM | Chief Operating Decision Maker | NCTI | Net Controlled Foreign Corporation Tested Income | |||||||||||
| COSO | Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission | NFA | National Futures Association | |||||||||||
| CSA | Credit Support Annex | NJDOBI | New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance | |||||||||||
| DAC | Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs | NPR | Non-Performance Risk | |||||||||||
| DOL | U.S. Department of Labor | NTG | Net-To-Gross | |||||||||||
| DPL | Deferred Profit Liability | OCI | Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | |||||||||||
| DRD | Dividend Received Deduction | OECD | Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development | |||||||||||
| DRG | Deferred Reinsurance Gains | ORSA | Own Risk and Solvency Assessment | |||||||||||
| DRL | Deferred Reinsurance Losses | OTC | Over-The-Counter | |||||||||||
| DSI | Deferred Sales Inducements | OTTI | Other-Than-Temporary Impairments | |||||||||||
| E.U. | The European Union | PALAC | Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation | |||||||||||
| EBITDA | Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization | PCAOB | Public Company Accounting Oversight Board | |||||||||||
| ERC | Executive Risk Committee | PDI | Prudential Defined IncomeSM | |||||||||||
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act | PGIMW | PGIM Wadhwani LLP | |||||||||||
| ERMC | Enterprise Risk Management Council | POA | Prudential of Argentina | |||||||||||
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance | POT | The Prudential Life Insurance Company of Taiwan Inc. | |||||||||||
| ESR | Economic Solvency Ratio | QPAMs | Qualified Professional Asset Managers | |||||||||||
| ETFs | Exchange-traded Funds | RAF | Risk Appetite Framework | |||||||||||
| FACP | Funding Agreement-Backed Commercial Paper | RBC | Risk-Based Capital | |||||||||||
| FABN | Funding Agreement-Backed Notes | SEC | Securities and Exchange Commission | |||||||||||
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board | SOFR | Secured Overnight Funding Rate | |||||||||||
| FHLBNY | Federal Home Loan Bank of New York | SVO | Securities Valuation Office | |||||||||||
| FINRA | Financial Industry Regulatory Authority | TBA | To Be Announced | |||||||||||
| FLIAC | Fortitude Life Insurance and Annuity Company | U.K. | The United Kingdom | |||||||||||
| FSA | Japanese Financial Services Agency | U.S. | The United States of America | |||||||||||
| FSB | Financial Stability Board | UCITS | Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities | |||||||||||
| G20 | Group of Twenty nations | URR | Unearned Revenue Reserve | |||||||||||
| Generative AI | Generative Artificial Intelligence | USD | United States Dollar | |||||||||||
| GICs | Guaranteed Investment Contracts | VIEs | Variable Interest Entities | |||||||||||
| GILTI | Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income | VM-21 | Valuation Manual, Section 21 | |||||||||||
| GMAB | Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefits | VOBA | Value of Business Acquired |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company has filed certain agreements as exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These agreements may contain representations and warranties by the parties. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other party or parties to such agreements and (i) may have been qualified by disclosures made to such other party or parties, (ii) were made only as of the date of such agreements or such other date(s) as may be specified in such agreements and are subject to more recent developments, which may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosure, (iii) may reflect the allocation of risk among the parties to such agreements and (iv) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the Company’s actual state of affairs at the date hereof and should not be relied upon.
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| 101.SCH—XBRL | Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | |||||||
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| 101.PRE—XBRL | Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | |||||||
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- This exhibit is a management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 12th day of February, 2026.
| Prudential Financial, Inc. | ||||||||
| By: | /S/ YANELA C. FRIAS | |||||||
| Name: | Yanela C. Frias | |||||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Authorized signatory and principal financial officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated on February 12, 2026:
| Name | Title | |||||||
| /S/ ANDREW F. SULLIVAN | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | |||||||
| Andrew F. Sullivan | (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||
| /S/ YANELA C. FRIAS | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
| Yanela C. Frias | (Principal Financial Officer) | |||||||
| /S/ ROBERT E. BOYLE | Senior Vice President and Controller | |||||||
| Robert E. Boyle | (Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||||
| CHARLES F. LOWREY* | Executive Chairman and Director | |||||||
| Charles F. Lowrey | ||||||||
| GILBERT F. CASELLAS* | Director | |||||||
| Gilbert F. Casellas | ||||||||
| CARMINE DI SIBIO* | Director | |||||||
| Carmine Di Sibio | ||||||||
| MARTINA HUND-MEJEAN* | Director | |||||||
| Martina Hund-Mejean | ||||||||
| WENDY E. JONES* | Director | |||||||
| Wendy E. Jones | ||||||||
| SANDRA PIANALTO* | Director | |||||||
| Sandra Pianalto | ||||||||
| CHRISTINE A. POON* | Director | |||||||
| Christine A. Poon | ||||||||
| THOMAS D. STODDARD* | Director | |||||||
| Thomas D. Stoddard | ||||||||
| MICHAEL A. TODMAN* | Director | |||||||
| Michael A. Todman | ||||||||
| JOSEPH J. WOLK* | Director | |||||||
| Joseph J. Wolk | ||||||||
| By:* | /S/ YANELA C. FRIAS | |||||||
| Attorney-in-fact |
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