Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$163M
Total assets
166
Participants
94th
Percentile by assets
$983,696
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi · Sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co. · Mississippi · Finance & Insurance

$163M in assets, 166 participants

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co.'s Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi reported $163M in total assets and 166 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 94th 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.

  • 94th percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi holds $163M for 166 participants - about $983,696 per participant, in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, down 0.9% over the 2023 plan year.

$163M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
166
covered participants
94th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$983,696
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi

Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Mississippi. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $163M in total end-of-year assets and covers 166 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 640295748, and the plan has been effective since 1968-04-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $165M at the beginning of 2023 to $163M at year-end - down 0.9%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $162M, with reported net income of -$2M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $253M to $254M, a gain of 0.4%, while reported participants moved from 686 to 653 (-4.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $270M; the softest was 2022 at $253M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $253M in assets across 2 plans covering 686 participants; 2023 - $270M in assets across 2 plans covering 652 participants; 2024 - $254M in assets across 2 plans covering 653 participants.

By assets, Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi outranks 94% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 1.6x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$165M
Total Assets (End of Year)$163M
Net Assets (End of Year)$162M
Net Income-$2M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN640295748
Plan Effective Date1968-04-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co.)

$250M$260M$270M$280M 202220232024 $253M $254M ▲ +0.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 686 $253M
2023 2 652 $270M
2024 2 653 $254M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Mississippi

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

Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Mississippi, assets vs. participants

Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Mississippi, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000 0200400600800 Total assets ($M) Participants Non-Contributory Ret…Hancock Whitney Corp…North Mississippi He…Sfb Casualty Ins Co …Cadence Retirement P…Southern Farm Bureau…
Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Mississippi, assets vs. participants

Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi holds $163M in total assets with 166 participants. It is sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co..
What type of plan is Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi?
Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1968-04-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 640295748.
Who sponsors the Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi?
Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi is sponsored by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co., located in Mississippi. The sponsor's EIN is 640295748 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi perform in 2023?
Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi held essentially flat - down 0.9% during 2023, moving from $165M to $163M in total assets. Net income was -$2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi's numbers.

  • By total assets, Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi ranks in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Mississippi. Compare plans
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi a Mutual Insurance Co.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 0.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 640295748.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.