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Prudential Relocation, Inc company history timeline

1967

In 1967, Prudential surpassed the Metropolitan as the world’s largest insurance company; total Met assets amounted to $23.51 billion while Prudential announced $23.6 billion.

1968

Beal stepped down in 1968, the same year the company abandoned its original pay-by-the-week policies, closing an important chapter in the company’s history.

1971

1971 – KC Dat was founded as an international freight forwarding company throughout China and Hong Kong.

1972

1972 – Revenue Ruling 72-339 affirmed that a corporation could buy the homes of their employees and place the properties on the market for resale through the real estate community without tax consequences to the employee.

1973

In 1973 the Pru formed Prudential Reinsurance Company (PRURE), insuring other insurance companies against extraordinary losses.

1974

1974 – Congress passes the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) to establish guidelines and regulate settlement costs and procedures in residential real estate.

In 1974 Prudential purchased CNA Nuclear Leasing, renaming it Prudential Lease.

1976

In 1976 Prudential acquired Hanbro Life Assurance Ltd. of Britain.

1978

1978 – Executrans Relocation is sold to Coldwell Banker.

MacNaughton retired in 1978 and was succeeded as CEO by Robert Beck.

1979

In 1979 Prudential signed with Sony Corporation to form Sony-Prudential to sell life insurance in Japan.

1982

1982 – Revenue Ruling 82-204 IRS rules that homes owned by a corporation are considered capital assets.

1987

The October 1987 panic on the market cost Prudential $1 billion in paper value and marked at least a temporary end to runaway leveraged buyouts and massive mergers and acquisitions.

1987 – Premier Relocation Services and its consulting division, Premier Decision Resources, are formed under The Weyerhaeuser Company.

1989

1989 – Merrill Lynch Real Estate and Relocation is sold to Prudential.

1990

In November 1990, Prudential-Bache announced that it was cutting back on its investment banking operation by about two thirds, having made the decision to reorganize the firm to focus on its strengths in the retail brokerage business.

1990 – Better Homes and Gardens Relocation and Genesis Relocation are sold to PHH Homequity.

In 1990 Ronald D. Barbero was elected president to replace Joseph Melone, who left after six years in that office.

1991

1991 – Premier’s senior management team executes a leveraged buyout from The Weyerhaeuser Company, establishing its consulting division, Premier Decision Resources, as a standalone company, renamed Paragon Decision Resources, Inc.

In early 1991, with losses totaling more than $250 million and amid lawsuits relating to selling real estate limited partnerships, Ball resigned.

1992

In response to the negative publicity, Prudential retreated behind a shield of secrecy, but with probes into the limited partnerships by state securities regulators expanding, the company accepted various settlements, including public censure in 1992.

1993

In 1993 profits reached nearly $800 million.

1994

When Elizabeth Krupnick arrived at Prudential Insurance Company of America in June 1994 to take over as chief communications officer, she inherited advertising that she called "mediocre at best." She also inherited one of the most identifiable icons in advertising: the rock.

The board took advantage of Winters's retirement in late 1994 to bring in new "outsider" management in an attempt to resolve its problems.

In 1994 insurance operations lost $907 million as a result of the Northridge, California earthquake.

1995

1995 – Unigroup acquired Mayflower Van Lines and expanded internationally the following year.

Lost business due to flagging consumer confidence cost these companies even more money than the price of the settlements; they fell short of their projected sales of $198.57 billion by approximately $72.46 billion in 1995.

1996

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The investigation, concluded in 1996, and involving regulators from 45 states, assessed Prudential a $35 million fine and set up a restitution plan for 10.7 million policyholders.

1997

1997 – HFS buys Coldwell Banker Relocation and PHH Homequity; combined company is renamed Cendant.

1997 – Amdahl Case claims and wins against the IRS that the homes purchased in a relocation process were never owned by Amdahl.

The settlement, approved by a New Jersey district court judge in 1997, led to an eventual payment in excess of $2 billion.

1998

May 1998 – European Relocation Association (EuRA) was founded.

In 1998, Ryan went before New Jersey's insurance commissioner to lobby for passage of a law that would allow a mutual insurance company to sell shares to the public.

Prudential ranked as the largest life insurer in terms of assets in the United States in 1998.

About 55 percent of the company’s earnings came from the sale of insurance, which grew by 21 percent in 1998, while 45 percent came from its investment and securities businesses.

1999

Also in 1999, Prudential began rapid global expansion; early that year, it opened a mutual fund company with Mitsui Trust & Banking Co. in Japan, acquired a license to open an office in Poland, and launched new insurance companies in Argentina and the Philippines.

2001

Prudential becomes a public company on December 13, the first NY Stock Exchange IPO after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

2001 – Unigroup Worldwide UTS was formed to further its expansion internationally.

2002

July 30, 2002 – Sarbanes-Oxley Act signed into law requiring more rigorous financial disclosure standards and limits on executive loans.

2002 – SIRVA is formed by the acquisition of Allied Van Lines, North American Van Lines, Cooperative Resources, ProSource Relocation and other smaller relocation companies.

2004

2004 – SIRVA acquires Executive Relocation.

2005

2005 – ERC lobbies the IRS for clear guidance stating which types of home sale programs will be considered non-taxable to the employee and company, resulting in IRS Revenue Ruling 2005-74.

2006

2006 – Multinational corporations significantly increase the number of international assignments – short and long term assignments.

2006 – Paragon Global Resources establishes its international headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

2007

2007 – The housing bubble in the US burst causing declining home values making it financially difficult for transferees to sell and purchase homes.

As a result of Prudential's strong capital position, the company does not seek funds from the Troubled Asset Relief (TARP) in the aftermath of the 2007 financial crisis.

2008

2008 – The US housing market continues to decline affecting transferees in need of selling their homes in the old location.

2008 – Government regulations change no longer allowing mortgage subsidies to be included in qualifying factors for the loan.

2008 – Localization packages begin to surge in popularity as organizations seek further cost containment.

2008 – A Canadian company, Brookfield Residential (formerly Royal LePage), acquired GMAC.

2010

2010 – RESPA Changes: For the first time in more than 30 years, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development issued mortgage reform.

2010 – Cartus acquires Primacy.

2022

"The Prudential Insurance Company of America ." International Directory of Company Histories. . Retrieved June 21, 2022 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/prudential-insurance-company-america-0

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