Principal Financial Group, Inc. provides retirement savings, investment, and insurance products and services. It operates in four segments: Retirement and Investor Services, Principal Global Investors, Principal International, and U.S. Insurance Solutions. The Retirement and Investor Services provides a portfolio of asset accumulation products and services for retirement savings and investment to businesses, institutional clients, and employees. It offers products and services for defined contribution pension plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) plans, defined benefit pension plans, nonqualified executive benefit plans, and employee stock ownership plan consulting services; investment-only products; and annuities, mutual funds, and bank products. The Principal Global Investors segment provides various equity, fixed income, and real estate investments, as well as currency management, asset allocation, stable value management, and other structured investment strategies. The Principal International segment offers retirement products and services, annuities, mutual funds, institutional asset management, and life insurance accumulation products in Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong SAR, India, Mexico, and Southeast Asia. The U.S. Insurance Solutions segment provides individual life insurance products comprising universal and variable universal life insurance and traditional life insurance, as well as specialty benefits consisting of group dental and vision insurance, individual and group disability insurance, and group life insurance in the United States, as well as wellness services and fee-for-service claims administration. Principal Financial Group, Inc. was founded in 1879 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa.

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