Prudential Retirement announced today that it has added new plan sponsor
client Questar Corporation, an integrated natural gas company.
Prudential Retirement is a business unit of Prudential Financial, Inc.
(NYSE: PRU).
“We’re delighted Questar selected Prudential Retirement to help their
employees get to and through retirement,” said Harry Dalessio, senior
vice president, Sales and Strategic Relationships, Prudential
Retirement. “Questar’s decision to choose Prudential validates our
position as a leading service provider dedicated to offering innovative
retirement plan products and services to help their employees make
financial decisions that will lead to a successful Day One of
retirement.”
Questar Corporation has 1,961 participants in its defined contribution
plan with $514 million in assets. The conversion date took place on July
1. The natural gas-focused energy company has three lines of business —
retail gas distribution; interstate gas transportation and storage; and
gas development and production.
“Clear differentiators for us were Prudential Retirement’s expertise,
knowledge and innovative approach and products related to retirement
solutions for our employees,” said Julie Wray, corporate secretary and
general manager, Human Resources at Questar Corporation.
Jeffrey Scott, vice president of Retirement Plans at FirstWest
Retirement Solutions was the advisor to the deal and will continue
hereafter.
“This deal is a result of a comprehensive RFP process where Questar
Corporation asked us to assess several record-keepers,” Scott said.
“Ultimately Prudential came out the winner because of its expertise
within the defined contribution space and its ability to meet the needs
of Questar’s plan participants.”
Prudential Retirement delivers retirement plan solutions for public,
private, and non-profit organizations. Services include defined
contribution, defined benefit and non-qualified deferred compensation
record keeping, administrative services, investment management,
comprehensive employee education and communications, and trustee
services, as well as a variety of products and strategies, including
institutional investment and income products, pension risk transfer
solutions and structured settlement services. With over 85 years of
retirement experience, Prudential Retirement helps meet the needs of
over 4.0 million participants and annuitants. Prudential Retirement has
$330.5 billion in retirement account values as of June 30, 2014.
Retirement products and services are provided by Prudential Retirement
Insurance and Annuity Company (PRIAC), Hartford, CT, or its affiliates.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU), a financial services leader with
more than $1.1 trillion of assets under management as of June 30, 2014,
has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
Prudential’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 and investment
management. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for
strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century.
For more information, please visit www.news.prudential.com.
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