Minnesota Business Center of the Principal Financial Group

of the Principal Financial Group®, St. Peter Office

Insurance and annuities issued by Principal Life Insurance Company (The Principal) and the companies available through Principal Product Network, Inc. Securities and advisory products offered through Princor Financial Services Corporation, member SIPC. Principal Life and Princor are members of the Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, IA 50392-0200. (800)247-4123.

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May 11, 2008 @ 08:34 PM

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Warren "Buster" West, CLU®, ChFC®, Senior Financial Representative, Princor Registered Representative and Financial Advisor is licensed in Minnesota, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, and California to offer life insurance (including variable life), health insurance, and annuities (including variable annuities). Mr. West is also licensed in Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming for securities.

Joan Flad Kaiser, LUTCF, Senior Financial Services Representative, Princor Registered Representative is licensed in Minnesota to offer life insurance (including variable life), health insurance, and annuities (including variable annuities). Ms. Flad is also licensed in Minnesota for securities.

This site is not a solicitation of interest in any of these products in any other state.

IMPORTANT CONSUMER INFORMATION: Warren "Buster" West, CLU®, ChFC, Principal Life Financial Representative and Princor Registered Representative and Financial Advisor and Joan Flad Kaiser LUTCF, Senior Financial Services Representative, Princor Registered Representative may only transact business in a particular state after licensure or satisfying qualifications requirements of that state, or only if (s)he is excluded or exempted from the state's registration requirements. Follow-up, individualized responses to consumers in a particular state by Warren "Buster" West, CLU, ChFC or Joan Flad Kaiser, LUTCF that involve either the effecting or attempting to effect transactions in securities or the rendering of personalized investment advice for compensation, as the case may be, shall not be made without first complying with the state's requirements, or pursuant to an applicable state exemption or exclusion. For information concerning the licensure status or disciplinary history of a broker-dealer, investment advisor, BD agent or IA representative or any financial institution (s)he represents, contact your state securities law administrator.

Principal Life Insurance Company, Des Moines, IA 50392. Principal Life maintains certificates of authority to transact insurance in all 50 states. Its NAIC identification number is 61271.