What You Need to Know Prudential did not include Jackson’s results in a companywide performance snapshot. Sales of variable annuities were up in the first quarter. Sales of fixed annuities and non-indexed annuities were low. Prudential PLC said Thursday that it needs more time to separate from Jackson Holdings LLC. — the leader in the U.S. individual deferred annuity market in 2020. The London-based company reported that it now expects to complete a Jackson “demerger” transaction sometime between July 1 and Dec. 31, rather than by June 30, as predicted in in March. Prudential plans to implement the demerger by giving shares of Jackson stock to its own shareholders.