UK Financial Services Giant Prudential Enters Japanese Life Insurance Market With Acquisition of Orico Life Insurance TOKYO, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire Asia-AsiaNet/ UK financial services giant, Prudential plc (Prudential) and Orient Corporation (Orient), one of Japan's major consumer credit providers, announced today that they have signed a sale and purchase agreement for Prudential to acquire 100% of Orico Life Insurance Co Ltd, a modern, multi-distribution based Japanese life insurance company. The