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The Prudential Becomes the First of the Industrial Life Insurance Companies Processing Immense Amounts of Data

5/30/1848
Early Prudential advertising, probably produced close to the time of company founding.

Early Prudential advertising, probably produced close to the time of company founding.

The Prudential Mutual Assurance, Investment and Loan Association was founded in Hatton Garden, London on May 30, 1848. The Prudential was the first of the great industrial life insurance companies that handled the insurance policies of millions of people, and processed an immense amount of data, initially by hand.

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