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West Virginia
  • PBGC protects the defined benefit pensions of more than 184,000 workers and retirees living in the state.
  • There are 149 PBGC-insured defined benefit plans sponsored by state-based businesses.
  • PBGC has taken responsibility for 53 failed plans of state-based businesses.
  • In 2006, PBGC paid about $110.8 million in retirement benefits to more than 12,200 retirees and beneficiaries living in the state.