ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota Life Group Insurance
today opened a sales and service office at 450 N Brand Blvd in Glendale,
CA. The company provides web-based group life insurance and dental benefits
to Fortune 1000 employers and large public employee groups nationwide.

"Southern California is one of our most important markets," said Lisa
Behrman, manager of sales, Western Region, Minnesota Life Group Insurance.
"Putting offices close to large employer clients and the intermediaries who
serve them has been a key element of our national growth." Minnesota Life
is one of the fastest-growing group life insurers in the US, rising from
sixteenth largest in 1997 to sixth in 2004, according to information
gathered by A.M. Best Company.

Behrman is joined in the California office by senior client
relationship advisor Marnie Vittetoe, who will be the primary account
manager for Minnesota Life clients in Southern California. The Glendale
office is one of four sales and service offices that Minnesota Life opened
this year. The others are in New York, Chicago, and West Virginia.

Respondents to customer surveys are 100 percent satisfied with the
service they receive from Minnesota Life, giving the company the
exceptional Net Promoter(R) Score of 87 percent. For more information about
web-based services offered by Minnesota Life Group Insurance, a subsidiary
of Securian Financial Group, Inc. ( http://www.securian.com ), visit
http://www.lifebenefits.com .

SOURCE Securian Financial Group, Inc.

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http://www.securian.com

http://www.lifebenefits.com

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