July 11, 2012
VIA EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-4644
RE: Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account B
Principal Investment Plus Variable Annuity Contract
File Numbers 333-116220 and 811-02091
Post-Effective Amendment No. 25 to the Registration Statement on Form N-4
Accession Number: 0001126328-12-000196
Ladies and Gentlemen:
On July 9 we filed the above referenced post-effective amendment to the N-4 registration statement on Form Type 485APOS in error. We hereby request that such post-effective amendment to the registration statement be withdrawn at your earliest convenience. We request this withdrawal because a piece of the registration statement was omitted in error.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
/s/ Charles Schneider
Charles M. Schneider
Counsel
711 High Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50392-0300
(515) 246-5688 (office)
(866) 496-6527 (facsimile)
schneider.charles@principal.com
cc: Jeff Pierick
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