Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

General American Investors Company, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$28M
Total assets Below avg plan size
13
Participants Small participant base
78th
Percentile by assets National rank
$2.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · Sponsored by General American Investors Company, Inc. · New York · Finance & Insurance

$28M in assets, 13 participants

General American Investors Company, Inc.'s General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported $28M in total assets and 13 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 78th 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.

  • #5,918 in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)

Where General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan sits by assets

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $28M for 13 participants (~$2.2M/participant), up 12.7% in 2023.

#5,918
in Finance & Insurance (8,869 peers)
+12.7%
assets growth YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$28,075,571 Top 22% higher than 78% 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

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan is a small filing (13 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $3M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $25M in the plan year 2022 filing to $28M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 135098450 · General American Investors Company, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan · $28M · 13 · 78th

  • ASSETS $28M
  • PCT 13
  • EIN 78th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Uno-Ven Retirement Plan
  • IND ind #5918

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 New York →

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$25M
Net Assets (End of Year)$28M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN135098450
Plan Effective Date1956-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (General American Investors Company, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All General American Investors Company, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$52M 5.848244492432811% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$45M$50M$55M$60M 202220232024 $48.8M $51.6M ▲ +5.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 26 $49M
2023 2 26 $59M
2024 2 26 $52M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

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

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.028075571 · Participants: 13General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Uno-Ven Retirement Plan in TX ($28M); by covered participants it is Weinstein Appraisal Group, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in PA (13 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (13 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 General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 12.7% during 2023, from $25M to $28M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have General American Investors Company, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), General American Investors Company, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 5.8%, from $49M to $52M.
Where does General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan ranks in the 78th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Uno-Ven Retirement Plan in TX ($28M, 43 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to General American Investors Company, Inc. Employees' Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Weinstein Appraisal Group, Inc. Cash Balance Plan in PA (13 participants, $4M in assets).

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 135098450.

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.