Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Sentry Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
1,421
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$949,207
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sentry Employee Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sentry Insurance Company · Wisconsin · Finance & Insurance

$1.3B in assets, 1,421 participants

Sentry Insurance Company's Sentry Employee Retirement Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 1,421 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #9,106 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Wisconsin

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan covers 1,421 participants in Wisconsin, 2.5x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#9,106
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-25.5%
assets change YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $462M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,348,822,618 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sentry Employee Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,421 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 390333950 · Sentry Insurance Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan · $1.3B · 1,421 · 99th

  • RANK $1.3B
  • RANK 1,421
  • RANK 99th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Plan
  • RANK ind #9106

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 Wisconsin →

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Pension Plan B for Employees of Consumers Energy CompanyPension Plan B for Employees…$1.4BSentry Employee Retirement PlanSentry Employee Retirement P…$1.3BPipe Trades Services Mn Pension PlanPipe Trades Services Mn Pens…$1.3BColgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income PlanColgate-Palmolive Company Em…$1.3BNECA-IBEW Pension Trust Fund$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Sentry Employee Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Wisconsin filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.8B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income-$462M
Employer EIN390333950
Plan Effective Date1929-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sentry Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sentry Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.3B 12.54775483709569% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.8B$3B$3.2B$3.4B 202220232024 $2.97B $3.34B ▲ +12.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,527 $3.0B
2023 2 5,603 $3.2B
2024 2 5,768 $3.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020004000600080001000012000 11.522.533.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Sentry Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.348822618 · Participants: 1421Sentry Employee Retirement PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.074208374 · Participants: 7377The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement PlanBuilding Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity, Total assets ($B): 2.951985172 · Participants: 9724Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and VicinityRockwell Automation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.144532065 · Participants: 3077Rockwell Automation Pension PlanThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.927367772 · Participants: 7278The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement PlanHarley-Davidson Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.826706645 · Participants: 1744Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
Compare Sentry Employee Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sentry Employee Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Plan in MN ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Sanofi Pasteur Inc. Retirement Plan in PA (1,421 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,421 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

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 Sentry Employee Retirement Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan declined sharply - down 25.5% during 2022, from $1.8B to $1.3B. Reported net income was -$462M.
How have Sentry Insurance Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sentry Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 12.5%, from $3.0B to $3.3B.
Where does Sentry Employee Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sentry Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pipe Trades Services Mn Pension Plan in MN ($1.3B, 4,609 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sentry Employee Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sanofi Pasteur Inc. Retirement Plan in PA (1,421 participants, $176M 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 390333950.

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.