Extraordinary market events and tough economic conditions are weighing heavily on your minds. We realize you have questions, as do your participants and we’re here to help with new tools to help educate your participants in tough economic conditions.

Use these general education materials to help your participants understand changes in the market.

·         Message from Dan Houston – Video of Dan Houston, President of Retirement & Investor Services of The Principal providing commentary on recent market events.

·         View video in Windows Media Player

·         View video in Real Player

·         Coping with volatile markets – Six tips to help your participants stay focused and navigate through periods of market volatility.

·         When is a good time to invest? – An overview of dollar-cost averaging and its benefits.

·         Timing the market: What would you do? – A demonstration of a long-term retirement savings strategy.

·         The case against market timing – An illustration of the risks of attempting to time the stock market over time.

·         Is my money safe? - Addresses the safeguards in place for retirement plans.

You can take comfort in knowing that even with the current market turmoil, the Principal Financial Group^® is here to help.

For More Information, please contact us at 800-258-9041.

Insurance products and plan administrative services are provided by Principal Life Insurance Company, a member of the Principal Financial Group^® (The Principal^®), Des Moines, IA 50392.

Direct Deposit WORKS

Many of your co workers are using Direct Deposit and simply love it.  Have your paycheck delivered to the bank account or accounts of your choice, and have it available to you the day it is deposited, usually in the morning. (Depending to your bank.) No longer do you have to worry about running to the bank and not having the funds available to the next day.    Download the form here  and get started today.

DELTA DENTAL

Open enrollment for Delta Dental is quickly coming.  If you are interested in signing up this year, information is available here.  As soon as we get the new rates, we will update the page.

That’s all for now.  If you have any questions or comments, post them here and I will answer them.

Onward and upward,

Chris

Think about that with your job.  Are you always responsive with our customers?  Do you bend yourself backwards to assist them?  Are you suggestive to an easier solution?  I hope the answer to these questions is YES!  If not then our customers will walk out the door, and vow never to come back again.

Never, NEVER, underestimate the power of Good Customer Service.  I t is a fact that the customer experience overcomes a lot.  Think about that time that you had an average meal but the customer experience was over and above what was expected.  Have you been back?  More than likely the answer is yes.  Make sure that you give the Best Customer Experience that you can give.  It will reward you in ways that you cannot believe.  By the way, make sure that the “meal” (workmanship) that you present is better than average also.

Onward and upward,

Chris

As a good company in a capitalistic society, we have one main focus, MAKE MONEY!  Of course, we are not able to make money without you, so we desire you to make money also.  That is the main reason that we started the PAQMACS focus and the Employee Incentive Program. 

We will try to enter any issues that you need to be aware of in our blog, along with posting of the information in all of our locations.  Please make yourself available to a location or this site continuously to catch what is going on. 

Onward and upward,

Chris