MTN GLOBAL FUNDING AGREEMENT

Exhibit 4.8

Principal Life Insurance Company
711 High Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50392-0001
(515) 247-5111

In consideration of the payment made by, or at the direction of,

Principal Life Income Fundings Trust •

(the “Agreement Holder”)

of the Net Deposit, as described below, Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal Life”) agrees to make payments to the person or persons entitled to them, subject to the provisions of this funding agreement (this “Agreement”).

This Agreement is delivered in and subject to the laws of the State of Iowa.

This Agreement is issued and accepted subject to all the terms set out in it.

This Agreement is executed by Principal Life at its Corporate Center to take effect as of the • day of • , 200 • , which is referred to as the Effective Date, subject to the receipt by Principal Life or its designee of the Net Deposit (as set forth in Section 1).

[Officer Signature]           [Officer Signature]

Registrar

Date

FUNDING AGREEMENT NO. •

RESTRICTIONS REGARDING THE TRANSFER OR SALE OF
THIS FUNDING AGREEMENT OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN ARE SET FORTH
HEREIN

FUNDING AGREEMENT		No. •

          This Agreement is issued in connection with the issuance by the Trust (specified in the Annex) of secured medium-term notes (the “Notes”) which comprise a Series of Notes which are identified in the annex hereto (the “Annex”) and which are being issued by the Trust pursuant to the Prospectus dated • , 2007, the Prospectus Supplement dated • , 2007, as from time to time amended or supplemented, and the Pricing Supplement applicable to such Notes (the “Pricing Supplement”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Notes. Where used in this Agreement, the term “Notes” and “Series of Notes” shall mean the Notes or the Series of Notes secured by this Agreement as the same exist on the Effective Date, without giving effect to any amendments or modifications to said Notes or Series of Notes effected or made after any such Effective Date unless such amendments or modifications to said Notes or Series of Notes have been consented to in writing by Principal Life.

1.		Deposit
		Principal Life agrees to accept, and the Agreement Holder agrees to pay or cause to be paid to Principal Life, for value on the Effective Date, the Net Deposit (as specified in the Annex). All funds received by Principal Life under this Agreement shall become the exclusive property of Principal Life and remain a part of Principal Life’s general account without any duty or requirement of segregation or separate investment.
		This Agreement shall become effective only upon the receipt by Principal Life or its designee of the Net Deposit.
2.		Fund
		Upon receipt of the Net Deposit, Principal Life will establish, under this Agreement, a bookkeeping account in the name of the Agreement Holder, which will evidence Principal Life’s obligations under this Agreement.
		[ NOTE: If the related Notes are not Discount Notes, insert the following as the second paragraph of this Section 2: The Deposit deemed received (as specified in the Annex), (i) less any withdrawals to make payments hereunder (other than Additional Amounts (as defined in the Annex), if applicable) and (ii) plus any interest accrued and premium, if any, pursuant to Section 7, will be referred to as the “Fund”.]
		[ NOTE: If the related Notes are Discount Notes, insert the following as the second paragraph of this Section 2: The Deposit deemed received (as specified in the Annex), (i) less any withdrawals to make payments hereunder (other than Additional Amounts (as defined in the Annex), if applicable), (ii) plus any accrual of Discount (determined in accordance with the terms of the Notes) and (iii) plus, if applicable, any interest accrued and premium, if any, pursuant to Section 7, will be referred to as the “Fund”.]
		Principal Life is neither a trustee nor a fiduciary with respect to the Fund.

3.		Purchase of Notes By Principal Life.
		Principal Life may purchase some or all of the Notes in the open market or otherwise at any time, and from time to time. Simultaneously, upon such purchase, (1) the purchased Notes shall, by their terms become mandatorily redeemable by the Trust as specified in the related Pricing Supplement, Prospectus Supplement and/or Prospectus and (2) the Fund under this Agreement shall be permanently reduced by the same percentage as the principal amount of the Notes so redeemed bears to the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Notes issued and outstanding immediately prior to such redemption and (ii) the principal amount of the Trust Beneficial Interest related to such series of Notes. If Principal Life, in its sole discretion, engages in such open market or other purchases, then the Trust, the Indenture Trustee in respect of such Notes, and Principal Life shall take such actions (including, in the case of Principal Life, making the payment(s) necessary to effect the Trust’s redemption of such Notes) as may be necessary or desirable to effect the cancellation of such Notes by the Trust.
4.		Entire Agreement
		This Agreement and the Annex attached hereto constitute the entire Agreement.
5.		Representations

(a)

Each party hereto represents and warrants to the other that as of the date hereof:

	(i)		it has the power to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby;
	(ii)		this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each party hereto, and this Agreement is enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, and subject as to enforceability to general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law; and
	(iii)		the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of obligations hereunder do not and will not constitute or result in a default, breach or violation of the terms or provisions of its certificate, articles or charter of incorporation, declaration of trust, by-laws or any agreement, instrument, mortgage, judgment, injunction or order applicable to it or any of its property.

(b)

The Trust further represents and warrants to Principal Life that:

(i)

it is a person other than a natural person and is purchasing this Agreement for the purpose of providing collateral security for securities registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission;

	(ii)		it has been informed and understands that transfer is restricted by the terms of this Agreement; and
	(iii)		it (a) is solely responsible for determining whether this Agreement is suitable for the purpose intended; (b) has carefully read this Agreement (including the Annex) before signing this Agreement; (c) has had a reasonable opportunity to make such inquiries as it deemed necessary prior to signing this Agreement; and (d) has received or had access to such additional information as it deemed necessary in connection with its decision to sign this Agreement.

		In performing its obligations hereunder Principal Life is not acting as a fiduciary, agent or other representative for the Agreement Holder or anyone else. All representations and warranties made by the Agreement Holder and Principal Life in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other in connection with the execution hereof.
6.		Assignment of Agreement
		The following conditions must be satisfied in order to effectuate any assignment of this Agreement:
		(i)     This Agreement may only be transferred through a book entry system maintained by Principal Life, or an agent designated by it, within the meaning of Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i).
		(ii)    The Agreement Holder, and any assignee, must comply with applicable securities laws.
		(iii)   Principal Life has consented in writing to the proposed assignment, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.
		(iv)   Principal Life shall have received from the proposed assignee a duly executed certificate containing, in substance, the information, representations, warranties, acknowledgments and agreements set forth in this Agreement.
		Any attempted sale, transfer, anticipation, assignment, hypothecation, or alienation not in accordance with this Section 6 shall be void and of no effect. Until such time, if any, as Principal Life has consented in writing to a proposed assignment, Principal Life shall not be obligated to make any payments to or at the direction of anyone other than the person shown on Principal Life’s books and records as the Agreement Holder. Once the foregoing conditions have been satisfied with respect to an assignment, the assignee or its successor shall be deemed to be the sole Agreement Holder for all purposes of this Agreement and Principal Life shall promptly amend its records to reflect the assignee’s status as Agreement Holder.

7.		Payments to the Agreement Holder
		Principal Life shall pay to, or at the direction of, the Agreement Holder by the date (the “Due Date”) on which any payment becomes due in respect of the Notes secured by this Agreement (and in any event such period of time prior to the Due Date as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust can fulfill its obligation to make payment in full of all amounts due and payable under such Notes on the Due Date), an amount in the currency or currencies in which the Notes are denominated as specified in the Notes equal to the sum of (i) the amount of principal and/or (as the case may be) interest and/or (as the case may be) premium falling due in respect of such Notes on such Due Date (the “Notes Component”) and (ii) the amount of any payments owed by the Trust in respect of the Trust Beneficial Interest (issued in connection with the Series of Notes secured by this Agreement) falling due on such date (the “Beneficial Component”). In the event that Principal Life fails to make payment of any such amount on or prior to the Due Date, Principal Life shall pay to or at the direction of the Agreement Holder, on demand by the Agreement Holder, (i) if the failure relates to the Notes Component, an amount in the currency specified in the Notes equal to the amount of default interest (or other amount) which becomes due and payable by the Trust in accordance with the Notes as a consequence of any delay in the Trust making the relevant payment of principal, interest or premium (as the case may be) to the holders of such Notes and (ii) if the failure relates to the Beneficial Component, such amount of default interest, if any, determined in the same manner as default interest on the Notes Component.
		Interest shall accrue on the Fund in the same amount and pursuant to the same terms as interest accrues on the Notes secured by this Agreement and on the Trust Beneficial Interest related to the Notes.
		If any amount is withdrawn from the Fund in order to make a payment under this Section 7, interest will cease to be credited with regard to such amount as of the end of the day immediately preceding the date on which such withdrawal is made.
		All payments made by Principal Life to the Agreement Holder hereunder shall be paid in same-day, freely transferable funds to such account as has been specified for such purpose by the Agreement Holder.
		Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7, if Principal Life shall, with respect to any scheduled amount due and payable under any of the Notes, comply in all respects with the requirements of this Section 7, but an event of default has occurred with respect to the Notes and as a result payments with respect to the Notes have been accelerated, otherwise than by reason of any default under this Agreement by Principal Life, no Event of Default (as defined below) under this Funding Agreement shall be deemed to have occurred, no payments with respect to this Agreement shall be accelerated and Principal Life will remain obligated to make payments under this Agreement as if no event of default had occurred with respect to the Notes.

8.		Termination of Agreement
		Subject to the provisions of the following paragraph and the Annex, this Agreement shall terminate and cease to be of any further force or effect on the day and at the time upon which all amounts have been withdrawn from the Fund pursuant to this Agreement.
		Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each, an “Event of Default”) and following a written demand by the Agreement Holder, Principal Life shall pay to, or at the direction of, the Agreement Holder all amounts that the Trust is required to pay in such event under the Notes and the Trust Beneficial Interest:

	(i)		Principal Life’s failure to make any payment of interest, premium (if applicable), installment payments (if applicable) or Additional Amounts (if and as specified in the Annex) in accordance with this Agreement, if such failure to pay is not corrected within seven (7) Business Days after such payment becomes due and payable; or
	(ii)		Principal Life’s failure to make any payment of principal (other than any installment payment) in accordance with this Agreement, if such failure to pay is not corre