Business Segments · Total benefits and expenses
Group Insurance — Total benefits and expenses
Prudential Financial Group Insurance — Total benefits and expenses increased by 8.2% to $1.70B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 2.2%, from $1.66B to $1.70B. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Group Insurance — Total benefits and expenses shows relatively stable performance with a -1.1% CAGR. This increase may warrant attention — for this metric, lower values are generally preferred.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryProfitability
SignalLower is better
VolatilityStable
How to read this metric
Rising total expenses without a commensurate increase in premiums can compress profit margins.
Detailed definition
The aggregate of all costs incurred by the group insurance segment, including policyholder benefit payments, administrat...
Peer comparison
Equivalent to total segment operating costs or total underwriting expenses at other insurers.
Metric ID:
pru_segment_group_insurance_total_benefits_and_expensesHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.67B | $1.67B | $1.67B | $1.65B | $1.44B | $1.50B | $1.55B | $1.54B | $1.46B | $1.49B | $1.48B | $1.59B | $1.47B | $1.56B | $1.50B | $1.66B | $1.56B | $1.60B | $1.57B | $1.70B |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | -0.8% | -12.8% | +3.7% | +3.5% | -0.6% | -5.2% | +1.9% | -0.4% | +7.3% | -7.8% | +6.6% | -4.0% | +10.7% | -5.8% | +2.7% | -2.2% | +8.2% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -13.5% | -10.4% | -7.2% | -7.0% | +1.2% | -0.5% | -4.3% | +3.2% | +0.4% | +5.0% | +1.1% | +4.4% | +6.6% | +2.8% | +4.7% | +2.2% |
Range$1.44B – $1.70B
CAGR+0.4%
Avg YoY Growth-0.7%
Median YoY Growth+1.2%
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Prudential Financial's group insurance — total benefits and expenses?
- Prudential Financial (PRU) reported group insurance — total benefits and expenses of $1.70B in Q1 2026.
- How has Prudential Financial's group insurance — total benefits and expenses changed year-over-year?
- Prudential Financial's group insurance — total benefits and expenses increased by 2.2% year-over-year, from $1.66B to $1.70B.
- What is the long-term trend for Prudential Financial's group insurance — total benefits and expenses?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Prudential Financial's group insurance — total benefits and expenses has grown at a -1.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $6.67B to $6.39B.
- What does group insurance — total benefits and expenses mean?
- The total cost of running the group insurance segment, including all claims and operating expenses.