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• The Principal Financial Group Deepens Commitment to TPA Market with Principal TPA Edge; Enhanced Services Can Help Expand TPAs' Client Base and Income Potential

  - 2006-09-14

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Principal Financial GroupR, a retirement innovator and 401k leader, has intensified its commitment to the third-party administrator TPA market by enhancing its full-service, unbundled TPA program. Principal TPA EdgeSM leverages 60 years of retirement expertise from The PrincipalR and opens new and broader sales opportunities...

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• Employees Embrace New Automated, ''Do-It-for-Me'' Retirement Services; Yet Americans Remain Overly Optimistic about the Income Their Retirement Savings Will Provide, According To Latest Principal Financial Well-Being Index

  - 2006-06-12

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Working Americans are embracing new "do-it-for-me" automated retirement savings solutions such as automatic 401k plan enrollment, deferral step-up programs and simplified lifecycle funds. According to the latest Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM, more than half of workers (59%) now agree that employees should be automatically enrolled into...

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• The Principal Financial Group Enhances Individual Disability Income Insurance; Optional Riders Offer Greater Flexibility and More Choices

  - 2006-06-07

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- According to a new survey(1), 70 percent of working American adults say they could only afford to take one month or less of unpaid vacation before everyday expenses would force them to return to work. However, 43 percent of all 40-year olds will suffer a disability...

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• The Principal Financial Group Expands Worksite Offerings With Voluntary Disability; Group Voluntary Disability Insurance Provides Added Employee Income Protection

  - 2006-03-13

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Approximately one in three workers over the age of 30 will become disabled for at least three months at some point during their career,(1) making disability insurance one of the most important, but often overlooked employee benefits. Added to a growing suite of voluntary worksite products,...

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• Inflation Adjusted Option Added to Income Solutions®, an Annuity Platform Offered by Hueler Companies; New Option, Offered by AIG, MetLife and the Principal Financial Group, Enhances Platform's Fixed Income Annuity Products

  - 2006-02-14

  MINNEAPOLIS -- Responding to the needs of participants seeking to protect their purchasing power throughout their retirement, Hueler Companies, the Minneapolis-based provider of the Income SolutionsR immediate annuity platform, announced today the addition of an inflation adjusted income annuity option to its platform.

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• Employers Struggle to Help Boomers Plan for Steady Income During Retirement; The Principal Financial Group Releases Plan Sponsor Guide to Income Annuities

  - 2005-08-08

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Just as the 77 million baby boomers have relied on their employers to help them save for their golden years through employer-sponsored retirement plans, a growing number of boomers are now turning to their employers for help in establishing a steady stream of income during retirement....

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• The Principal Financial Group Hails Legislation to Help Bridge Retirement Income Gap; Pomeroy Bill Encourages Guaranteed Lifetime Income Payments

  - 2005-06-16

  Retirement Plan Experts Available to Comment

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• Protect Retirement Savings From the Unexpected - New Disability Income Retirement Security Program Offered by The Principal Financial Group

  - 2004-11-30

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- According to recent research conducted by the Principal Financial GroupR, one of the first places working Americans expect to find income relief when faced with financial hardship due to a disability is their retirement savings, leaving their financial future at risk. The Principal Financial Group, the...

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• The Principal Financial Group Expands Tools to Help Retirees Manage Income

  - 2004-10-28

  DES MOINES, Iowa -- Groundbreaking Programs Give Retirees More Flexibility and Control Than Ever Before

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• Rollover IRA from principal targets boomers' income needs. (Products).(Principal Financial Group)

  - 2003-03-17

  Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa, is bringing a new type of rollover individual retirement account into the retirement income arena. Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa, is bringing a new type of rollover individual retirement account into the retirement income arena.

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