Small & Medium Sized Businesses

The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®) is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, insurance, and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies.

With a focus on small- and medium-sized businesses and global asset management, our goal is to help businesses and people meet their financial goals.

 

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Insurance

As a premier provider of employee benefits, the Principal Financial Group offers group disability, life, vision and dental insurance to growing companies across the United States.

The Principal also offers life and disability income insurance for estate planning, business continuation, executive benefits and financial planning for business owners, senior executives and key employees.

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Retirement & Investments

As one of the nation's 401(k) leaders* and total retirement solutions innovator, The Principal offers a wide range of workplace retirement plans and programs including 401(k), 403(b), defined-benefit plans, Employer Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP), nonqualified deferred compensation plans, group annuities, individual 401(k)s, SIMPLE & SEP IRAs for non-profit, government, union and for-profit organizations of all sizes.

The Principal offers investment opportunities for individuals as well, including mutual funds, annuities, rollover IRAs, traditional and Roth IRAs, as well as retirement planning and investment tools and education for savers in all life stages.

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Banking

Principal Bank® offers a cost-efficient, convenient way to do your everyday banking. With 24/7 Internet access to your accounts when and where you'd like and personal bankers available 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Central time), excluding holidays.

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International Operations

The international operations of The Principal provide a variety of financial services products to meet the needs of growing businesses. Through wholly owned companies and joint venture partnerships, we provide a broad range of financial services in countries around the world.

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Global Asset Management

Principal Global Investors, a diversified asset management organization and a member of the Principal Financial Group, manages assets primarily for retirement plans and other institutional clients. Our investment capabilities encompass an extensive range of equity, fixed income and real estate investments as well as specialized overlay and advisory services. Visit www.principalglobal.com for more information.

 

Wellness

The Principal Financial Group offers integrated wellness programs that help employers to improve employee health, save money, reduce claim activity and save lives.

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* The Principal ranks number one in total plans for all asset sizes among fully bundled 401(k) providers - 2010 Spectrem Group analysis of fully-bundled 401(k) providers (companies that provide both administrative and investment services).