Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $1.4B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 3,422
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $403,268
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla · Sponsored by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America · New York · Finance & Insurance
$1.4B in assets, 3,422 participants
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla reported $1.4B in total assets and 3,422 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.
- #9,109 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in New York
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla covers 3,422 participants in New York, 4.3x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.
- #9,109
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -28.7%
- assets change YoY
- 14×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $555M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla's outsized position by total assets
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$1,379,982,805 Top 1% higher than 99% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla'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. The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla lands in the large band (3,422 participants).
EBSA filing schedule strip
Filing strip 135123390 · The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla · $1.4B · 3,422 · 99th
- IND $1.4B
- IND 3,422
- IND 99th
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- IND near Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan
- IND ind #9109
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 →
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.9B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.4B |
| Net Income | -$555M |
| Employer EIN | 135123390 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1942-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $4.0B 10.075430106065845% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 13,971 | $3.7B |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,791 | $3.9B |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,888 | $4.0B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- IBM Personal Pension Plan $25.5B · 16,431
- Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan $15.8B · 11,303
- Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I $7.7B · 11,386
- New York State Nurses Association Pension Plan $5.0B · 18,592
- New York District Council of Carpenters Pension Pl $4.8B · 11,318
The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan in CT ($1.4B); by covered participants it is Monument Health, Inc. Pension Plan in SD (3,417 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.4B here).
- Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan (CT) $1.4B · 3,466
- Heavy and General Laborers' Local Unions 472 and 172 of New Jersey Pension Fund (NJ) $1.4B · 7,124
- Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan (IL) $1.4B · 6,468
- Liuna National (Industrial) Pension Fund (DC) $1.4B · 19,641
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (3,422 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Monument Health, Inc. Pension Plan (SD) 3,417 · 5 off
- State Street Retirement Plan (MA) 3,416 · 6 off
- Alaska Teamster - Employer Pension Plan (AK) 3,413 · 9 off
- Hormel Foods Corporation Hourly Employees' Pension Plan (MN) 3,413 · 9 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.