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CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANYEIN 36-2114545Plan #001PY 2017
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151 N FRANKLIN ST, 18 TH FLOOR - CHICAGO, IL 60606312-822-5000LinkedIn1-10 employeesinsurance
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1 filing
#005Retirement-$2.00B assets
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Low returnsWind-down / frozen

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(312) 822-5000
Plan administrator signer
VICTORIA GIURATO
Signed 02/19/2020
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$2159.2M
+3.1% from 2016
Total participants
18,965
+25.1% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
10.61%
-9.70 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

See 33 peers
Peer group
Industry55 - Management of Companies and Enterprises
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants250-999
Cohort33 peers
Snapshot2017
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $0
Employer contribution / active EE
$0
median $11,358
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
median $170,924
Admin fee / account holder
$0
median $1,335
Annual return
10.61%
median 12.94%
Overall peer rank
13th 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 BERMAN3+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 13-2938677
Investment Management
$1,374,481
PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT3+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 13-3860154
Investment Management
$966,835
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC1 year
Service code 13 · EIN 82-1061233
Contract Administrator
$786,881
WACHOVIA3+ years
Service code 13 · EIN 22-2613068
Contract Administrator
$341,306
HUBER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT3+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 20-8441410
Investment Management
$302,688
LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, LP3+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 87-0753486
Investment Management
$243,869
TOWERS WATSON AND CO3+ years
Service code 11 · EIN 27-0676603
Actuarial
$133,363
HARRIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT3+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 36-3673844
Investment Management
$50,000
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, NA3+ years
Service code 25 · EIN 13-4994650
Directed Trustee
$42,962
SEYFARTH SHAW3+ years
Service code 29 · EIN 36-2152202
Legal
$28,075

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

JULIE M DURKIN

TOWERS WATSON DELAWARE INC.
Enrollment #1704097
233 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE
SUITE 1800
CHICAGO, IL 60606
(312) 525-2500
Signed 2018-08-14

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

3 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

    Annual investment return is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  • 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
$15.2M
$16952 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$3M19.5%
  • Contract admin$1M7.4%
  • Other / not subdivided$11M73.1%
% of EOY assets
0.703%
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