25 Contingent Liabilities

The Group has contingent liabilities in respect of insurance and other agreements entered into in the normal course of business and in respect of litigation arising therefrom.

The provision of £1.1 billion associated with the review of pension mis-selling in the United Kingdom has been met from the free assets of the long-term fund of The Prudential Assurance Company Limited. Given the strength of the long-term fund, the directors are of the opinion that charging the provision to the free assets of the fund will not have an adverse effect on the levels of bonus paid to policyholders or their reasonable expectations. In the unlikely event of this proving not to be the case, the directors’ intention would be that an appropriate contribution to the long-term fund be made from shareholders’ funds. In view of the uncertainty, it is not practicable to estimate the level of this potential contribution.

 

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