Principal Financial Group News

The global financial crisis may be in the process of abating, but that does not mean insurers' December investor days are devoid of downside risk.

Gloomy Guidance Draws Bearish Bets on Principal Financial Group, Inc. Andrea Kramer 12/4/2009 11:30:02 AM Bearish option bettors blitzed Principal Financial Group, Inc.

Principal Financial Group Inc. dropped the most in almost seven months in New York trading after the life insurera s 2010 profit forecast fell short of analystsa estimates.

It wasn't the housing bubble or the stock market crash that most affected Americans' financial well-being over the past decade.

Business Wire Source: Business Wire Wordcount: unknown White paper from The Principal offers best practices and cost-efficient strategies DES MOINES, Iowa-- -- The market losses of 2008 caused many defined benefit pension plans to be significantly underfunded and created new challenges for employers who want to shut their plans down.

Losses were broad based, too. In fact, all 30 Dow components logged a loss, while roughly 95% of the listing in the S&P 500 finished in negative territory.

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ and the issuer credit ratings of "aa-" of Principal Life Insurance Company and Principal National Life Insurance Company .

Principal Financial Group, Inc. today announced that it will hold a virtual conference for investors and analysts on Thursday, Dec.

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo.-- --The Board of Directors of Hawthorn Bancshares of Lee's Summit, Mo., announced today that David T. Turner will assume the position of presi... WHEATON, Ill.-- --First Trust Strategic High Income Fund III has declared the Fund's regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution payable on Decem... WHEATON, Ill.-- --First ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Financial Group announced that John Aschenbrenner, president of its insurance and financial services division, will retire at the end of 2009 after more than 37 years with the company.

The Principal Financial Group A came out on top as the best third-party benefit claims administrator according to readers of Business Insurance magazine.

Post Investment Group, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, purchased the 300-unit Longhorn Station Apartments at 2005 Willow Creek Drive from Principal Financial Group.

On the day state agency heads had to submit their mandated budget cut plans to the governor, I happened to be talking to Andrew Allen.

We've got book and film news his week. Retired Principal Financial Group chief Barry Griswell has begun work on a book that will be based on a diary kept by his mother, June, in 1940, when she was 16.

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Iowa is home to some very inventive women. We have female scientists who can deconstruct the atmosphere to find pollution, find new ways to extract nutrients and energy sources from plants and algae, and create better systems for detecting cancer.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Most workers focus on how much more they have to pay for health insurance when the annual open enrollment period rolls around, but current trends show they may have other choices to make this year.

Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts.

British Airways PLC on Friday reported a net loss of 208 million pounds in the six months ending in September as the global economic downturn continued to take its toll on revenues.

There probably couldn't have been a worse time to retire than 2008. But a new report from the Principal Financial Group explores how financial professionals can help clients increase the chances retirement income may last despite unpredictable market turbulence.