Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Woodmen of the World Insurance Society Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$772M
Total assets
279
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$2.8M
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife · Sponsored by Woodmen of the World Insurance Society · Nebraska · Finance & Insurance

Woodmen of the World Insurance Society's Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife reported $772M in total assets and 279 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

What the 2023 filing shows

Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife holds $772M for 279 participants - about $2.8M per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 7.5% over the 2023 plan year.

$772M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
279
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$2.8M
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Finance & Insurance

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife

Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Woodmen of the World Insurance Society, headquartered in Nebraska. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $772M in total end-of-year assets and covers 279 participants across the Finance & Insurance industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 470339250, and the plan has been effective since 1961-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $719M at the beginning of 2023 to $772M at year-end - up 7.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $772M, with reported net income of $54M 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 Woodmen of the World Insurance Society has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $830M to $988M, a gain of 19.0%, while reported participants moved from 1,580 to 1,712 (+8.4%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $988M; the softest was 2022 at $830M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $830M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,580 participants; 2023 - $911M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,604 participants; 2024 - $988M in assets across 2 plans covering 1,712 participants.

By assets, Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 7.7x 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 Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife 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)$719M
Total Assets (End of Year)$772M
Net Assets (End of Year)$772M
Net Income$54M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN470339250
Plan Effective Date1961-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Woodmen of the World Insurance Society)

$800M$850M$900M$950M$1,000M$1,050M 202220232024 $830M $988M ▲ +19.0%
Total plan assets by year, all Woodmen of the World Insurance Society 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,580 $830M
2023 2 1,604 $911M
2024 2 1,712 $988M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife holds $772M in total assets with 279 participants. It is sponsored by Woodmen of the World Insurance Society.
What type of plan is Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife?
Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1961-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 470339250.
Who sponsors the Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife?
Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife is sponsored by Woodmen of the World Insurance Society, located in Nebraska. The sponsor's EIN is 470339250 and the plan operates in the Finance & Insurance industry.
How did Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife perform in 2023?
Retirement Plan for Employees and Representatives of Woodmenlife grew at a solid clip - up 7.5% during 2023, moving from $719M to $772M in total assets. Net income was $54M.

What this filing means

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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 470339250.

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.