Deanna Strable (Credit: Principal Financial Group) Principal Financial Group has discovered that COVID-19-related deaths are only about half as damaging to earnings as the company once expected. The Des Moines, Iowa-based insurer has been trying to estimate how much COVID-19 will affect after-tax operating earnings. The company has now cut the predicted impact to a $10 million reduction in operating earnings per 100,000 U.S. COVID-19-related deaths. Earlier in the year, the company had estimated it might face $20 million in impact per 100,000 U.S. COVID-19-related deaths. “This reduction reflects a lower incidence of COVID-related deaths in our insured population,” Deanna Strable, Principal...
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Jan is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. During his tenure with the MMI group, he obtained extensive exposure to the retail life insurance and investment industry. He also had exposure to banking and loyalty programs. Jan is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. As the divisional CFO with an innovative and dynamic insurance company he gained a thorough grounding and exposure to: strategic financial analysis, risk management, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and cash flow management. The MMI group over the years grew exponentially through mergers as well as organically through innovative...
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Scott Paulson experienced an on-the-job injury that rendered him disabled. He claimed long-term disability with his employer-sponsored plan with Principal Life Insurance. While Scott was attempting to build a new career as a real estate agent, Principal Life Insurance miscategorized his job as a real estate broker, resulting in his denial. Scott hired the experts and long-term disability attorneys at Roy Law Group, settling his case to give him the benefits he rightfully deserved. From long-haul truck driver to disabled Scott experienced a permanent back injury as a result of his work as a long-haul truck driver in the Seattle – Tacoma, Washington area. He made a disability claim...
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Founded in 1879 as an insurance company, the Principal Financial Group® is a global investment management leader. Principal offers businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement, asset management and insurance, through its diverse family of financial services companies. A member of the FORTUNE 500®, the Principal Financial Group has $547.7 billion in assets under management and serves some 19.2 million customers worldwide from offices in 18 countries throughout Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America. The Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol...
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In group plans, employers have nominee list 1 min read . Updated: 01 Sep 2019, 07:27 PM IST Abhishek Bondia In case you have a written acknowledgement of the nomination registered in your mother’s name, then you can approach the insurance company directly and make the claim OCIs are allowed to buy life and health insurance policies in India Parents are considered as “ beneficial nominees ". Once the sum assured is paid to a beneficial nominee, legal heirs do not have any claim on the proceeds. That is why insurers, typically, do not ask for a legal heir certificate if the claim is made by a beneficial nominee. The administration of a group policy vests with the employer and the employee...
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Prepaying your mortgage: How reducing your loan principal can lead to big savings When you prepay your mortgage, it means that you make extra payments on your principal loan balance. Paying additional principal on your mortgage can save you thousands of dollars in interest and help you build equity faster. Apply a lump sum after an inheritance or other windfall. Make an extra mortgage payment every year. Add extra dollars to every payment. Some combination of the above. How much can I save paying additional principal on a mortgage? The benefit of paying additional principal on a mortgage isn’t just in reducing the monthly interest expense a tiny bit at a time. It comes from paying down your...
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa has ruled against plaintiffs in an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) lawsuit that named as defendants Principal Life Insurance Company and Principal Financial Group. At the heart of the complaint were guaranteed investment contracts (GICs), a type of group annuity contract sold to retirement plans. According to the complaint, Principal operates the Principal Fixed Income Guaranteed Option, also known as the Principal Fixed Income Option. Retirement plans in which the certified class are participants and beneficiaries invest in the Fixed Income Option pursuant to a GIC that governs the relationship between the plans and...
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Principal's disability insurance policy, HH750, is issued by Principal Life Insurance Company. For a complete overview of the key provisions and options this disability insurance plan has to offer, read on below. Principal disability insurance policy basics Does it have an own-occupation provision? Principal’s regular occupation rider defines total disability as being unable to perform the material and substantial duties of your occupation, even if you are gainfully employed in another occupation, as long as you are not able to work in your occupation. If you have limited your occupation to the performance of material and substantial duties of a single medical specialty or single dental...
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