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CNA RETIREMENT PLAN

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANYEIN 36-2114545Plan #001PY 2015
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333 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, 31ST FLOOR - CHICAGO, IL 60604312-822-5000LinkedIn1-10 employeesinsurance
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1 filing
#005Retirement-$1.71B assets
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Wind-down / frozen

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(312) 822-5000
Plan administrator signer
ADRIENNE VOLTATTORNI
Signed 09/15/2016
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$2157.4M
+3.1% from 2016
Total participants
24,465
+25.1% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
-1.16%
-9.70 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

See 35 peers
Peer group
Industry55 - Management of Companies and Enterprises
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants1,000-4,999
Cohort35 peers
Snapshot2015
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $627
Employer contribution / active EE
$0
median $7,855
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
median $14,096,330
Admin fee / account holder
$0
median $66,276
Annual return
-1.16%
median -1.55%
Overall peer rank
56th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$848.88M
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$148K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
5,374
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$125.00M
Not enough data
1 years with contributions on file
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$193K
Not enough data
1 years with per-participant contribution data
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+7.12%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 10 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
NEUBERGER BERMAN1+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 13-2938677
Investment Management
$1,563,786
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT1+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 13-3860154
Investment Management
$1,075,075
HEWITT ASSOCIATES LLC1+ years
Service code 13 · EIN 36-2235791
Contract Administrator
$956,741
WACHOVIA1+ years
Service code 13 · EIN 22-2613068
Contract Administrator
$504,068
HUBER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT1+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 20-8441410
Investment Management
$293,608
LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, LP1+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 87-0753486
Investment Management
$231,234
TOWERS WATSON AND CO1+ years
Service code 11 · EIN 27-0676603
Actuarial
$108,363
HARRIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT1+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 36-3673844
Investment Management
$50,000
SEYFARTH SHAW1+ years
Service code 29 · EIN 36-2152202
Legal
$32,111
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA1+ years
Service code 25 · EIN 13-4994650
Directed Trustee
$31,467

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

JULIE DURKIN

TOWERS WATSON DELAWARE INC.
Enrollment #1404097
191 NORTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 2100
CHICAGO, IL 60606
(312) 525-2500
Signed 2016-09-12

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1C1I3F3H
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).
  • 1C
    Cash balance or similar plan
    A cash balance formula in a defined benefit plan that expresses the accrued benefit in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a hypothetical account balance or single sum amount (includes personal account plan pension equity plan life cycle plan and cash account plan).
  • 1I
    Frozen plan
    As of the last day of the plan year the plan provides that no participant will get any new benefit accrual whether because of service or compensation.
  • 3F
    Leased employees
    Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • InformationalHigh retiree %

    Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

  • InformationalWind-down / frozen

    Plan appears closed to new enrollment or frozen - balance-holders far exceed active participants, or the plan reports active distributions with no inflows. Exclude from peer benchmarks.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$12.2M
$8208 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$3M25.9%
  • Contract admin$1M12.0%
  • Other / not subdivided$8M62.1%
% of EOY assets
0.564%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
2 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Auditor EIN
133891517
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified