Staying Healthy Just Got Easier
October 29, 2007 (Des Moines, Iowa) — The Principal Financial Group®, the nation's premier provider of employee benefits recognizes the importance of good health with two new discount programs available to insurance and wellness customers. One provides significant savings on hearing aids and another helps customers stay active through a fitness club network.
"We're committed to improving the health of our members in a variety of ways. These new discount programs make it easy with significant savings and a direct connection to specific resources," said Audrey Vaughn, second vice president of wellness and medical management for The Principal®. "The importance of good health and wellness can't be understated in our battle against rising healthcare costs. We'll continue to look for new ways to make it easy for our customers to get and stay healthy."
Roughly one out of 10 Americans hears so poorly that he or she could benefit from a hearing aid. Yet only one out of five individuals who needs a hearing aid actually uses one.1 With that in mind, The Principal is working with American Hearing Benefits, Inc. (AHB) to offer significant savings on all styles of digital hearing aids. Through the AHB discount program, all employees covered under any group product including health, wellness, disability, life, dental or vision receive the following benefits:
- Free annual hearing screenings for members, their spouse, children, parents and grandparents
- Referral to a local provider
- Up to 60 percent savings off suggested retail prices
- A full two-year extended warranty included with purchase at no additional charge
At the same time, The Principal is introducing a new program through International Fitness Club Network (IFCN), giving health and wellness members access to preferred pricing on membership fees at fitness clubs throughout the country. International Fitness Club Network is the world's largest fitness club network with over 8,000 clubs in all fifty states and 40 countries. With IFCN, members have the following benefits:
- Lowest rate for the type of membership selected
- Access to online certificates for free one-week trial membership to IFCN clubs
- Preferred pricing on home fitness equipment
For more information, contact your local Principal Financial Group representative.
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About the Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group® (The Principal®)2 is a leader in offering businesses, individuals and institutional clients a wide range of financial products and services, including retirement and investment services, life and health insurance, and banking through its diverse family of financial services companies and national network of financial professionals. A member of the Fortune 500, the Principal Financial Group has $282.1 billion in assets under management3 and serves some 18.1 million customers worldwide from offices in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. Principal Financial Group, Inc. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PFG. For more information, visit www.principal.com.
1) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
2) "The Principal Financial Group" and "The Principal" are registered trademarks of Principal Financial Services, Inc., a member of the Principal Financial Group.
3) As of June 30, 2007.
