Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co. Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,914
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$221,113
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund · Sponsored by Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co. · Wisconsin · Finance & Insurance

$1.3B in assets, 5,914 participants

Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co.'s The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund reported $1.3B in total assets and 5,914 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #8,692 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in Wisconsin

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund covers 5,914 participants in Wisconsin, 11x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#8,692
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+11.6%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund's outsized position by total assets

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,307,660,616 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 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 2023

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund lands in the large band (5,914 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund reported net income rose from -$135M in the plan year 2022 filing to $136M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund end-of-year assets rose from $1.2B in the plan year 2022 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 390509570 · Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co. PY 2023 · Profit Sharing

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund · $1.3B · 5,914 · 99th

  • RANK $1.3B
  • RANK 5,914
  • RANK 99th
  • RANK Profit Sharing
  • RANK near H-E-B Partner Stock Plan
  • RANK ind #8692

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 Wisconsin →

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund in the asset neighbourhood

Memorialcare Retirement Plan$1.3BH-E-B Partner Stock Plan$1.3BThe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee FundThe Northwestern Mutual Life…$1.3BNorth Atlantic States Carpenters Annuity PlanNorth Atlantic States Carpen…$1.3BCharter Communications, Inc. Retirement Accumulation PlanCharter Communications, Inc.…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund and nearest nationwide Profit Sharing peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Wisconsin filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.2B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income$136M
Employer EIN390509570
Plan Effective Date1967-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$9.6B 12.691710490574781% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$8B$8.5B$9B$9.5B$10B 202220232024 $8.56B $9.65B ▲ +12.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 27,987 $8.6B
2023 4 29,929 $9.3B
2024 4 30,138 $9.6B

Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Wisconsin

Peer Profit Sharing plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020004000600080001000012000 00.511.5 Total assets ($B) Participants The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.307660616 · Participants: 5914The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee FundAspirus, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.795181764 · Participants: 10161Aspirus, Inc. Retirement PlanElectrical Workers Local Union 159 Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.374446593 · Participants: 1358Electrical Workers Local Union 159 Retirement PlanRetirement Plan for Employees Represented by Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 18, Total assets ($B): 0.334293046 · Participants: 1762Retirement Plan for Employees Represented by Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 18Western Wisconsin Electrical Workers Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.293497704 · Participants: 1217Western Wisconsin Electrical Workers Retirement PlanUnion Individual Account Retirement Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.279901822 · Participants: 3203Union Individual Account Retirement Fund
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 5,914 participants (0.011% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $221,113 per participant (1.6x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $136M.

This plan identity (EIN 390509570, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.2B to $1.4B (+21.5%) while covered participants moved from 5,909 to 5,999 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 5,909 $1.2B Open filing
2023 5,914 $1.3B This page
2024 · index core 5,999 $1.4B Open filing

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

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount

Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is H-E-B Partner Stock Plan in TX ($1.3B); by covered participants it is Plumbers' Retirement Savings Fund, Local 130, U.a. in IL (5,807 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($1.3B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,914 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund assets move in 2023? ▼
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund grew at a solid clip - up 11.6% during 2023, from $1.2B to $1.3B. Reported net income was $136M.
How have Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.7%, from $8.6B to $9.6B.
Where does The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is H-E-B Partner Stock Plan in TX ($1.3B, 96,911 participants).
Which Profit Sharing plans cover a similar participant headcount to The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Plumbers' Retirement Savings Fund, Local 130, U.a. in IL (5,807 participants, $398M in assets).