401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

National Life Group 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$298M
Total assets
1,219
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$244,124
Avg per participant

Sponsored by National Life Insurance Company · Vermont · Finance & Insurance

What the 2023 filing shows

National Life Group 401(k) Plan holds $298M for 1,219 participants - about $244,124 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 14.5% over the 2023 plan year.

$298M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
1,219
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$244,124
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About National Life Group 401(k) Plan

National Life Group 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) retirement plan sponsored by National Life Insurance Company, headquartered in Vermont. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $298M in total end-of-year assets and covers 1,219 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 030144090, and the plan has been effective since 1979-09-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $260M at the beginning of 2023 to $298M at year-end - up 14.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $298M, with reported net income of $38M 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 National Life Insurance Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $330M to $401M, a gain of 21.6%, while reported participants moved from 1,858 to 2,088 (+12.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $401M; the softest was 2022 at $330M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $330M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,858 participants; 2023 - $359M in assets across 3 plans covering 1,936 participants; 2024 - $401M in assets across 2 plans covering 2,088 participants.

By assets, National Life Group 401(k) Plan outranks 96% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 3.0x 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 National Life Group 401(k) Plan 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)$260M
Total Assets (End of Year)$298M
Net Assets (End of Year)$298M
Net Income$38M
Plan Type401(k)
Employer EIN030144090
Plan Effective Date1979-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (National Life Insurance Company)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 1,858 $330M
2023 3 1,936 $359M
2024 2 2,088 $401M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the National Life Group 401(k) Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, National Life Group 401(k) Plan holds $298M in total assets with 1,219 participants. It is sponsored by National Life Insurance Company.
What type of plan is National Life Group 401(k) Plan?
National Life Group 401(k) Plan is a 401(k) plan. It has been effective since 1979-09-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 030144090.
Who sponsors the National Life Group 401(k) Plan?
National Life Group 401(k) Plan is sponsored by National Life Insurance Company, located in Vermont. The sponsor's EIN is 030144090 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did National Life Group 401(k) Plan perform in 2023?
National Life Group 401(k) Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.5% during 2023, moving from $260M to $298M in total assets. Net income was $38M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on National Life Group 401(k) Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, National Life Group 401(k) Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar 401(k) plans in Vermont. Compare plans
  • National Life Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 21.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans
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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 030144090.

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 2026-05-15.