Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Zurich American Insurance Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1.3B
Total assets Very large vs avg
5,426
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$237,284
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan · Sponsored by Zurich American Insurance Company · Illinois · Finance & Insurance

$1.3B in assets, 5,426 participants

Zurich American Insurance Company's Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 5,426 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.

  • #8,351 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)

Coverage in Illinois

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan covers 5,426 participants in Illinois, 7.0x the typical Illinois plan (state average ~779 per filing). Assets: $1.3B.

#8,351
in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
+0.1%
assets growth YoY
13×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $68M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan's outsized position by total assets

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$1,287,502,447 Top 1% higher than 99% of 123,620 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 2024

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan lands in the large band (5,426 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reported net income fell from -$22M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$68M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reported participants fell from 5,913 in the plan year 2023 filing to 5,426 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $1.3B in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 364233459 · Zurich American Insurance Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan · $1.3B · 5,426 · 99th

  • PCT $1.3B
  • EIN 5,426
  • RANK 99th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • IND near Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan
  • EOY ind #8351

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 Illinois →

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account PlanZurich American Insurance Co…$1.3BRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension PlanRocky Mountain Ufcw Unions a…$1.3BUmass Memorial Health Care Pension PlanUmass Memorial Health Care P…$1.3BEighth District Electrical Pension FundEighth District Electrical P…$1.3BColgate-Palmolive Company Employees' Retirement Income PlanColgate-Palmolive Company Em…$1.3B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Illinois filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.2B
Net Income-$68M
Employer EIN364233459
Plan Effective Date1950-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Zurich American Insurance Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Zurich American Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$5.0B 16.374901896813356% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$4B$4.5B$5B$5.5B 202220232024 $4.27B $4.97B ▲ +16.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,149 $4.3B
2023 2 15,265 $4.7B
2024 2 14,727 $5.0B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Illinois

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

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 01000020000300004000050000 -200204060 Total assets ($B) Participants Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.287502447 · Participants: 5426Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account PlanCentral States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 48.22071058 · Participants: 36799Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension PlanState Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States Employees, Total assets ($B): 37.736369487 · Participants: 41619State Farm Insurance Companies Retirement Plan for United States EmployeesGE Healthcare Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.74052931 · Participants: 5554GE Healthcare Pension PlanAbbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.591907247 · Participants: 17875Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement PlanUnited Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.17675965 · Participants: 20984United Food & Commercial Workers Intl Union - Industry Pension Fund
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Illinois, assets vs. participants

Scale composition for Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan reports $1.3B in end-of-year assets across 5,426 participants (0.010% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.006% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $237,284 per participant (1.7x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$68M.

This plan identity (EIN 364233459, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $1.4B to $1.3B (-6.5%) while covered participants moved from 6,468 to 5,426 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 6,468 $1.4B Open filing
2023 5,913 $1.3B Open filing
2024 · index core 5,426 $1.3B This page

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Illinois, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan in CO ($1.3B); by covered participants it is 32bj School Workers Pension Fund in NY (5,425 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (5,426 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan assets move in 2024?
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan held essentially flat - up 0.1% during 2024, from $1.3B to $1.3B. Reported net income was -$68M.
How have Zurich American Insurance Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Zurich American Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 16.4%, from $4.3B to $5.0B.
Where does Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Rocky Mountain Ufcw Unions and Employers Retail and Meat Pension Plan in CO ($1.3B, 38,340 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Zurich American Insurance Company Retirement Account Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is 32bj School Workers Pension Fund in NY (5,425 participants, $625M in assets).