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The author takes the reader into the world of an insurance agent, “The Man from the Pru”. The Prudential has come a long way since its inception in 1848 where it has provided financial security for generations of families in the U.K. for well over 160 years. Much of its success was achieved by the huge national network of field staff where the Prudential’s strength was based in its early days on industrial insurance for the very poor working classes involving weekly collections of premiums by the company’s insurance agents. This was the beginning of a success story that would eventually embrace all areas of insurance and where the Prudential became a national institution. This was the Life Assurance Company that the author joined in 1964 which would take him into literally thousands of homes where he had a grandstand view of so many different personalities and he gives his assessment of them as individuals based purely on his own observations. Where the good far outweighed the bad as strong relationships were formed with his customers, as his memories offer a fascinating insight into what it meant to be an insurance man which is now consigned to history.

This book brings an intriguing and absorbing picture of working for the Prudential as a “The Man from the Pru”. Even now many years later, Brian still answers to that name.

Front cover is the image of the Man from the Pru which was used for advertising in the ‘50s through to the ‘80s.

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8 Mar. 2013
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BRIER44
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brian's Books (B W Holdich) (8 Mar. 2013)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 277 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 123 pages

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Rusty Shackleford

Enjoyable

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A surprisingly interesting read, and funny too.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 March 2016

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Arrived promptly, blew my Dad away he was the man from the pru for 35 years and he was able to relate to these memories which mirrored his own

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Johnners

Memories of a vanished way of life

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This book is a must read for former Prudential District Agents. Brian Holditch vividly brings back memories of vanished profession that was more a way of life than a mere job.

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I was one of the Pru men

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 29 August 2022

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Very enjoyable read. Seems it was a life away back since I spoke about the Pru. Excellent book. Thank you.

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