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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Financials
Industry
Insurance
Headquarters
United States of America US
Employees
19 000
IPO date
Oct 26, 2001

Principal Financial Group is a financial services company that helps employers and individuals save, invest, and protect income. Its main businesses include retirement plans for workers, asset management for institutions and individuals, and insurance products such as life, disability, and group benefits. It sells these services through employers, financial advisers, brokers, and other distribution partners.

The company makes money mainly by charging fees on assets it manages, collecting administrative fees for running retirement plans, and earning premiums from its insurance products. In many cases, it earns income by managing long-term savings and retirement assets for customers, then taking a small slice for handling the money and providing the service. That makes Principal more of a fee-based financial platform than a traditional bank lender.

What sets Principal apart is its strong role in workplace retirement and employee benefits. It sits in the middle of a customer’s savings life cycle: helping a company set up a retirement plan, helping workers invest through that plan, and then offering insurance and income protection tied to employment. This gives the business steady, recurring relationships with employers and households rather than one-time product sales.

Principal Financial Group Inc Investor Relations

Address
711 High Street
Des Moines, Iowa
United States of America

Business Segments

Retirement and income solutions

This business provides retirement plans, rollover accounts, and retirement income products for workers and employers. It also helps people turn retirement savings into income they can draw from later.

Customers

Employers, plan sponsors, workers saving for retirement, and retirees

Revenue Model

Principal earns fees for managing retirement accounts and investments, plus spread or fee income from retirement income products.

Principal asset management

This segment manages investment products and portfolios for institutions, retirement plans, and individual investors. It includes mutual funds, institutional accounts, and other managed investment solutions.

Customers

Institutional investors, retirement plan clients, financial intermediaries, and individual investors

Revenue Model

Principal earns asset-based management fees and related service fees.

Benefits and protection

This business sells group insurance and employee benefit products such as dental, vision, life, disability, and other protection coverage. It also supports employers that offer these benefits to their workers.

Customers

Employers, employees, and benefit plan participants

Revenue Model

Principal earns premiums, policy fees, and income from underwriting and administration of insurance products.

International pensions

This segment provides retirement and pension services outside the United States, mainly for employers and workers in selected overseas markets. It helps companies administer retirement savings programs for local employees.

Customers

Multinational employers, local employers, and workers in international pension plans

Revenue Model

Principal earns service fees and asset-based fees for plan administration and investment management.

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Management

Ms. Amy Christine Friedrich

President of Benefits & Protection

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Mr. Vivek Agrawal

Executive VP, Chief Growth Officer & Senior Advisor

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Ms. Kathleen B. Kay

Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

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Mr. Humphrey Lee

VP & Head of Investor Relations

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Ms. Noreen M. Fierro

Senior VP and Enterprise Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer

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Ms. Natalie Lamarque

Executive VP, General Counsel & Company Secretary

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Ms. Bethany A. Wood

Executive VP & Chief Marketing Officer

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Mr. Jon N. Couture

Executive VP of Principal Global Services & Chief Human Resources Officer

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Mr. Luis Eduardo Valdes

Executive Chairman of Latin America

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Mr. Dennis Jon Menken C.F.A., CPA

Senior VP & Chief Investment Officer of Principal Life Insurance Company

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