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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;3.63% notes payable, due 2011&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;31.4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;25.6&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;7.875% notes payable, due 2014&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;400.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#151;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;8.875% notes payable, due 2019&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;350.0&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;#151;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;6.05% notes payable, due 2036&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;601.8&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;601.8&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;8% surplus notes payable, due 2044&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;99.2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;99.2&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Non-recourse mortgages and notes payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;40.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;58.7&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Other mortgages and notes payable&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;0.4&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;0.4&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid; FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;Total long-term debt&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1,584.6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;1,290.5&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2.25pt double; FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom" align="right" colspan="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The amounts included above are net of the discount and premium associated with issuing these notes, which are being amortized to expense over their respective terms using the interest method. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On May&amp;nbsp;18, 2009, we issued $750.0&amp;nbsp;million of senior notes. We issued a $400.0&amp;nbsp;million series of notes that bear interest at 7.875% and will mature on May&amp;nbsp;15, 2014, and a $350.0&amp;nbsp;million series of notes that bear interest at 8.875% and will mature on May&amp;nbsp;15, 2019. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on May&amp;nbsp;15 and November&amp;nbsp;15 each year, beginning on November&amp;nbsp;15, 2009. The proceeds were primarily used to refinance $440.9&amp;nbsp;million of notes that matured on August&amp;nbsp;15, 2009, with the remaining proceeds being used for general corporate purposes. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On October&amp;nbsp;16 and December&amp;nbsp;5, 2006, we issued $500.0&amp;nbsp;million and $100.0&amp;nbsp;million, respectively, of senior notes. The notes bear interest at a rate of 6.05% per year. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on April&amp;nbsp;15 and October&amp;nbsp;15 each year and began on April&amp;nbsp;15, 2007. The notes will mature on October&amp;nbsp;15, 2036. A portion of the proceeds were used to fund the 2006 acquisition of WM Advisors,&amp;nbsp;Inc., with the remaining proceeds being used for general corporate purposes. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On November&amp;nbsp;3, 2005, Principal International de Chile&amp;nbsp;S.A., a wholly owned indirect subsidiary, entered into long-term borrowing agreements with two Chilean banks in the amount of US $93.9&amp;nbsp;million. This debt is denominated in Unidades de Formento ("UF"), a Chilean inflation-indexed, peso-denominated monetary unit. Of this amount, US $49.0&amp;nbsp;million of UF +3.31% notes, which was refinanced from +4.59% during 2007, and US $44.9&amp;nbsp;million of UF +3.63% notes, which was refinanced from +4.93% in 2007, mature on November&amp;nbsp;3, 2011. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on May&amp;nbsp;3 and November&amp;nbsp;3 each year. The debt outstanding and interest expense will vary due to fluctuations in the Chilean peso to US dollar exchange rates and Chilean inflation. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On August&amp;nbsp;25, 1999, Principal Financial Group (Australia) Holdings Pty. Limited, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary, issued $665.0&amp;nbsp;million of unsecured redeemable long-term debt. Principal Financial Group (Australia) Holdings Pty. Limited used the net proceeds from the notes to partially fund the purchase of the outstanding stock of several companies affiliated with Bankers Trust Australia Group. On December&amp;nbsp;28, 2001, all of the long-term debt obligations of Principal Financial Group (Australia) Holdings Pty. Limited were assumed by its parent, Principal Financial Services,&amp;nbsp;Inc. Of the original amount issued, $200.0&amp;nbsp;million of 7.95% notes matured on August&amp;nbsp;15, 2004, with the remaining $465.0&amp;nbsp;million in 8.2% notes maturing on August&amp;nbsp;15, 2009. The note was paid in full during 2009. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;On March&amp;nbsp;10, 1994, Principal Life issued $100.0&amp;nbsp;million of surplus notes due March&amp;nbsp;1, 2044, at an 8% annual interest rate. None of our affiliates hold any portion of the notes. Each payment of interest and principal on the notes, however, may be made only with the prior approval of the Commissioner of Insurance of the State of Iowa (the "Commissioner") and only to the extent that Principal Life has sufficient surplus earnings to make such payments. Interest of $8.0&amp;nbsp;million for each of the years ended December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 was approved by the Commissioner, and charged to expense. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Subject to Commissioner approval, the notes due March&amp;nbsp;1, 2044, may be redeemed at Principal Life's election on or after March&amp;nbsp;1, 2014, in whole or in part at a redemption price of approximately 102.3% of par. The approximate 2.3% premium is scheduled to gradually diminish over the following ten years. These notes may be redeemed on or after March&amp;nbsp;1, 2024, at a redemption price of 100% of the principal amount plus interest accrued to the date of redemption. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The non-recourse mortgages, other mortgages and notes payable are primarily financings for real estate developments. Outstanding principal balances as of December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, ranged from $5.9&amp;nbsp;million to $9.1&amp;nbsp;million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 5.8%. Outstanding principal balances as of December&amp;nbsp;31, 2008, ranged from $6.0&amp;nbsp;million to $9.3&amp;nbsp;million per development with interest rates generally ranging from 5.5% to 5.8%. Outstanding debt is secured by the underlying real estate properties, which were reported as real estate on our consolidated statements of financial position with a carrying value of $30.1&amp;nbsp;million and $30.4&amp;nbsp;million as of December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009 and 2008, respectively.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Also included in non-recourse mortgages and notes payable is a long-term debt obligation we assumed with the purchase of WM Advisors,&amp;nbsp;Inc. As part of the purchase, we are bound by a class&amp;nbsp;B share financing agreement previously entered into by WM Advisors,&amp;nbsp;Inc. and a third party. Load mutual fund shares sold without a front end load are referred to as "B shares". In exchange for paying the selling commission, we receive fees in the future to recover the up-front commission cost incurred. Prior to our purchase, WM Advisors,&amp;nbsp;Inc. had entered into a purchase and sale agreement whereby the third party would purchase the rights to future cash flow streams in exchange for funding the sales commissions. The fair value of these relinquished fees is reported as a long-term debt liability. There will be no additional sales under this agreement following the effective date of the purchase. Therefore, this liability will be extinguished in 2012, which equates to the remaining contractual term in which the fund can recover fees to cover the upfront commission costs. The value of this obligation as of December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009 and 2008, was $19.1&amp;nbsp;million and $36.8&amp;nbsp;million, respectively. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="FONT-FAMILY: times; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;At December&amp;nbsp;31, 2009, future annual maturities of the long-term debt were as follows (in millions): &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="MARGIN-LEFT: 8pt; TEXT-INDENT: -8pt; FONT-FAMILY: times"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;2010&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="FONT-FAMILY: times" valign="bottom"&gt;&lt;font size="1"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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Short-Term Debt
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