Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Zurich American Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.4B
Total assets Very large vs avg
6,468
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$212,825
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan · Sponsored by Zurich American Insurance Company · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$1.4B in assets, 6,468 participants

Zurich American Insurance Company's Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 6,468 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.

  • #9,108 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan covers 6,468 participants in Illinois, 8.3x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.

#9,108
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-16.8%
assets change YoY
14×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $288M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan's outsized position by total assets

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,376,549,034 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

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account 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. Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan lands in the large band (6,468 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 364233459 · Zurich American Insurance Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan · $1.4B · 6,468 · 99th

  • EOY $1.4B
  • 5500 6,468
  • ASSETS 99th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla
  • RANK ind #9108

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 Illinois →

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account PlanZurich American Insurance Co…$1.4BThe Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement PlaThe Guardian Home Office Emp…$1.4BXerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee PlanXerox Corporation Retirement…$1.4BHeavy and General Laborers' Local Unions 472 and 172 of New Jersey Pension FundHeavy and General Laborers' …$1.4BLiuna National (Industrial) Pension FundLiuna National (Industrial) …$1.4B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.7B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income-$288M
Employer EIN364233459
Plan Effective Date1950-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Zurich American Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Zurich American Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.0B 16.374901896813356% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B 202220232024 $4.27B $4.97B ▲ +16.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,149 $4.3B
2023 2 15,265 $4.7B
2024 2 14,727 $5.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.376549034 · Participants: 6468Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 42.629770802 · Participants: 50096Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 32.129102809 · Participants: 49052State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 7.958716532 · Participants: 20170United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension FundJohn Deere Pension Plan for Salaried Employees, Total assets ($B): 7.304502684 · Participants: 0John Deere Pension Plan for Salaried EmployeesAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.770339506 · Participants: 16809Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reports $1.4B in end-of-year assets across 6,468 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $212,825 per participant (1.5x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$288M.

This plan identity (EIN 364233459, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.4B to $1.3B (-6.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,468 to 5,426 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,468 $1.4B This page
2023 5,913 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 5,426 $1.3B Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

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

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla in NY ($1.4B); by covered participants it is Koch Industries Employees' Pension Plan in KS (6,466 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,468 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 Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan declined sharply - down 16.8% during 2022, from $1.7B to $1.4B. Reported net income was -$288M.
How have Zurich American Insurance Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Zurich American Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.4%, from $4.3B to $5.0B.
Where does Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account 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 Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is The Guardian Home Office Employees' Retirement Pla in NY ($1.4B, 3,422 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Koch Industries Employees' Pension Plan in KS (6,466 participants, $1.6B in assets).