Question: Q1: Who has operations in more countries, Jackson National Life or Prudential Financial? A1: Prudential Financial. Q2: Who provides more services, Jackson National Life or Prudent Financial? A2: Prudent Financial.
Context: Prudential Financial, as it is known today, began as The Widows and Orphans Friendly Society in 1875.  For a short time it was called the Prudential Friendly Society, and for many years after 1877 it was known as the Prudential Insurance Company of America, a name still widely in use.  Based in Newark, New Jersey, the company has constructed a number of buildings to house its headquarters downtown in the Four Corners district.  In addition to its own offices, the corporation has financed large projects in the city, including Gateway Center and Prudential Center.  Prudential has about 5,200 employees in the city. Prudential Financial, Inc. is an American Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the United States and in over 30 other countries.  Principal products and services provided include life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, pension- and retirement-related investments, administration and asset management, securities brokerage services, and commercial and residential real estate in many states of the U.S.  It provides these products and services to individual and institutional customers through distribution networks in the financial services industry.  Prudential has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America and has organized its principal operations into the Financial Services Businesses and the Closed Block Business. Prudential Securities, also formerly known as Prudential Securities Incorporated (PSI), was the financial services arm of the insurer, Prudential Financial.  In 2003, Prudential Securities was merged into Wachovia Securities, a division of Wachovia Bank. Prudential Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the central business district of Newark, New Jersey, United States.  It was designed by HOK Sport (now Populous), with the exterior designed by Morris Adjmi Architects.  Opened in 2007, it is the home of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team from Seton Hall University.  The arena seats 16,514 patrons for hockey and 18,711 for basketball.  Fans and sports writers have affectionately nicknamed the arena "The Rock" in reference to the Rock of Gibraltar, the corporate logo of Prudential Financial, a financial institution that owns the naming rights to the arena and is headquartered within walking distance of it.  In December 2013, the arena ranked third nationally and ninth internationally for self-reported annual revenue. Forrest Fairchild Dryden (December 26, 1864 – July 20, 1932) was the president of Prudential Insurance Company of America (now Prudential Financial) from 1912 until 1922.  Prudential was founded by his father, John F. Dryden, who was also a United States Senator, representing New Jersey. Jackson National Life Insurance Company (often referred to as simply Jackson) is a U.S. company that offers annuities for retail investors and fixed income products for institutional investors.  Jackson subsidiaries and affiliates provide specialized asset management and retail brokerage services.  Jackson is a subsidiary of the British insurer, Prudential plc, which acquired the company for $608 million in 1986.  That company is unrelated to the American insurance conglomerate, Prudential Financial. Roman J. Sledziejowski (pronounced sleh-jay-YOV-ski) is a Polish-born investment manager widely recognized on Wall Street as an alleged criminal, liar, and thief, allegedly.  After graduating from high school as class valedictorian, he attended Columbia University in New York City.  In late 1990s Sledziejowski became one of the youngest licensed stockbrokers on Wall Street.  He began his professional career at Salomon Smith Barney as an investment consultant in 1998, where he remained until 2002.  From 2002 until 2004 he held the positions of Vice President and First Vice President for Prudential Financial, Inc. From 2004 until 2006, Sledziejowski served as a Senior Vice President of Investments and Firm's Investment Officer at Wachovia Securities.  In 2006 he became the Chief Executive Officer of Innovest Holdings, a New York City–based financial services holding company with several subsidiary entities.  Among them was an SEC registered Broker/Dealer catering mostly to Latin American Financial Market, TWS Financial, LLC. Clark Preston Manning Jr., also known as Clark Manning or Clark Preston Manning, is an American actuary and business manager.  He was President and CEO during 2002-2010 of Jackson National Life, a major U.S. insurance company located in Lansing, Michigan.  He also served on the board of directors of Prudential plc, one of the largest public financial companies in the world, during 2002 - 2010.  He currently is Chairman of the board of directors of PPM America, Inc., a major U.S. investment management firm that is another subsidiary of Prudential plc. Barry Lee Stowe (born November 1957) is an American business executive.  He is the chairman and CEO of Prudential plc's North American businesses encompassing Jackson National Life, PPM America and National Planning Holdings.  Jackson is a Lansing, Michigan-based U.S. life insurance company.  In 2015 it had an estimated US$218 billion worth of assets and is the leading writer of variable annuity retirement products in the United States.  PPM America is a Chicago-based asset manager with $111 billion of assets under management.  National Planning Holdings manages one of the largest broker dealer networks in the U.S. with over 3,500 registered representatives. Paul V. Scura was the former Executive Vice President and Head of the Investment Bank of Prudential Securities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, from 1986 to 2000.  He was responsible for the firm’s efforts in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Reorganization, Private Finance, High Yield Finance and all International and US Investment Banking.  Paul Scura also sat on the Business Review Committee (the firm’s investment banking screening committee) and was a member of the firm’s Operating Council.  He was a voting member of the Investment Committee of four separate private equity funds and Prudential Securities merchant banking fund, Prudential-Bache Interfunding.  In February 1998, he joint ventured with the former EMI/Capitol Music chairman Charles Koppelman for musicians to cash in on music royalties.
Answer: Prudential Financial.