The insurer said profit in the six months to June was £1.88bn, a 17% rise from £1.6bn last year after currency movements are stripped out.
It also said its life and asset management products in the UK had done particularly well during the period.
Its Asian business also saw a 17% jump in operating profit to £632m.
Chief
executive Mike Wells attributed the group's Asian success to "meeting
the protection and savings needs of the growing middle classes".
Profits
at its US business Jackson Life rose 11% to £834m, while Prudential's
UK life business saw a 19% jump in operating profit to £436m.
Equity
analyst Keith Bowman from Hargreaves Lansdown called the results "solid
progress" under the company's new chief executive, but offered a
cautionary note.
"On the downside, currency fluctuations remain a
hurdle, whilst changing regulation continues to feature high on the
agenda for management.
"The
company's targeting of the middle classes in Asia, the retiring US
baby-boomers and the increased need for UK consumers to save for their
own retirements all offer potential long-term growth," he added.
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