IA Form 5500 retirement and benefit plan filings

State Form 5500 summary

According to public Form 5500 filings published through the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) via the EFAST2 system, IA has 4,467 loaded benefit plan(s) reported by 1,333 plan sponsor(s), with $238,496,165,156 in total reported end-of-year plan assets across loaded filings. The latest loaded Form 5500 filing year is 2023.

Loaded plans
4,467
Plan sponsors
1,333
Latest filing year
2023

What stands out in IA

  • 4,467 loaded plans hold $238.5B in reported assets across 1,333 sponsors.
  • The largest, Principal Largecap S&P 500 Index Separate Account M, holds 14% of reported IA plan assets.
  • Plans cover 1,563,984 participants — about 350 per plan.
  • 78% of loaded plans report full Schedule H/I financial statements.
  • 20% report Schedule C provider compensation.
Aggregate financials · 2023

Reported financial aggregate

Total reported net assets$235.8BSummed across loaded plans$235,815,623,792
Total reported assets$238.5B$238,496,165,156
Total reported participants1.6M1,563,984
Total reported liabilities$2.6B$2,636,674,343

Reported net position

Reported assets = net assets + liabilities (summed)$238.5B total assets
Net assets$235.8BLiabilities$2.6B
Contributions & income
Employer contributions$2.5B
Participant contributions$2.6B
Total income / additions$38.7B
Expenses & distributions
Benefits paid / distributions$6.8B
Total expenses$7.5B
Net increase / (decrease)$31.2B

Data coverage

Plans with financial statements3,475 / 4,467 (78%)
Plans with provider compensation901 / 4,467 (20%)

Totals sum the latest loaded 2023 public Form 5500 filing per plan for IA plans — one filing per plan, so multiple years are never double-counted. Figures are reported values from loaded Schedule H / I (and Schedule C for provider compensation); fields a plan did not report are treated as missing, not zero. These are not audited or official totals.

Cities by loaded plan count

Computed from loaded plans

IA market comparison

Largest plan share of assets14%Principal Largecap S&P 500 Index Separate Account M
Participants per plan350Average across loaded plans
Plan sponsors1,333
Ranked by reported assets

Largest loaded IA plans

Bars show each plan's reported end-of-year assets relative to the largest.

  1. 1
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  2. 2
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  3. 3
    Transamerica Retirement Solutions Corporation · Cedar Rapids · 2023
  4. 4
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  5. 5
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  6. 6
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  7. 7
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  8. 8
    Principal Financial Group, Inc. · Des Moines · 2023
  9. 9
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  10. 10
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  11. 11
    Iowa Health System · West Des Moines · 2023
  12. 12
    Hy-Vee, Inc. · West Des Moines · 2023
  13. 13
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023
  14. 14
    Rsm Us, Llp · Davenport · 2023
  15. 15
    Principal Life Insurance Company · Des Moines · 2023

What to inspect next

Frequently asked questions

How many Form 5500 benefit plans are loaded for IA?
4,467 plan(s) reported by 1,333 sponsor(s) are loaded for IA.

Related Form 5500 pages