NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prudential Annuities, the domestic annuity business for Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE:PRU) announced today that Bruce Ferris, president of Prudential Annuities Distributors, has been named Chairman of the Insured Retirement Institute’s (IRI) Board of Directors. Ferris currently serves as Board Vice Chairman, and has been a member of the IRI Executive Committee for the past two years. Ferris takes on IRI’s Board Chair position after Robert Moore, CEO of Legal &a