The first Prudential agents were appointed in 1848, the year in which Prudential was founded. At first the company had a very small team of agents but after the Industrial Department opened in 1854 to sell affordable insurance to the working classes (known as ‘penny policies’), the team grew to a sizeable army. It was important to hire good men who would represent the company well: they had to stand out from agents representing other companies. The agents were issued with regularly-updated instructions which contained precise details about conducting business, filling in forms and keeping accounts. By the turn of the century there were 10,000 Prudential agents and they had sold insurance to one third of the population. In the 1960s, six million homes in Britain were visited by the Prudential agent.

Man from the Pru publicity photograph (1949)

Malaysian product leaflet (1963)

Pakistan product leaflet (1966)

The phrase ‘Man from the Pru’ was first used by the company in 1949 after Weekly Illustrated magazine produced a feature on the life of a real life Prudential agent, Mr Fred Sawyer. One of the pictures was so striking that the publicity department decided to use the image in their advertising. The image of a striding, purposeful Prudential agent was updated and modified over the years and appeared in publications and sales literature in Prudential’s markets around the world, including Singapore, Pakistan, East Africa, Australia, Canada and South Africa. Both at home and abroad the use of the figure has done much to boost the prestige of the company. The figure of the Man from the Pru continues to represent a uniform aspect of the company’s world-wide service and expresses the unity of the company, not only to the world public but also to those who work for Prudential.

Prudential agent's briefcase

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Prudential plc is an international company incorporated in the United Kingdom, and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world’s leading financial services groups. It provides insurance and financial services directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world, and it has been in existence for over 170 years. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc, a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, or the Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc (a company incorporated in the United Kingdom).

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Prudential plc is an international company incorporated in the United Kingdom, and its affiliated companies constitute one of the world’s leading financial services groups. It provides insurance and financial services directly and through its subsidiaries and affiliates throughout the world, and it has been in existence for over 170 years. Prudential plc is not affiliated in any manner with Prudential Financial, Inc, a company whose principal place of business is in the United States of America, or the Prudential Assurance Company, a subsidiary of M&G plc (a company incorporated in the United Kingdom).

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For M&G and Prudential UK customers and policyholders:

In October 2019, Prudential plc separated its UK operations and, as a result of this separation, Prudential UK is now owned by M&G plc. The M&G plc group is a separate, independent group and as such we are not able to help any M&G or Prudential UK customers or policyholders.

Therefore, to find the best way to make contact, please visit www.pru.co.uk/contact-us

For further information on the M&G plc group, please visit the M&G website: www.mandg.com