A Sense of Security: 150 Years of Prudential

Front Cover
Granta Editions, 1998 - 438 pages
 

Contents

A Background Sketch
3
In an Office in Hatton Garden
13
Tentative Beginnings
23
Firmer Ground
37
Confronting Mr Gladstone
57
Acquisitions and Foundations
69
Holborn Bars and the Prudential Style
93
The Making of a Colossus
107
The Triumph of System
215
The Prudential Overseas
239
Strong roots strong tree
255
The Prudential Family and the Second World War
269
Into a New Era
291
Against a Backdrop of Change
319
Focus on Group Pensions
343
With Hindsight An Overview 197898
355

The Field Staff Phenomenon
125
Chief Office More Than Just a Building
147
A Turbulent Few Years
173
The Prudential in the Great War
195
Notes and References to the Text
377
Tables
419
Select Bibliography
427
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