subsidiary industry insurance founded 1906 headquarters standard plaza portland oregon united states key people j. gregory ness chairman president ceo products group life insurance annuities group dental insurance group retirement plans revenue 2 492 900 000 2006 operating income 309 700 000 2006 net income 203 800 000 2006 number of employees 3 280 parent meiji yasuda life insurance company subsidiaries standard insurance company the standard life insurance company of new york stancorp investment advisers inc. stancorp mortgage investors llc standard retirement services inc. website www.stancorpfinancial.com footnotes references financial data 1 stancorp financial group inc. is an insurance and financial services 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 . founded in 1906 the company s main subsidiary is standard insurance company . from 1999 until 2016 stancorp was publicly traded on the new york stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in oregon in 1906 . 2 on february 24 leo samuel founded the oregon life insurance company . 3 in 1946 the company name was changed to standard insurance company . 2 then in 1962 the company moved its headquarters into the newly constructed standard plaza building . 4 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 . 2 the following year the company went public trading on the new york stock exchange . 5 stancorp s standard insurance purchased part of teachers insurance and annuity association tiaa group life and disability portfolio in 2002 for 75 million . 6 in may 2004 ron timpe was succeeded by ceo eric parsons as the company s chairman of the board of directors . 7 in january 2006 stancorp was named to the platinum 400 by forbes magazine for the fourth year . 8 later in 2006 the company purchased investment services firm invesmart for 85 million . 9 in 2007 stancorp made the fortune 1000 list at number 746 . 10 the company purchased several retirement plan administrators in july 2007 to add to their retirement services division . 11 as of 2007 all of the divisions employ a total of 3 280 people at approximately 90 offices across the united states . 2 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 . 12 the deal was completed in march 2016 . 13 see also edit list of companies based in oregon references edit form 10 k 2006 annual report . stancorp financial group inc. retrieved on february 28 2008 . a b c d quick facts . stancorp financial group . retrieved on february 28 2008 . standard celebrates its 100 year anniversary . portland business journal february 21 2006 . 1 http skyscraperpage.com cities buildingid 14444 new offerings ; life insurance dog food on ipo schedule . the atlanta journal and constitution april 10 1999 . stancorp to pay 75 million for tiaa cref group insurance business . portland business journal may 29 2002 . parsons succeeds timpe as stancorp chairman . portland business journal may 4 2004 . forbes ranks stancorp among america s best . portland business journal january 4 2006 . boselovic len . oregon firm buying invesmart . pittsburgh post gazette april 26 2006 . nike makes fortune 500 list . portland business journal may 11 2007 . standard retirement services buying dpa and masterplan advisors . portland business journal july 2 2007 . bray chad july 24 2015 . meiji yasuda to buy stancorp financial for 5 billion . the new york times . retrieved 13 august 2015 . stevens suzanne march 8 2016 . 5 things to know today including farewell to what was oregon s fourth largest public company . portland business journal . retrieved 9 march 2016 . external links edit about stancorp v t e companies formerly based in oregon moved out of state georgia pacific integra telecom 2014 jeld wen 2015 louisiana pacific acquired by out of state entities camera world 1997 cascade microtech 2016 fred meyer freightliner harry & david 2014 j. k. gill lacrosse footwear 2012 mathstar 2010 mccormick & schmick s 2012 meier & frank merix 2010 oregon steel mills planar systems 2015 sawyer s 1966 sequent computer systems stancorp financial 2016 tektronix 2007 u.s. bancorp west coast bank 2012 willamette industries 2002 defunct or out of business consolidated freightways emporium 2003 evergreen international aviation floating point systems g.i. joe s 2009 hollywood video 2010 sprouse reitz 1994 white stag manufacturing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stancorp financial group & oldid 743151939 categories companies based in portland oregoncompanies formerly listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies established in 19061906 establishments in oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 04 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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