Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Anthem Holding Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$39M
Total assets Below avg plan size
35
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California · Sponsored by Anthem Holding Corp. · Indiana · Finance & Insurance

$39M in assets, 35 participants

Anthem Holding Corp.'s Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California reported $39M in total assets and 35 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #7,165 in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)

Where Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California sits by assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $39M for 35 participants (~$1.1M/participant), down 20.3% in 2022.

#7,165
in Finance & Insurance (9,261 peers)
-20.3%
assets change YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $10M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California's outsized position by total assets

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California vs every filed plan by assets

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

$39,348,738 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California is a small filing (35 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 611459939 · Anthem Holding Corp. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California · $39M · 35 · 86th

  • BOOK $39M
  • VS-ST 35
  • BOY 86th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Mack Energy Corporation Defined Benefit Retirement Plan
  • PART ind #7165

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 Indiana →

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$49M
Net Assets (End of Year)$39M
Net Income-$10M
Employer EIN611459939
Plan Effective Date1953-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Anthem Holding Corp.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Anthem Holding Corp. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$44M 11.77473595214159% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$38M$40M$42M$44M$46M 202220232024 $39.4M $44M ▲ +11.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 35 $39M
2023 1 33 $42M
2024 1 26 $44M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Indiana

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

Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100000100002000030000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California, Total assets ($B): 0.039348738 · Participants: 35Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of CaliforniaThe Lilly Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.231261789 · Participants: 16878The Lilly Retirement PlanCummins Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.227971207 · Participants: 24119Cummins Pension PlanIndiana Laborers Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.488495807 · Participants: 9896Indiana Laborers Pension FundElevance Health Cash Balance Plan a, Total assets ($B): 1.222287988 · Participants: 8650Elevance Health Cash Balance Plan aNisource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.05154978 · Participants: 2283Nisource Pension Plan
Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California side-by-side with 3 peers →

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

Outside Indiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Mack Energy Corporation Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in NM ($39M); by covered participants it is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA (35 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (35 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 Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California assets move in 2022? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California declined sharply - down 20.3% during 2022, from $49M to $39M. Reported net income was -$10M.
How have Anthem Holding Corp. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Anthem Holding Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 11.8%, from $39M to $44M.
Where does Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mack Energy Corporation Defined Benefit Retirement Plan in NM ($39M, 107 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Employees' Retirement Plan of Blue Cross of California? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Neville Chemical Company in PA (35 participants, $25M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 611459939.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.