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Prudential Group Insurance enhances its dental plan with online resource

^{Published on 2011-09-14 07:49:11 - Market Wire}
 

NEWARK, N.J.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Prudential Financial, Inc.a™s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance has launched a service offering dental health care information to its clients. The newly-introduced website feature allows clients to submit questions to a licensed dentist and access educational materials on dental health topics, including illustrations of dental treatments and procedures, and tools that assess a clienta™s risk for tooth decay and oral disease. The new feature, aBrush Up on Dental Health,a can be accessed at [ www.prudential.com/dental ].

"We are mindful of the value of timely, accurate health care information to our members"

aWe are mindful of the value of timely, accurate health care information to our members,a said John Rice, vice president, Dental Product Management, Prudential Group Insurance. aTodaya™s families are seeking as much information as possible to help with health care choices, including dental health. Wea™re glad we can make this information so easily available to our customers through our agreement with go2dental.a

aWe are very excited about this agreement with Prudential,a said Bret Guenther, CEO of go2dental. aWe have worked closely with them to create a robust website that helps educate its members and enhance Prudentiala™s dental product offering.a

Prudential began offering dental coverage as part of its array of group insurance products last summer and has quickly made its presence felt in the marketplace.

aWith the enhancement to our new dental consumer site we aim to give our clients and their employees an edge in safeguarding their familiesa™ dental health,a added Rice.

Go2dental.com, founded in 1999, is a leading provider of customized dental web portals that include dental content and decision support tools. Go2dentala™s focus is to make employees and their family members better consumers of dental services by providing them with valuable information to make better choices. For more information, visit [ www.go2dental.com ].

Prudentiala™s Group Insurance business manufactures and distributes a full range of group life, long-term and short-term group disability, long-term care, dental, and corporate and trust-owned life insurance in the U.S. to institutional clients primarily for use in connection with employee and membership benefits plans.

Group Insurance also sells accidental death and dismemberment and other ancillary coverages and provides plan administrative services in connection with its insurance coverages.

Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudentiala™s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudentiala™s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise, and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit [ http://www.news.prudential.com/ ].

Group Insurance coverages, life insurance, and annuities are issued by The Prudential Insurance Company of America, 751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ. Securities products and services are offered through Pruco Securities, LLC, 751 Broad Street, Newark, NJ. All are Prudential Financial companies.

Prudential, the Prudential logo and the Rock symbol are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

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