Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Continental Casualty Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$849M
Total assets
400
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$2.1M
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Cna Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Continental Casualty Company · Illinois · Management of Enterprises

$849M in assets, 400 participants

Continental Casualty Company's Cna Retirement Plan reported $849M in total assets and 400 participants in its 2024 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.

  • 98th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

Where Cna Retirement Plan sits by assets

Cna Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $849M for 400 participants (~$2.1M/participant), down 55.0% in 2024.

$849M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
400
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$2.1M
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $1.0B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cna Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$51M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1.0B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cna Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.9B in the plan year 2023 filing to $849M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cna Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 457 in the plan year 2023 filing to 400 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Cna Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution

By assets, Cna Retirement Plan outranks 98% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 8.5x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.9B
Net Assets (End of Year)$849M
Net Income-$1.0B
Employer EIN362114545
Plan Effective Date1967-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Continental Casualty Company)

$3B$3.5B$4B$4.5B 202220232024 $3.97B $3.35B ▼ -15.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Continental Casualty Company plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,174 $4.0B
2023 2 5,725 $4.2B
2024 2 5,784 $3.4B

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Cna Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Cna Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000001000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Cna Retirement PlanCentral States, Sout…State Farm Insurance…GE Healthcare Pensio…Abbott Laboratories …Exelon Corporation R…
Cna Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Cna Retirement Plan assets move in 2024?
Cna Retirement Plan contracted severely - down 55.0% during 2024, from $1.9B to $849M. Reported net income was -$1.0B.
How have Continental Casualty Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Continental Casualty Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 15.5%, from $4.0B to $3.4B.
Where does Cna Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Cna Retirement Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 116,472 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cna Retirement Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Abc-Nabet Retirement Trust Fund in NY ($847M, 163 participants).

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 362114545.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.