PBGC-Insured Plans (1980-2002)
Single-Employer Program

• The total number of single-employer plans insured by PBGC has declined substantially in the past seventeen years.

• In 2002, PBGC insured about 30,600 single-employer defined benefit plans, down from an all-time high of 112,000 plans in 1985.

• This decline primarily reflects a large number of terminations among small plans.

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