Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sterling Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$18M
Total assets Small plan by assets
40
Participants Small participant base
75th
Percentile by assets National rank
$438,296
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company · Sponsored by Sterling Insurance Company · New York · Finance & Insurance

$18M in assets, 40 participants

Sterling Insurance Company's Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company reported $18M in total assets and 40 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 75th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #5,646 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Where Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company sits by assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $18M for 40 participants (~$438,296/participant), down 26.4% in 2022.

#5,646
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-26.4%
assets change YoY
0.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $6M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company's outsized position by total assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$17,531,858 Top 25% higher than 75% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company is a small filing (40 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 141093900 · Sterling Insurance Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company · $18M · 40 · 75th

  • TYPE $18M
  • TYPE 40
  • TYPE 75th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Pension Plan
  • TYPE ind #5646

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Finance & Insurance retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company in the asset neighbourhood

Essa Bank and Trust Pension PlanEssa Bank and Trust Pension …$18MOperating Engineers #800 & Wyoming Contractors' Association, Inc. Pension Trust FundOperating Engineers #800 & W…$18MEmployees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance CompanyEmployees' Retirement Plan o…$18MKikkoman Foods, Inc. Pension PlanKikkoman Foods, Inc. Pension…$18MValcor Engineering Corporation Employees' Pension PlanValcor Engineering Corporati…$18M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$24M
Net Assets (End of Year)$18M
Net Income-$6M
Employer EIN141093900
Plan Effective Date1964-02-29
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sterling Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$20M 16.45401189081043% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$17M$18M$19M$20M$21M 202220232024 $17.5M $20.4M ▲ +16.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 40 $18M
2023 1 41 $19M
2024 1 43 $20M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company, Total assets ($B): 0.017531858 · Participants: 40Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance CompanyIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.511753238 · Participants: 16431IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.815266303 · Participants: 11303Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.656963 · Participants: 11386Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan INew York State Nurses Association Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.019503014 · Participants: 18592New York State Nurses Association Pension PlanNew York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl, Total assets ($B): 4.837058087 · Participants: 11318New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl
Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Pension Plan in WI ($18M); by covered participants it is Employees' Retirement Plan of Centrus Energy Corp. in MD (40 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company assets move in 2022? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company declined sharply - down 26.4% during 2022, from $24M to $18M. Reported net income was -$6M.
How have Sterling Insurance Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.5%, from $18M to $20M.
Where does Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company ranks in the 75th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Pension Plan in WI ($18M, 56 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees' Retirement Plan of Sterling Insurance Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Employees' Retirement Plan of Centrus Energy Corp. in MD (40 participants, $28M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 141093900.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.