Principal Financial Group Inc

Principal Financial Group Inc. provides retirement asset management and insurance products and services to businesses individuals and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates through Retirement and Income Solutions Principal Global Investors Principal International and U.S. Insurance Solutions segments. The Retirement and Income Solutions segment provides retirement and related financial products and services. It offers products and services for defined contribution plans including 401(k) and 403(b) plans defined benefit plans nonqualified executive benefit plans employee stock ownership plans equity compensation and pension risk transfer services; individual retirement accounts; investment only products; and mutual funds individual variable annuities and bank products as well as trust and custody services. The Principal Global Investors segment provides equity fixed income real estate and other alternative investments as well as asset allocation stable value management and other structured investment strategies. The Principal International segment offers pension accumulation products and services mutual funds asset management income annuities and life insurance accumulation products as well as voluntary savings plans in Brazil Chile Mexico China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Southeast Asia. The U.S. Insurance Solutions segment provides specialty benefits such as group dental and vision insurance group life insurance and group and individual disability insurance as well as administers group dental disability and vision benefits; and individual life insurance products comprising universal variable universal indexed universal and term life insurance products in the United States. It also offers insurance solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and their owners as well as executives. Principal Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1879 and is based in Des Moines Iowa.