All Prudential customers who have a With-Profits element to their plan, except for investments made in any of the PruFund funds.
These include:
Annual/Regular and Final Bonuses are the way you receive your share of the profits of the Fund. Different types of plan receive different bonus rates. See the Annual/Regular Bonuses for our With-Profits products.
This year, for most of our planholders, we’re pleased to increase final bonus rates. We calculate the final bonus value with the aim that the total return on planholders’ plans represents a fair share of the Fund’s profits earned over the lifetime of their plans, after taking into account, for example, charges, the effects of smoothing and any applicable tax.
This year, we’ve also got additional money in the With-Profits Sub Fund to share with some of our With-Profit planholders. Because of this, we’ve increased the unsmoothed value of their plans by 1.75%. This is reflected in our final bonuses from this year. There’s a chance we might have to take back this extra money. You can find out more on our website at: pru.co.uk/aboutadditionalsurplus
Any final bonus declared in February 2022 may be payable when planholders leave the With-Profits Fund, in the forthcoming bonus year. Any final bonus isn’t guaranteed.
We will send you a statement each year, which will show the impact of the bonus declaration on your Plan. See the bonus rates declared for your product.
There are a number of factors that affect the amount you get back from your Plan, which cannot be predicted. These include:
*Our With-Profits Fund aims to smooth some of the extreme ups and downs of investment performance in order to provide a more stable return from year to year.
Generally, the better our With-Profits Fund performs, the more scope we'll have to pay bonuses. We aim to pay you a fair share of the investment return over the lifetime of your investment. Try to keep in mind that the total bonuses added to your Plan won't reflect the performance of the underlying fund exactly because of, for example:
Please see information specific to your Plan to find out more.
The Prudential Assurance Company Limited (PACL) With-Profits Fund is one of the largest and financially strongest in the UK. The size and strength of our Fund allows us to invest in a very wide range of asset types and individual companies.
Following the merger of the SAIF fund with the with-profits sub-fund (WPSF) on 1 April 2021, ex-Scottish Amicable With-Profits planholders are now invested in the WPSF. Please visit pru.co.uk/saifmerger for more information on the merger.
You should have received regular letters over the last few years telling you whether your Plan is on track to repay your mortgage. These are called re-projection letters. We monitor how many of our endowment customers plans are and aren’t expected to meet their repayment targets, based on accepted industry guidelines. We show this on your letter as red, amber or green. Green means it’s on track (but not guaranteed) and likely to meet repayment targets. Amber means there might be a shortfall. Red means there’s likely to be a shortfall.
If it’s amber or red, the letter will also tell you what your options are and what you need to do next.
As a result of turbulent market conditions in some past years, the payouts of some mortgage endowment plans may have fallen. This could mean that the amount you receive from your Plan may not be enough to pay off your mortgage, and you may have a shortfall. If you've had a letter from Prudential we understand that you may be concerned about what to do next.
You’ve got two main options:
If your Plan is the only way you have of paying off your mortgage, you should speak to your mortgage lender right away. If you want more information you can write to Prudential, Lancing, BN15 8GB, quoting your Plan number.
Future bonus rates will depend on how well the Fund does in the future. The Prudential Assurance Company Limited With-Profits Fund is one of the largest and financially strongest in the UK. The size and strength of our Fund allows us to invest in a very wide range of assets and individual companies.
A Market Value Reduction (MVR) is a deduction we may make on certain withdrawals or switches from, or between, our With-Profits Funds. We're not currently planning any changes to our MVR approach. We regularly review our approach in the light of emerging market conditions and reserve the right to change this without notice. For more information on an MVR please see our Market Value Reduction - A clear explanation document.
View our Regular/Annual Bonuses that will be added to our With-Profits range from 1 April.
The frequently asked questions give high level information about investments in With-Profits.
We’re pleased to let you know we’re keeping annual bonus rates at the same level as last year for all our customers.