Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Transamerica Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $2.2B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 6,789
- Participants Above avg headcount
- 99th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $328,569
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Transamerica Pension Plan · Sponsored by Transamerica Corporation · Iowa · Finance & Insurance
$2.2B in assets, 6,789 participants
Transamerica Corporation's Transamerica Pension Plan reported $2.2B in total assets and 6,789 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.
- #9,159 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
Coverage in Iowa
Transamerica Pension Plan covers 6,789 participants in Iowa, 11x the typical Iowa plan (state average ~609 per filing). Assets: $2.2B.
- #9,159
- in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
- -31.1%
- assets change YoY
- 22×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.0B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Transamerica Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Transamerica Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$2,230,658,092 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
Transamerica Pension 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. Transamerica Pension Plan lands in the large band (6,789 participants).
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 421484983 · Transamerica Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Transamerica Pension Plan · $2.2B · 6,789 · 99th
- VS-ST $2.2B
- VS-ST 6,789
- VS-ST 99th
- VS-ST Defined Benefit (Pension)
- VS-ST near Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2
- VS-ST ind #9159
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 Iowa →
Transamerica Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Iowa filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $3.2B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.2B |
| Net Income | -$1.0B |
| Employer EIN | 421484983 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1977-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Transamerica Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Transamerica Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $5.1B 16.767872517215213% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 14,051 | $4.3B |
| 2023 | 3 | 13,518 | $4.7B |
| 2024 | 6 | 27,681 | $5.1B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Principal Cash Balance Plan $1.5B · 11,788
- Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan $490M · 3,321
- Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan $321M · 2,037
- Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc. $287M · 1,641
- Fbl Financial Group Retirement Plan $262M · 666
Scale composition for Transamerica Pension Plan
Transamerica Pension Plan reports $2.2B in end-of-year assets across 6,789 participants (0.018% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $328,569 per participant (2.4x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.0B.
This plan identity (EIN 421484983, plan #002) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.2B to $2.2B (-1.4%) while covered participants moved from 6,789 to 7,170 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6,789 | $2.2B | This page |
| 2023 | 6,519 | $2.3B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 7,170 | $2.2B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Transamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $2.7B, 8,059 participants)
- Transamerica Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.2B, 7,170 participants)
- Choice Pooled Employer Plan III (401(k), $53M, 2,296 participants)
- Choice Pooled Employer Plan I (401(k), $47M, 6,924 participants)
Transamerica Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 in IL ($2.2B); by covered participants it is Electrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension Fund in MD (6,786 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.2B here).
- Electrical Contractors Assoc. of the City of Chgo Local Union 134, IBEW Joint Pension Trust of Chgo Pension Plan #2 (IL) $2.2B · 6,769
- Retirement Plan of Norfolk Southern Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies (GA) $2.2B · 4,832
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (VA) $2.2B · 10,724
- Csx Pension Plan (FL) $2.2B · 2,728
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,789 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Electrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension Fund (MD) 6,786 · 3 off
- Hii Ingalls Shipbuilding, Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan (VA) 6,805 · 16 off
- Georgia-Pacific LLC Hourly Pension Plan (GA) 6,819 · 30 off
- General Mills Pension Plan (MN) 6,848 · 59 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.