Prudential Financial, the life insurance company (and owner of Prudential Equity Group, one of our demanding brokerages), is poised to improve earnings through its rapidly growing international business, says A.G.

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Arthur Ryan , chief executive of the brokerage's parent company, Prudential Insurance Co. of America a.k.a. the Rock handpicked Strangfeld, 48, for the job last fall.

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Arthur Ryan, the CEO of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America (the Rock), the brokerage's parent company, handpicked Strangfeld, 48, for the job in the fall.

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MetLife is currently the second largest global insurance company in Japan behind Prudential Financial.

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