The register
The register lists Prudential PLC in London as a licensed sponsor on Skilled Worker and Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, 2 routes in all, and has done since at least 2026. Rating on the current register: Worker (A rating).
Companies House lists it as Prudential Public Limited Company, number 01397169, incorporated 1978: 48 years of filings behind the name. Registered office: 5th Floor 10 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7NG, EC4M 7NG. Its filed activity puts it in professional and technical services. It has traded under other names before, including Prudential Corporation Public Limited Company.
Holding a licence is the expensive, slow part done. For Prudential PLC the question each time is only whether the role and the pay fit the current rules, and that is checked per vacancy.