Alliances

North Carolina Mutual

By working with North Carolina Mutual, companies have the opportunity to fulfill their commitment to diversity while directing dollars to a minority-owned business. Founded in 1898, North Carolina Mutual is the only African-American owned and operated insurance company in the U.S.

Ochs, Inc.

Small and medium-sized municipal groups (fewer than 1,000 employees) can obtain the pricing advantage of large employers on group life insurance purchased through The Municipal Pool administered exclusively by Ochs, Inc. With more than 65 years of experience managing relationships with cities, towns, hospitals, counties, school districts and other public entities, Ochs, Inc. is an expert in understanding the needs of municipal clients.

Zurich International Life

We work with Zurich International Life to develop solutions for multi-national employers who want to provide life coverage for global employees and, at the same time, to streamline their life administration processes.

We offer vendor-provided services to help employers enhance current benefits for all employees easily and cost effectively. These services meet important needs – without enrollment or additional cost to employees.

Ceridian LifeWorks

As part of our LifeSuite services, Ceridian LifeWorks offers employers legal services and wellness solutions as an enhancement that is available to their plan. With a 30-year history of providing health and productivity solutions – including Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), WorkLife and Health and Wellness programs – Ceridian has a reputation of innovation quality, and customer service excellence.

» Legal services (pdf, 244k)
» Health and wellness solutions (pdf, 192k)

Europ Assistance USA (EA)

Travel assistance services are also available under our LifeSuite program through EA. For 45 years, EA has been helping travelers in emergency situations. Today, EA has 5,500 employees and a network of 850,000 multilingual service professionals – doctors, nurses, dentists, translators, drivers, pilots, escorts, attorneys, triage specialists – serving members in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

» Travel assistance (pdf, 220k)

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

We work with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) to offer employers the option of adding a financial counseling program for beneficiaries. The PwC professionals who provide these services are experienced financial counselors who are trained in the need to maintain client confidentiality. Their sole concern is to provide independent and objective counseling. They do not sell investments or financial products.

» Beneficiary Financial Counseling (pdf, 424k)

Services provided by Ceridian LifeWorks, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Europ Assistance USA are their sole responsibility. The services are not affiliated with Minnesota Life, Securian Life or their group contracts and may be discontinued at any time.

Within our VGUL product, our goal is to offer investment options to VGUL policyholders that meet a variety of investment options. To accomplish this goal, we team up with reputable industry firms who offer a spectrum of management styles and investment approaches.

» View investment account options online

Advantus Capital Management, Inc.

Advantus draws on the powerful market insights and practical business experience of our investment professionals to successfully manage clients’ assets. With a client-focused philosophy and collaborative, research-driven process, we build customized investment strategies by looking beyond a company’s balance sheet to discover investment value.

Janus Capital

Founded over 30 years ago in Denver, Colorado, Janus offers institutions and investors a broad array of products that span the world's capital markets. Janus' investment philosophy is based on two simple ideas: recognizing that stock prices ultimately follow the value of the underlying business, and identifying rapidly growing companies before the rest of Wall Street acquires an information advantage. Through exacting fundamental research, Janus seeks to value businesses earlier and more accurately than the market at large. Valuations are determined through detailed financial modeling, taking into account both quantitative and qualitative findings.

Fidelity Management and Research

For more than 60 years, investors have been entrusting their investment dollars to Fidelity. One major reason is their unique investment process. They combine the strength of their people, bottom-up research and active investment management to seek long-term results for investors.

Franklin Templeton Investments

Over the past half century, few investment management organizations have matched Franklin Templeton’s success. The company has become recognized as a leader for its global stock investments and innovative fixed income funds. Franklin Templeton also deals in separate account management and institutional accounts and has offices in more than 29 countries and products in more than 100. 

Wall Street Associates

Investment advisor to some of America's largest corporations, Wall Street Associates applies its considerable experience to “finding the celebrated companies of tomorrow” for its portfolios. In advising the W&R Target Micro Cap Growth portfolio, Wall Street Associates focuses on lower capitalization and superior growth characteristics as selection criteria.

Waddell & Reed Investment Management Company

Since 1937, Waddell & Reed, Inc., through its investment management subsidiary and affiliate, has provided investment management services to clients throughout the United States. Waddell & Reed’s investment process, which is well-defined,
genuine and repeatable, combines collaborative critical thinking
with individual viewpoints. Waddell & Reed's ultimate parent company, Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE: WDR), is a Fortune 400 company. Funds are managed by an investment team with unusual depth and breadth of experience. Always cognizant that it is investing other peoples' money, the investment team invests confidently, which often results in more concentrated portfolios, and seeks to manage risk in an effort to protect on the downside.

Ibbotson Associates^TM

Ibbotson Associates, one of the nation’s leading investment research organizations, offers specific fund recommendations within a set of model portfolios for owners of Variable Group Universal Life policies. The Model Accumulation Portfolio System (MAPS) and questionnaire, provides an objective systematic way to help VGUL owners choose the investments that match their risk tolerance.

» MAPS risk assessment questionnaire (pdf, 156k)

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a portfolio and the variable insurance product carefully before investing. The portfolio and variable insurance product prospectuses contain this and other information. You may obtain a copy of the prospectus from your representative. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.