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PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

175 known aliases resolved via the canonical alias map

Market position · 2024

Plans served6,958-178 YoYRank #3 of mapped providers
Assets under administration$668.1B0.7%Market share · rank #19
Fees received$681MMedian $54,951/planSum across Schedule C direct + indirect
Net wins YoY-139712 won · 851 lostPlan-level switch detection
Plans served · 5-year trajectory
Market-share plans percent annotated. Bar height is raw plan count.
Customer-base shape
What does a typical PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY plan look like?
Service mix · median fees per plan
Count of plans where PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ships each service code, and the median compensation they report under it.
ServicePlansMedian feesDistribution
Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.); Participant loan processing; Sub-transfer agency fees; Investment management fees paid indirectly by plan; Contract Administrator; Trustee (directed); Direct payment from the planCode 13
6,394$56,272
Trustee (discretionary); Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Sub-transfer agency fees; Recordkeeping fees; Other feesCode 21
184$33,951
Other services; Other fees; Other commissionsCode 49
153$13,657
Other services; Investment advisory (plan); Other commissions; Other feesCode 27
129$17,814
Valuation (appraisals, etc.); Trustee (bank, trust company, or similar financial institution); Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.)Code 15
94$54,002
Soft dollars commissions; Investment management; Other feesCode 28
82$0
Trustee (discretionary); Custodial (securities); Direct payment from the planCode 19
65$33,681
Recordkeeping fees; Plan AdministratorCode 14
24$25,767
Competitor overlap
Percent of PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY's plans that also list each competitor on Schedule C. High numbers = co-living partners; low numbers = direct displacement targets.
Plans won in 2024
Appeared this year; did not appear last year under PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
SponsorFromAssets
WESTROCK COMPANYGA · 473335141-027
MONDRIAN INVESTMENT GROUP$4.4B
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED GROUP PENSION PLANPA · 226190618-001
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$1.6B
EQUIFAX, INCGA · 580401110-003
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$1.5B
SECURIAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.MN · 411919752-001
THE STANDARD$1.2B
EVAPCO, INC.MD · 521059673-001
(new plan)$1.1B
OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL NO. 825 PENSION FUNDNJ · 226033380-001
WELLINGTON TRUST COMPANY$1.1B
SECURIAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.MN · 411919752-004
THE STANDARD$981M
GROUP HEALTH PLAN, INC.MN · 410797853-001
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.$819M
ANDERSEN CORPORATIONMN · 410123208-001
STATE STREET GLOBAL ADVISORS$773M
PLAN PROFESSIONALS, LLCNJ · 853213245-333
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY$650M
Plans lost in 2024
Appeared last year under PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; not this year.
SponsorToAssets
TRUIST FINANCIAL CORPORATIONNC · 560939887-001
EMERGING MARKETS VALUE PORTFOLIO$14.6B
DILLARD'S, INC.AR · 710388071-111
GRANT THORNTON LLP$2.9B
LAND O' LAKES, INC.MN · 410365145-017
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC.$2.0B
MATTEL, INC.CA · 951567322-002
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC.$1.2B
PACTIV EVERGREEN SERVICES INC.IL · 270147082-004
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$981M
PATTERSON COMPANIES, INC.MN · 410886515-045
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL$928M
ASSUREDPARTNERS, INC.FL · 275176829-001
GREAT-WEST LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE$878M
BREAD FINANCIAL PAYMENTS, INC.OH · 133163498-001
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC$824M
TRUSTEES OF IBEW LOCAL UNION NO.126 RETIREMENT PLANPA · 232156093-001
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY$730M
GE HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.IL · 882515116-004
PLANTE & MORAN, PLLC$714M
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PlanAssetsParticipantsFeesTenureFlags
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$23.2B121,279$457,1024y1
MORGAN STANLEY DOMESTIC HOLDINGS, LLCNY · 208764829-003
$22.2B80,789$563,8225y-
TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL BENEFIT FUNDMD · 530181657-001
$20.4B693,723$254,6873y-
TRUSTEES OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL ANNUITY PLANMD · 526132372-001
$18.1B182,716$276,7784y-
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE I.A.M. NATIONAL PENSION FUNDDC · 516031295-002
$15.0B311,750$2M5y-
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY AND ITS PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARIESNY · 134922250-002
$9.1B38,871$2M4y-
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC.NC · 560578072-003
$8.6B295,951$1M4y-
HDR, INC.NE · 470663756-007
$7.7B16,282$231,41310y1
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.LA · 720651161-010
$7.3B37,308$841,5894y-
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.NJ · 232259884-016
$5.7B37,982$312,6223y-
Flag exposure
84.1%Market: 89.2%
This provider
Market baseline

Share of this provider's plans tripping any deterministic red flag this year. Lower than market baseline = better risk surface.

Aliases resolved (175)
Raw Schedule C names collapsed into PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
  • PRICIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  • PRINCEPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  • PRINCIAPL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  • PRINCIPA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
  • PRINCIPA LIFE INSURANCE COMPAY
  • PRINCIPAL
  • PRINCIPAL BANK
  • PRINCIPAL CAPITAL R/E INVESTORS
  • PRINCIPAL CORE PLUS BOND
  • PRINCIPAL COSTODY SOLUTIONS
  • PRINCIPAL CUSTODY SERVICES
  • PRINCIPAL CUSTODY SOLUTION
  • PRINCIPAL CUSTODY SOLUTIONS
  • PRINCIPAL DIGITAL REAL ESTATE FUND
  • PRINCIPAL DIVERSIFIED REAL ASSET FU
  • PRINCIPAL ENHANCED PROPERTY FD., LP
  • PRINCIPAL ENHANCED PROPERTY FUND
  • PRINCIPAL ENHANCED PROPERTY FUND LP
  • PRINCIPAL ENHANCED PROPERTY FUND,
  • PRINCIPAL ENHANCED PROPERTY FUND,LP
  • PRINCIPAL FEE
  • PRINCIPAL FINACIAL GROUP, INC
  • PRINCIPAL FINAICIAL ADVISORS, INC.
  • PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
  • PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL ADVISOR INC
Book composition by plan size
Bars stack to total plans served; segments use the same asset cutoffs as the /retirement size filter. Up-and-to-the-right on the bigger segments = moving up-market.
Under $5M$5-50M$50-250M$250M-1B$1B+
Compliance posture vs market
Per-flag share for PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY's book against the same flag's overall prevalence across all filings. Negative delta = under-indexed (cleaner book); positive = elevated risk surface.
FlagPlans flaggedProvider %Market %Delta
Recently terminated2303.31%7.76%-4.46 pp
Fidelity bond gap2183.13%26.94%-23.81 pp
Late contributions1,70424.49%1.71%+22.78 pp
Failed to provide benefit160.23%0.14%+0.09 pp
Corrective distributions1,58322.75%1.76%+20.99 pp
Loss discovered170.24%0.00%+0.24 pp
New-plan formation share
Share of plans filing for the first time each year that landed with PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Compare to the incumbent market share (10.4%) - higher = winning new business, lower = coasting on existing relationships.
0.0%-10.3 pp vs incumbent
Geographic penetration index
(Provider plans in state / state plans) divided by the provider's overall share of the market. Index 1.00 = average; > 1 = over-indexed (winning more than their fair share); < 1 = under-indexed (white space).
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