Additional contact information for Employers and Practitioners questions, including email, mail and courier service addresses, FOIA contacts, and problem resolutions.
Please read our privacy policy before sending an email to PBGC.
- Premium Questions - premiums@pbgc.gov
- Coverage Questions - coverage@pbgc.gov
- Standard Terminations Questions - standard@pbgc.gov
- Premium Compliance Evaluation Program - pce@pbgc.gov
- Distress Terminations Questions - distress@pbgc.gov
- Early Warning Program Questions - advancereport@pbgc.gov
- e-Filing Portal - efiling.portal@pbgc.gov
- Reporting Under ERISA Sec. 4010 Questions - ERISA.4010@pbgc.gov
- Reportable Events: advance questions - advancereport@pbgc.gov
- Reportable Events: post-event questions - post-event.report@pbgc.gov
- Large Unpaid Contributions (Form 200) - form200@pbgc.gov
- ERISA Section 4062(e) Questions - 4062e@pbgc.gov
- Reporting a Service Problem - practitioner.pro@pbgc.gov
- Multiemployer Program Questions - multiemployerprogram@pbgc.gov
- Missing Participants Program -
- PBGC-Insured Single-Employer Plans - standard@pbgc.gov
- Defined Contribution Plans - MissingParticipants@pbgc.gov
- Small Professional Service DB Plans - MissingParticipants@pbgc.gov
- PBGC-Insured Multiemployer Plans - multiemployerprogram@pbgc.gov
- General Questions (that do not meet the categories above) - askpbgc@pbgc.gov
PBGC Mailing/Delivery Addresses
| Topic | Mailing/Delivery Address for Correspondence Only |
|---|---|
| Premiums |
My PAA Practitioners: Non-My PAA Practitioners: Premium Questions - premiums@pbgc.gov |
| Bankruptcy Reporting | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Office of the Chief Counsel 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20024-2101ask. |
| Coverage Requests and Standard Terminations |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Coverage Questions - coverage@pbgc.gov |
| Distress Terminations |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Distress Terminations Questions - distress@pbgc.gov |
| Reportable Events |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Reportable Events: advance questions - advancereport@pbgc.gov |
| Early Warning Program |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Early Warning Program Questions - advancereport@pbgc.gov |
| Reporting Under ERISA Sec. 4010 (Controlled groups with $50 million underfunding) |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Reporting Under ERISA Sec. 4010 Questions - ERISA.4010@pbgc.gov |
| Missing Participants Program |
Different mailing/delivery addresses apply depending on the type of plan and the purpose of the correspondence (e.g., responding an inquiry, submitting forms, submitting a check). See Missing Participants Program for details. PBGC-Insured Single-Employer Plans - standard@pbgc.gov |
| Participant Notice Voluntary Correction Program | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Participant Notice VCP Contracts & Controls Review Dept. 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20024-2101 |
| Multiemployer Statutory and Regulatory Requests or Filings (other than premiums) |
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Multiemployer Program Questions - multiemployerprogram@pbgc.gov |
Freedom of Information Act & Privacy Act Requests
| Topic | Mailing/Delivery Address |
|---|---|
| FOIA requests | Disclosure Division Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20024-2101 |
| Requests For Determining Existence of and Access to Records Under Part 4902 and Requests for Amendment of a Record Under Part 4902 |
Disclosure Division Fax: 202-229-4042, Attn: Disclosure Division |
| Appeals Under Part 4902 (If the record subject to the request is not maintained by the Office of the General Counsel) | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation General Counsel 445 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20024-2101 |
| Appeals Under Part 4902 (If the record subject to the request is maintained by the Office of the General Counsel) | Fax: 202-229-4112 |
Commercial Delivery Services
You may use any commercial delivery service to send your submission to us. However, one requirement for your filing to be considered filed when sent is that you must use a commercial delivery service that is a "designated private delivery service" under Internal Revenue Code § 7502(f). Starting in 2009, the list of designated delivery services for purposes of § 4000.26(b)(2) of PBGC's regulation on Filing, Issuance, Computation of Time, and Record Retention (29 CFR Part 4000) is as follows:
DHL Express (DHL): DHL Same Day Service.
Federal Express (FedEx): FedEx Priority Overnight, FedEx Standard Overnight, FedEx 2Day, FedEx International Priority, and FedEx International First.
United Parcel Service (UPS): UPS Next Day Air, UPS Next Day Air Saver, UPS 2nd Day Air, UPS 2nd Day Air A.M., UPS Worldwide Express Plus, and UPS Worldwide Express.
See part 4000 of our regulations, Filing, Issuance, Computation of Time, and Record Retention, for more information on filings, including whether the filing date of your submission to us is the date you sent it or the date we receive it.\
Service Problems
For questions and requests, practitioners should typically first call our toll-free practitioner number, 1-800-736-2444, and select the appropriate menu option, such as the "premium" option. If, however, you have called or written PBGC and have not received the service we have promised, please contact the PBGC Problem Resolution Officer for Practitioners:
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Problem Resolution Officer (Employers & Practitioners)
445 12th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-2101
1-800-736-2444 Ext. 4136