<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Press Releases</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/Phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=irol-news</link><description>A Collection of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Press Releases</description><language>en-us</language><category>Uncategorized</category><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:54:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Issues Statement on ISS Recommendation</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1814537</link><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 2, 2013--
      StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (“StanCorp”) (NYSE:SFG) today announced
      that Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) revised its proxy
      analysis and vote recommendation to StanCorp shareholders. ISS now
      recommends a vote FOR Item 3 – Proposal to Re-approve and Amend the
      Amended 2002 Stock Incentive Plan. The Board of Directors of StanCorp
      continues to recommend that shareholders vote their shares FOR Item 3 –
      Proposal to Re-approve and Amend the Amended 2002 Stock Incentive Plan.
      StanCorp’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held on May 13,
      2013.
    

      About StanC...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1814537_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 18:23:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard’s Protector PlatinumSM IDI Product Now Available in New York</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1812245</link><description><![CDATA[Brokers have a new opportunity to provide clients with robust income
      protection
    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 29, 2013--
      Protector Platinum℠, the flagship individual disability income (IDI)
      insurance product from The Standard Life Insurance Company of New York
      (“The Standard”), is now available in New York. Particularly well-suited
      for the high-income professional industries in New York, Protector
      Platinum provides comprehensive, competitively priced income protection.1
    

      “The tri-state region of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has some
      of the highest household incomes in the nation, making it a prime marke...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1812245_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2013 Earnings</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1809940</link><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 23, 2013--
      StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG) today reported net income for
      the first quarter of 2013 of $46.8 million, or $1.05 per diluted share,
      compared to net income for the first quarter of 2012 of $35.2 million,
      or $0.79 per diluted share. After-tax net capital losses were $1.0
      million for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $0.1 million for the
      first quarter of 2012.
    

      Net income excluding after-tax net capital losses was $1.07 per diluted
      share for the first quarter of 2013, compared to $0.79 per diluted share
      for the first quarter of 2012 (see discussion of non-GAAP...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1809940_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:05:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard Helps Habitat for Humanity Build a Better Future</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1804608</link><description><![CDATA[Leadership build day kicks off a partnership providing homes for two
      families in need
    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 9, 2013--
      On Thursday, April 11, at the Orchards Project in southeast Portland, Standard
      Insurance Company (“The Standard”) will launch a partnership with
      Habitat for Humanity to build new homes for two families in need. In
      celebration of the partnership, Greg Ness, chairman, president and CEO
      of The Standard, will be joined by more than 30 members of The
      Standard’s leadership team who will spend the day working at the SE
      Portland build site. Ness and his colleagues will strap on tool belts,
      swing...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1804608_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard’s Employee Giving Campaign Raises $1.7 Million for Nonprofits</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1800540</link><description><![CDATA[Employee participation was a record-breaking 51 percent, up ten
      percent from 2011
    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 26, 2013--
      During the 2012 Employee Giving Campaign, current and retired employees
      at Standard
      Insurance Company (“The Standard”) pledged more than $870,000
      benefiting more than 1,127 nonprofit organizations. After a
      dollar-for-dollar match by The Standard, total nonprofit contributions
      from the 2012 campaign will exceed $1.7 million.
    

      Employee participation was a record-breaking 51 percent compared with 41
      percent in 2011. These contributions, which are in addition to The
      Standard’s reg...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1800540_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:00:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. to Announce First Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 23, 2013 and Hold a Conference Call on April 24, 2013</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1800158</link><description><![CDATA[PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 25, 2013--
      StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (“StanCorp”) (NYSE: SFG) will release
      first quarter 2013 financial results on Tuesday, April 23, 2013,
      following the close of the market. The earnings press release and the
      quarterly statistical supplement will be available shortly thereafter on
      the Company’s website at www.stancorpfinancial.com.
    

      StanCorp will also hold an investor and analyst conference call to
      review StanCorp’s first quarter 2013 results on Wednesday, April 24,
      2013, at noon, Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Pacific time).
    

      To listen to the live webcast of this conference call...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1800158_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:04:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. to Present at the J.P. Morgan 2013 Insurance Conference on March 21, 2013</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1797013</link><description><![CDATA[    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 18, 2013--
      StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (“StanCorp”) (NYSE:SFG) today announced
      that Floyd Chadee, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer,
      will present at the J.P. Morgan 2013 Insurance Conference at
      approximately 3:15 p.m. Eastern time on Thursday, March 21, 2013. Mr.
      Chadee will focus on StanCorp’s strategy and financial results, as well
      as current market conditions.
    

      Interested persons are invited to listen to the webcast through the
      internet, either live or through on-demand replay. Please go to www.stancorpfinancial.com
      at least fifteen minutes prior to the event ...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1797013_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:01:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard Introduces Protector Essential? Individual Disability Income Insurance</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1794905</link><description><![CDATA[
      New product in The Protector Series℠
      competitively priced, attractive to middle-income workers
    

    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 12, 2013--
      A new disability insurance offering from Standard Insurance Company
      (“The Standard”) provides brokers with the opportunity to reach a
      largely untapped market. The Standard announced the launch of its newest
      Individual Disability Income (IDI) insurance product, Protector Essential℠,
      which is designed to meet the income protection needs of middle-income
      earners.
    

      “There are certain professions that are often underserved by the
      disability insurance market,” ...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1794905_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:05:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard Charitable Foundation Grants $9,000 to Human Solutions</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1792943</link><description><![CDATA[
      Grant connects low-income and homeless families to jobs with living
      wages
    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 6, 2013--
      The Standard Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Standard
      Insurance Company (“The Standard”), has awarded a $9,000 grant to Human
      Solutions. The grant will support several workforce development
      initiatives by Human Solutions that will place more than 100 very
      low-income people in the Portland area into living wage jobs this year.
    

      “Our mission at Human Solutions is to help low-income and homeless
      families build a successful pathway out of poverty,” said Jean DeMaster,
      exec...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1792943_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Standard Charitable Foundation Grants $5,000 to The Shadow Project</title><link>http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72431&amp;p=RssLanding&amp;cat=news&amp;id=1792942</link><description><![CDATA[
      Grant supports advocacy and education for disadvantaged youth
    
    PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 6, 2013--
      The Standard Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Standard
      Insurance Company (“The Standard”), has awarded a $5,000 grant to The
      Shadow Project. The grant will provide copies of the forthcoming
      children’s book, The Boy Who Learned Upside Down, to be
      distributed to approximately 400 low-income, special needs children in
      The Shadow Project program residing in the Portland and McMinnville
      school districts. The book reduces the stigma of special education and
      empowers children with special needs to reco...]]></description><category>Uncategorized</category><guid isPermaLink="false">1792942_NEWS</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:01:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>