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StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. is a publicly traded Fortune 1000 company based in Portland, Oregon, United States. In 2006 it ranked as number 731 on the Fortune list with in excess of $2 billion in annual revenues. StanCorp is an insurance and financial services corporation founded in 1906. The company's main subsidiary is Standard Insurance Company. ==History== The company was founded in Oregon in 1906.〔(Quick Facts. ) StanCorp Financial Group. Retrieved on February 28, 2008.〕 On February 24, Leo Samuel founded the Oregon Life Insurance Company.〔(Standard celebrates its 100-year anniversary. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', February 21, 2006.〕 In 1946 the company name was changed to Standard Insurance Company.〔 Then in 1962, the company moved its headquarters into the newly constructed Standard Plaza building.〔() http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=14444〕 Thirty years later, Standard Insurance acquired the Georgia-Pacific Building in 1982 when Georgia-Pacific moved its headquarters to Atlanta, GA. Then in 1998, StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. was created as the holding company for all the business divisions of the company.〔 The following year the company went public, trading on the New York Stock Exchange.〔NEW OFFERINGS; Life insurance, dog food on IPO schedule. ''The Atlanta Journal and Constitution'', April 10, 1999.〕 StanCorp's Standard Insurance purchased part of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (TIAA) group life and disability portfolio in 2002 for $75 million.〔(StanCorp to pay $75 million for TIAA-CREF group insurance business. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', May 29, 2002.〕 In May 2004, Ron Timpe was succeeded by CEO Eric Parsons as the company’s chairman of the board of directors.〔(Parsons succeeds Timpe as StanCorp chairman. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', May 4, 2004.〕 In January 2006, StanCorp was named to the Platinum 400 by ''Forbes'' magazine for the fourth year.〔(Forbes ranks StanCorp among America's best. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', January 4, 2006.〕 Later in 2006, the company purchased investment services firm Invesmart for $85 million.〔Boselovic, Len. Oregon firm buying Invesmart. ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', April 26, 2006.〕 In 2007, StanCorp made the Fortune 1000 list at number 746.〔(Nike makes Fortune 500 list. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', May 11, 2007.〕 The company purchased several retirement plan administrators in July 2007 to add to their Retirement Services division.〔(Standard Retirement Services buying DPA and MasterPlan Advisors. ) ''Portland Business Journal'', July 2, 2007.〕 As of 2007, all of the divisions employ a total of 3,280 people at approximately 90 offices across the United States.〔 They are headquartered in the Standard Insurance Center and the Standard Plaza buildings in downtown Portland. Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company announced it would purchase StanCorp for $5 billion in July 2015. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「StanCorp Financial Group」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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