Welcome to PBGC! We protect the retirement security of nearly 37 million Americans in single employer and multiemployer pension plans. Our goal is to provide the highest-level of customer support, and to work to protect workers’ and retirees’ hard-earned pension benefits.
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January 2019 payments made electronically will be deposited on Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Benefits payments made by check will be mailed on Thursday, December 27, 2018.
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Read more about PBGC’s annual operations and current financial conditions.
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The strategic plan outlines the actions PBGC will take to realize its goals, the approach for addressing challenges and risks, and end-results that PBGC will strive to accomplish by FY 2022.
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Across the country, there are more than 38,000 people who haven't claimed pension benefits they are owed. Those unclaimed pensions equal a total of over $300 million dollars, with individual benefits ranging from twelve cents to almost a million dollars
New to PBGC
If you recently received a letter telling you that PBGC is now responsible for paying your pension benefit, this page is your gateway to PBGC.
Workers & Retirees
Since 1974, we’ve made a commitment to protect the pension benefits of the 37 million workers and retirees, and their families, we serve.
Employers & Practitioners
Are you an employer or practitioner responsible for the administration of a pension plan? If so, this is your portal to working with PBGC.
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Are you or a family member looking for a missing pension benefit, checking to see if your employer’s pension plan is insured by PBGC or has been trusteed by PBGC? Are you looking for other information from PBGC? Enter your search query below to search content on PBGC.gov.
Press release
November 27, 2018
WASHINGTON - The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced four key appointments to its leadership team:
Press release
November 20, 2018
WASHINGTON – The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced that it has approved a partition application and will provide early financial assistance to the Teamsters Local 805 Pension and Retirement Plan (Local 805 Plan), a trucking industry multiemployer pension plan b
Press release
November 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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