Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $548M
- Total assets Above avg plan size
- 1,940
- Participants Near avg headcount
- 98th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $282,278
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America · New York · Finance & Insurance
$548M in assets, 1,940 participants
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America's The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan reported $548M in total assets and 1,940 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- #8,928 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in New York
The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan covers 1,940 participants in New York, 2.4x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $548M.
- #8,928
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -24.8%
- assets change YoY
- 5.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $181M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$547,619,997 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Field Representative Employees' 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. The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,940 participants).
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 135123390 · The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
The Guardian Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan · $548M · 1,940 · 98th
- VS-ST $548M
- VS-ST 1,940
- VS-ST 98th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Retirement Plan for Employees of the Avista Corporation
- VS-ST ind #8928
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 Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
New York filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $728M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $548M |
| Net Income | -$181M |
| Employer EIN | 135123390 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1951-01-01 |
| 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 Field Representative Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan for Employees of the Avista Corporation in WA ($548M); by covered participants it is Riverside Health System Retirement Income Plan in VA (1,940 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($548M here).
- Retirement Plan for Employees of the Avista Corporation (WA) $548M · 1,246
- Portland General Electric Company Pension Plan (OR) $547M · 914
- Bss Retirement Plan (WA) $549M · 159
- Ericsson US Pension Plan (TX) $550M · 634
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,940 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Riverside Health System Retirement Income Plan (VA) 1,940 · 0 off
- Andersen Corporation Employees' Pension and Retirement Plan (MN) 1,941 · 1 off
- The Nebraska Methodist Health System Retirement Account Plan (NE) 1,941 · 1 off
- Anheuser-Busch Defined Benefit Plan (MO) 1,944 · 4 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.