Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $144M
- Total assets Near avg plan size
- 161
- Participants Small participant base
- 93rd
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $895,602
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Kansas City Life Insurance Company · Missouri · Finance & Insurance
$144M in assets, 161 participants
Kansas City Life Insurance Company's Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan reported $144M in total assets and 161 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.
- #7,567 in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
Coverage in Missouri
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan covers 161 participants in Missouri, about 22% of the average Missouri filer (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $144M.
- #7,567
- in Finance & Insurance (8,549 peers)
- +0.5%
- assets growth YoY
- 1.4×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$144,192,000 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (161 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan reported net income fell from $8M in the plan year 2023 filing to $736K in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan reported participants fell from 176 in the plan year 2023 filing to 161 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $143M in the plan year 2023 filing to $144M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 440308260 · Kansas City Life Insurance Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan · $144M · 161 · 93rd
- 5500 $144M
- 5500 161
- 5500 93rd
- 5500 Defined Benefit (Pension)
- 5500 near New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company Retirement Income Plan
- 5500 ind #7567
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 Missouri →
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Missouri filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $143M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $144M |
| Net Income | $736K |
| Employer EIN | 440308260 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1951-10-04 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Kansas City Life Insurance Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Kansas City Life Insurance Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $264M 9.188332594454474% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 649 | $242M |
| 2023 | 2 | 618 | $256M |
| 2024 | 2 | 600 | $264M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Missouri
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust $7.5B · 28,958
- Ameren Retirement Plan $4.8B · 9,760
- Co-Op Retirement Plan $3.5B · 15,151
- Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis $3.4B · 11,832
- Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan $3.3B · 2,467
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Missouri, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company Retirement Income Plan in NY ($144M); by covered participants it is Texas Gas Retirement Plan in KY (161 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($144M here).
- New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company Retirement Income Plan (NY) $144M · 727
- Acushnet Company Pension Plan (MA) $144M · 1,307
- Cmg Hourly Pension Plan (AL) $144M · 1,136
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Blessing Hospital (IL) $144M · 537
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (161 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Texas Gas Retirement Plan (KY) 161 · 0 off
- Local 840 I. B. of T. Pension Fund (NY) 161 · 0 off
- Snf Holding Company Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (GA) 161 · 0 off
- Space Age Fuel, Inc. Cash Balance Plan (OR) 161 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.