Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Sentry Insurance Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $1.4B
- Total assets
- 1,203
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $1.2M
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Sentry Employee Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Sentry Insurance Company · Wisconsin · Finance & Insurance
$1.4B in assets, 1,203 participants
Sentry Insurance Company's Sentry Employee Retirement Plan reported $1.4B in total assets and 1,203 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.
- 99th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #8,364 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
Coverage in Wisconsin
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan covers 1,203 participants in Wisconsin, 2.1x the typical Wisconsin plan (state average ~563 per filing). Assets: $1.4B.
- $1.4B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,203
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $1.2M
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $32M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Where Sentry Employee Retirement Plan sits by total assets
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$1,402,994,655 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Sentry Employee Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $86M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$32M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sentry Employee Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,260 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,203 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Sentry Employee Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.4B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.4B in the plan year 2024 filing.
Participants vs Wisconsin filers
In Wisconsin, the average filing covers about 563 participants across 2,940 plans. Sentry Employee Retirement Plan reports 1,203 participants - 2.1x that state average ($1.4B EOY assets).
Wisconsin filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.4B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $1.4B |
| Net Income | -$32M |
| Employer EIN | 390333950 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1929-01-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Sentry Insurance Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 5,527 | $3.0B |
| 2023 | 2 | 5,603 | $3.2B |
| 2024 | 2 | 5,768 | $3.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Sentry Employee Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity $3.5B · 10,236
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan $3.3B · 8,254
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan $2.1B · 7,653
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan $1.9B · 1,414
- North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund $1.8B · 5,105
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Sentry Employee Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Thomson Reuters Group Pension Plan (MN) $1.4B · 1,648
- Pension Plan B for Employees of Consumers Energy Company (MI) $1.4B · 309
- Central Laborers' Pension Fund (IL) $1.4B · 5,059
- William Beaumont Hospital Employees' Retirement Plan (MI) $1.4B · 7,153
Frequently Asked Questions
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Sentry Employee Retirement Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Sentry Employee Retirement Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
- Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin. Compare plans
- Sentry Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 12.5% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Finance & Insurance plans