Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Willis Towers Watson US LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$2.8B
Total assets Very large vs avg
10,677
Participants Very large workforce
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$266,071
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees · Sponsored by Willis Towers Watson US LLC · Virginia · Professional & Technical Services

$2.8B in assets, 10,677 participants

Willis Towers Watson US LLC's Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reported $2.8B in total assets and 10,677 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.

  • #20,118 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Coverage in Virginia

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees covers 10,677 participants in Virginia, 14x the typical Virginia plan (state average ~782 per filing). Assets: $2.8B.

#20,118
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
-8.7%
assets change YoY
29×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $265M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees's outsized position by total assets

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$2,840,840,525 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

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees is a mega filing (10,677 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reported net income fell from -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$265M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees end-of-year assets fell from $3.1B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.8B in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reported participants fell from 10,732 in the plan year 2023 filing to 10,677 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 530181291 · Willis Towers Watson US LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees · $2.8B · 10,677 · 99th

  • RANK $2.8B
  • PHOTO 10,677
  • IND 99th
  • EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • 5500 near Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund
  • ASSETS ind #20118

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Virginia →

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees in the asset neighbourhood

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. EmployeesWillis Towers Watson Pension…$2.8BPace Industry Union-Management Pension FundPace Industry Union-Manageme…$2.8BCorning Incorporated Pension PlanCorning Incorporated Pension…$2.8BUniversity of Pennsylvania Health Sysytem Pension PlanUniversity of Pennsylvania H…$2.8BNorthwell Health Pension Plan$2.8B
End-of-year total assets ($B) among Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Virginia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$3.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$2.8B
Net Income-$265M
Employer EIN530181291
Plan Effective Date1936-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Willis Towers Watson US LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Willis Towers Watson US LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$7.3B 9.236180031719446% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6.6B$6.8B$7B$7.2B$7.4B$7.6B 202220232024 $6.72B $7.34B ▲ +9.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 27,366 $6.7B
2023 2 27,538 $7.2B
2024 3 27,187 $7.3B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

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

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees, Total assets ($B): 2.840840525 · Participants: 10677Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. EmployeesNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.781759216 · Participants: 12678Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.481735153 · Participants: 56633Retirement Security PlanSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.902237059 · Participants: 63530Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.398702873 · Participants: 6737Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.332769083 · Participants: 11758Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees reports $2.8B in end-of-year assets across 10,677 participants (0.023% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.011% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $266,071 per participant (1.9x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$265M.

This plan identity (EIN 530181291, plan #004) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $3.1B to $2.8B (-8.7%) while covered participants moved from 10,742 to 10,677 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,742 $3.1B Open filing
2023 10,732 $3.1B Open filing
2024 · index core 10,677 $2.8B This page

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

Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund in TN ($2.8B); by covered participants it is Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund in NY (10,704 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($2.8B here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (10,677 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 Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees assets move in 2024? ▼
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees pulled back noticeably - down 8.7% during 2024, from $3.1B to $2.8B. Reported net income was -$265M.
How have Willis Towers Watson US LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Willis Towers Watson US LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 9.2%, from $6.7B to $7.3B.
Where does Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees 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 Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund in TN ($2.8B, 3,134 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Willis Towers Watson Pension Plan for U.S. Employees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Legacy Plan of the National Retirement Fund in NY (10,704 participants, $1.9B in assets).

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 530181291.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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