​Neal M. Stern, CPA CLU

Neal brings a solid combination of education, experience and insights to help build your understanding of the life insurance industry and how equity analysts, investors and other constituents evaluate business models, performance and prospects of companies that serve financial security needs. Through his career in the industry, Neal has mentored numerous upcoming professionals, through educational events and informally.   Many of the equity analysts that follow Prudential and its peer companies today attribute their insurance training to Neal, and look to him as a “go to” resource.

 After graduating at the top of his class from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and two years in public accounting at a predecessor of today’s Ernst & Young, Neal joined USLIFE Corporation, a publicly traded life insurance holding company, and ultimately became Executive Vice President and Controller.  When the company was acquired by AIG in 1997, Neal joined Prudential as head of Accounting Policy and, in 2000, transferred to the newly formed Investor Relations where he was instrumental in Prudential’s successful demutualization and IPO.

During his tenure at Prudential, Neal led the design of the company’s public financial reporting framework, including the earnings press release, management’s discussion and analysis, and the quarterly financial supplement.  He was also instrumental in the development of Prudential’s investor messaging and outreach, including participation in 60 earnings cycles and 20 investor days in New York and Tokyo, as well as the communication of key acquisitions and transactions such as the CIGNA Retirement, Star / Edison and Hartford Individual Life acquisitions and the landmark General Motors and Verizon pension risk transfer deals.  He most recently served as Prudential’s Deputy Head of Investor Relations.

Neal holds Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designations and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).  He currently serves on the AICPA’s national Financial Literacy Commission and has held positions on the Accounting Committee of the American Council of Life Insurers and a task force of the AICPA’s Accounting Standards Executive Committee.