# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000009713
**File Stem:** 0000009713-26-000007
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
**Character Count:** 5769
**Document Hash:** e1ae6488684b5486eaee486219f71255
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000009713-26-000007.hdr.sgml**: 20260130

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000009713-26-000007

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260130

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260130

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260130

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Principal Life Insurance Co Separate Account B
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000009713

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 420127290
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 033-44670
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26581208

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP
- **STREET 2:** 711 HIGH STREET
- **CITY:** DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50392
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 515-247-5461

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP
- **STREET 2:** 711 HIGH STREET
- **CITY:** DES MOINES
- **STATE:** IA
- **ZIP:** 50392

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20011016

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** PRINCIPAL MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** BANKERS LIFE CO SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19870317

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO SEPARATE ACCOUNT B (Series ID: S000001542)

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|  |  |
|:---|:---|
| Class Name                        | Class ID   |
| Premier Variable Annuity Contract | C000004190 |

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## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE CO SEPARATE ACCOUNT B (Series ID: S000001542)

| Class ID   | Class Name                        | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000004190 | Premier Variable Annuity Contract |  |

**Supplement Dated January 30, 2026**

**To the Prospectuses dated May 1, 2025, for:**

Principal® Premier Variable Annuity

Principal® Personal Variable Annuity

**Issued by Principal Life Insurance Company through its Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B.** 

This Supplement describes important changes that are being made to the investment options available under your Contract. **Please read this Supplement carefully and retain it with your Prospectus for future reference.** 

Effective May 1, 2026, the funds listed below will no longer accept new or existing investment allocations. As a result, the Subaccounts or Divisions that invest in these funds (the "Closed Subaccounts" or "Closed Divisions") will be closed to new investment allocations and transfers into the Closed Subaccounts or Closed Divisions.

**<u>Principal® Premier Variable Annuity:</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Core Plus Bond Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Diversified Balanced Account** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Diversified International Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Global Emerging Markets Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Large Cap Growth Account I** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Large Cap S&P 500 Index Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – MidCap Account** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Real Estate Securities Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – SmallCap Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Strategic Asset Management (SAM) – Balanced Portfolio** 

**<u>Principal® Personal Variable Annuity:</u>**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Core Plus Bond Account** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Diversified Balanced Account** 

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Diversified International Account**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – Large Cap Growth Account I** 

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Principal Variable Contract Funds, Inc.

**PVC – MidCap Account** 

You may continue to allocate Net Premium and transfer Accumulation Value to the Closed Subaccounts or Closed Divisions until 3:00 p.m. central time on May 1, 2026.

On or after May 1, 2026, any Accumulation Value you have invested in the Closed Subaccounts or Closed Divisions can remain in the Closed Subaccounts or Closed Divisions unless you order the transfer or withdrawal of the Accumulated Value from the Closed Subaccounts or Closed Divisions.

Additional information about each of these investment options is located in the Appendix to your Prospectus.

*A corresponding change is hereby made throughout the Prospectuses.*

If you have any questions, please call the Customer Service Center toll-free at (800) 547-7754 or write to Customer Service at 711 High Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50392. The prospectuses for the funds can be found online at https://www.connect.rightprospectus.com/Principal?site=VAVL.

**\*\*\* Please retain this supplement for future reference.**