Principal Financial spent $870,000 lobbying in 1Q

The Des Moines, Iowa-based company lobbied on legislation involving eligibility for Social Security disability, cost of living adjustments for Social Security recipients, health care reform, equal insurance coverage for mental health issues, tax credits to pay for insurance, immigration and identity theft prevention.

In the first three months of the year, Principal Financial lobbied Congress, the U.S. Trade Representative, the departments of Treasury, State, Commerce and Labor, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, according to the amended report filed April 21 with the House clerk's office.