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  • Saturday, 03 May 2003

NEW YORK: Prudential Financial Inc, the No. 2 US life insurer, has completed the purchase of Skandia Insurance Co’s American Skandia Inc unit for about US$1.2bil. 

As a result, Prudential Financial has become the fifth largest US manager of variable annuities – insurance contracts that let investors buy a variety of products with taxes on income and capital gains deferred until withdrawal. – Reuters 

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