Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$883M
Total assets Above avg plan size
6,601
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$133,750
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan · Sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan · Michigan · Finance & Insurance

$883M in assets, 6,601 participants

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan reported $883M in total assets and 6,601 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.

  • #9,037 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Coverage in Michigan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan covers 6,601 participants in Michigan, 10x the typical Michigan plan (state average ~638 per filing). Assets: $883M.

#9,037
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-9.7%
assets change YoY
8.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $95M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan's outsized position by total assets

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$882,882,820 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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' 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. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan lands in the large band (6,601 participants).

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 382069753 · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan · $883M · 6,601 · 99th

  • EBSA $883M
  • EBSA 6,601
  • EBSA 99th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #9037

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 Michigan →

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account PlanBlue Cross Blue Shield of Mi…$883MWestern Connecticut Health Network Pension PlanWestern Connecticut Health N…$881MHormel Foods Corporation Pension PlanHormel Foods Corporation Pen…$880MWilliams Pension Plan$879MSoft Drink and Brewery Workers Union Local 812 Retirement FundSoft Drink and Brewery Worke…$879M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Michigan filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$978M
Net Assets (End of Year)$883M
Net Income-$95M
Employer EIN382069753
Plan Effective Date1948-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$3.2B 16.407909383637403% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.6B$2.8B$3B$3.2B$3.4B 202220232024 $2.73B $3.18B ▲ +16.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 15,548 $2.7B
2023 4 15,287 $3.0B
2024 4 16,052 $3.2B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Michigan

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

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 50001000015000200002500030000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.88288282 · Participants: 6601Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account PlanGeneral Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.23255743 · Participants: 18766General Motors Hourly-Rate Employees Pension PlanFord Motor Company UAW Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.279653433 · Participants: 27567Ford Motor Company UAW Retirement PlanFord Motor Company General Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.42905347 · Participants: 11760Ford Motor Company General Retirement PlanDow Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.018181682 · Participants: 13759Dow Employees' Pension PlanFca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement, Total assets ($B): 8.553889919 · Participants: 14563Fca US LLC UAW Pension Agreement
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Michigan, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan reports $883M in end-of-year assets across 6,601 participants (0.007% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.007% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $133,750 per participant (97% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$95M.

This plan identity (EIN 382069753, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $883M to $893M (+1.2%) while covered participants moved from 6,601 to 6,733 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,601 $883M This page
2023 6,430 $914M Open filing
2024 · index core 6,733 $893M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 4 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Michigan, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan in CT ($881M); by covered participants it is Centerpoint Energy Retirement Plan in TX (6,534 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($883M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (6,601 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan pulled back noticeably - down 9.7% during 2022, from $978M to $883M. Reported net income was -$95M.
How have Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.4%, from $2.7B to $3.2B.
Where does Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Western Connecticut Health Network Pension Plan in CT ($881M, 1,657 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Employees' Retirement Account Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Centerpoint Energy Retirement Plan in TX (6,534 participants, $1.1B in assets).