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
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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

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

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.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

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

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$143M
Net Assets (End of Year)$144M
Net Income$736K
Employer EIN440308260
Plan Effective Date1951-10-04
Filing StatusFILING 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
$230M$240M$250M$260M$270M 202220232024 $242M $264M ▲ +9.2%
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.

Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.144192 · Participants: 161Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension PlanBoilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 7.488413536 · Participants: 28958Boilermaker-Blacksmith National Pension TrustAmeren Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.799287759 · Participants: 9760Ameren Retirement PlanCo-Op Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.509086755 · Participants: 15151Co-Op Retirement PlanCarpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. Louis, Total assets ($B): 3.412879552 · Participants: 11832Carpenters Pension Trust Fund of St. LouisEmerson Electric Company Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.286323754 · Participants: 2467Emerson Electric Company Retirement Plan
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants

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).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (161 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 Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan assets move in 2024?
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan held essentially flat - up 0.5% during 2024, from $143M to $144M. Reported net income was $736K.
How have Kansas City Life Insurance Company plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Kansas City Life Insurance Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 9.2%, from $242M to $264M.
Where does Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan ranks in the 93rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Company Retirement Income Plan in NY ($144M, 727 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Kansas City Life Insurance Company Cash Balance Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Texas Gas Retirement Plan in KY (161 participants, $87M in assets).