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Pbgc issues first installment of 2016 pension insurance data book. The pbgc has published pension insurance data books and tables annually since 1996 to present detailed statistics on pbgc program operations and benefit. Pbgc annual report pbgc statistics on defined benefit plans, including multiemployer plans. Sep 20, 2019 private pension plan bulletin abstract of form 5500 annual reports dol statistics on plans, participants, assets, income and expenses based on form 5500 filings. Pbgc has published the pension insurance data book annually since 1996 to present detailed statistics on pbgc program operations and benefit protection. An overview of the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc. The data book also contains a feature article examining standard terminations, the most common procedure used to end pbgcinsured singleemployer defined benefit plans. The pbgc data tables generally provide researchers, journalists and others interested in the federal pension insurance program easily accessible, detailed statistics for. The 2007 annual report and the pbgcs pension insurance data book 2006 2006 data book are available on the pbgcs website, at. The pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc has released the pension insurance data book, 2009, offering information on statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector.
The tables include statistics on the people and pensions that pbgc protects, including how many americans are in. Congressional budget office based on pension benefit guaranty corporation, pension insurance data book 2004. Pbgc releases first installment of 2015 data book on march, 2017, the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc released the first installment of the 2015 data book. Pbgc singleemployer program pension benefit guaranty corporation single employer program.
The pension insurance data book 2000 tracks the experience of the pbgcs two insurance programs and the defined benefit pension plans they protect. Pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc home facebook. Partnership for public service named pbgc the 4th best small federal agency to work for up one spot from last year. This edition of the pension insurance data book contains two short.
Pbgc released the pension insurance data book 2007, which contains statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector. The pension insurance data book 2004 was developed by the corporate policy and research department under project manager william james and produced by the communications and public affairs department, pension benefit guaranty corporation. Theres good news and bad news, says the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc. Pbgc has published the pension insurance data book since 1996 to present detailed statistics for the. Congress nevertheless allowed for the possibility that, in certain industries, the fact that particular employers go out of business or cease operations in a specific geographic region might not result in permanent damage to the pension plans contribution base. The vast majority 84% of retirees who receive benefits from the pbgcs pension insurance program are paid the full benefit amount they earned under their retirement plan. The american academy of actuaries is a 19,000member professional association whose mission is to serve the public and the u. Share of participants in pbgcinsured pension plans working in a job covered by their plan percentage of total participants source. Congressional budget office based on pension benefit guaranty corporation,pension insurance data book 2004 spring 2005, pp. Find out about retirement trends in pbgcs data tables. General statistics, surveys, and reports on retirement policy. Pbgc issues updated pension insurance data books and tables. Cch pension 090310 pbgc releases 2009 data book with focus on growing multiemployer liability. Pbgcs net financial position, 1980 to 2004 billions of dollars source.
Pension insurance data book 2008 pension rights center. The pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc should strengthen its commitment to encourage plan sponsors to continue to. Most pbgc retirees get full earned benefit, study shows. Pbgc issues first installment of 2016 pension insurance. Semiannual report to congress pension benefit guaranty. Pension benefit guaranty corporation organizations data. Private pension plan bulletin abstract of form 5500 annual reports dol statistics on plans, participants, assets, income and expenses based on form 5500 filings.
Pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc january 17 at 11. The first is a brief description about recent trends in defined benefit pension plans and includes most of the graphs that were presented under the heading pbgc data and trends in previous editions of the pension insurance data book. Pension benefit guaranty corporation, the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc, a u. Jul 30, 2015 pension benefit guaranty corporation, 2012 pension insurance data tables, table s39. Pension insurance data book 1998 by pension benefit. Most pbgc retirees get full earned benefit, study shows 12. The singleemployer section gives all data and statics on singleemployer programs. The new edition of the data book also reports that about 14 percent of the singleemployer defined benefit plans insured by pbgc were hardfrozen at the end of the 2005 plan year. This edition of the pension insurance data book contains one short article that describes the characteristics of pbgcinsured plans that completed a standard termination during fiscal year 2007. A nonprofit corporation that functions under the jurisdiction of the department of labor and that guarantees the payment of certain pension benefits. The pension insurance data book 2005 was developed by the corporate policy and research department under project manager william james and produced by the communications and public affairs department, pension benefit guaranty corporation. For the first time, the data book 1998 includes data on the pbgc multiemployer pension insurance program as well as updates of the singleemployer data presented previously.
Sep 14, 2019 singleemployer plans trusteed by the pbgc metadata updated. Pbgc issues updated pension insurance data books and. The tables now contain information from 2014, 2015 and 2016. Both the current and prior years collection of data tables are available on the pbgcs website at. Find statistics for pbgcs singleemployer and multiemployer programs and for the private defined benefit pension system, including statebystate information. Pbgc releases 2009 data book with focus on growing. Pbgc has published the pension insurance data book annually since 1996 to present detailed statistics on pbgc operations and benefit protection. Aug 23, 2010 according to the pbgcs pension insurance data book 2009, the number of insolvent plans receiving financial assistance on a yearbyyear basis has grown steadily, from the first plan receiving. The tables include statistics on the people and pensions that pbgc protects, including how many. The pbgc administers separate insurance programs to protect participants in singleemployer and multiemployer plans.
Pension insurance data pension benefit guaranty corporation. The economic effects of the pension benefit guaranty corporation. Both the current and prior years collection of data tables are available on. In this article, well show you what the pbgc can tell you. Pension insurance data tables find out about retirement trends in pbgc s data tables. In its latest projections report, the pbgc says that the deficit its singleemployer program has registered likely will end in the near future.
December 31, 2008 the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc has released the pension insurance data book 2007, which offers information on statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector. The pension benefit guaranty corporation insures and guarantees private sector workers pensions. This award recognizes pbgcs top 5 ranking and the work of the agencys commitment and talented staff. Pension benefit guaranty corporation, 2012 pension insurance data tables, table s39.
Beginning with the 2015 data tables, pbgc is releasing the data in groups, as they become available. Report on internal controls related to the audit of the pension benefit guaranty corporations fiscal year 2016 and 2015 financial statements. Pbgc pension insurance data books and fy 2018 annual. An analysis of benefits received by participants in selected pbgc trusteed plans, published in pbgc s pension insurance. Dec 31, 2008 december 31, 2008 the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc has released the pension insurance data book 2007, which offers information on statistical trends related to defined benefit retirement plans in the private sector. Washington the pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc today announced its first approved facilitated merger under the multiemployer pension reform act of 2014 mpra. Nov 21, 2019 pension benefit guaranty corporation pbgc.
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