Form: S-1MEF

Registration adding securities to prior Form S-1 registration [Rule 462(b)]

CONSENT OF PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS

Published on


Exhibit 23.6

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of our report dated August 10, 2001 relating to the
statement of financial position of Gibraltar Life Insurance Company, Ltd.,
which appears in Prudential Financial, Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form
S-1 (Nos. 333-70888, 333-70888-01).

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers

Tokyo, Japan
December 13, 2001