Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

New York Life Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$3.2B
Total assets
11,867
Participants
100th
Percentile by assets
$269,878
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Nylic Retirement Plan · Sponsored by New York Life Insurance Company · New York · Finance & Insurance

$3.2B in assets, 11,867 participants

New York Life Insurance Company's Nylic Retirement Plan reported $3.2B in total assets and 11,867 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.

  • 100th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #8,786 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Coverage in New York

Nylic Retirement Plan covers 11,867 participants in New York, 15x the typical New York plan (state average ~798 per filing). Assets: $3.2B.

$3.2B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
11,867
covered participants
100th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$269,878
avg assets per participant

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nylic Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$643M in the plan year 2022 filing to $103M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nylic Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 12,315 in the plan year 2022 filing to 11,867 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nylic Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $3.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $3.2B in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State

Participants vs New York filers

In New York, the average filing covers about 798 participants across 9,061 plans. Nylic Retirement Plan reports 11,867 participants - 15x that state average ($3.2B EOY assets).

New York filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$3.2B
Net Income$103M
Employer EIN135582869
Plan Effective Date1982-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (New York Life Insurance Company)

$6B$8B$10B$12B$14B 202220232024 $8.12B $13.3B ▲ +63.2%
Total plan assets by year, all New York Life Insurance Company plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 36,622 $8.1B
2023 4 44,938 $12.9B
2024 4 45,855 $13.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

Nylic Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Nylic Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050000100000150000 051015202530 Total assets ($B) Participants Nylic Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension…Consolidated Edison …1199seiu Health Care…Pfizer Consolidated …Pepsico Employees Re…
Nylic Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Nylic Retirement Plan

Nylic Retirement Plan reports $3.2B in end-of-year assets across 11,867 participants (0.026% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.013% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $269,878 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $103M.

This plan identity (EIN 135582869, plan #005) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.1B to $3.1B (+1.4%) while covered participants moved from 12,315 to 12,292 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 12,315 $3.1B Open filing
2023 11,867 $3.2B This page
2024 · index core 12,292 $3.1B Open filing

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

Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Nylic Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Nylic Retirement Plan assets move in 2023?
Nylic Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 3.3% during 2023, from $3.1B to $3.2B. Reported net income was $103M.
How have New York Life Insurance Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), New York Life Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 63.2%, from $8.1B to $13.3B.
Where does Nylic Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Nylic Retirement Plan ranks in the 100th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Nylic Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Intermountain Healthcare Pension Plan in UT ($3.2B, 28,140 participants).

Filing takeaways

Ways to act on Nylic Retirement Plan's numbers.