Pension Insurance Modeling System (PIMS)

PIMS is the modeling system that PBGC uses to estimate the future of the single-employer and multiemployer PBGC programs. It is also used to model the U.S. private pension system both by PBGC staff and by other users. It is managed and maintained by PBGC staff.

Recent PIMS Reports

MPRA Report Overview
Transmittal Letter & MPRA Report
Projections Report Overview
Transmittal Letter & Projections Report (FY2015)
Projections Report (FY2014)
Projections Report (FY2013)
Five-Year Report Overview
Five-Year Report 2016

Peer Reviews of PIMS	Information about PIMS	Third Party Research Using PIMS
MAP-21 Peer Reviews (FY2013) Review of ME-PIMS (FY2012)	ME-PIMS Sensitivity Tests: Employment growth, Solvency parameters, Wage Base floor (FY 2014) Projection of Levels of Future Active Participants in Multiemployer Plans (FY2013) Examination of Multiemployer Funding -- Rehabilitation Plans (FY2013) How Do PIMS Results Reflect Varying Rates of Return? (FY2013) A brief history of PIMS (FY2012) PIMS overview (FY2011) The Cost of Pension Insurance, Including Bankruptcy Probability Modeling Methods and Results (2002) Models for retirement policy analysis, Chapter 11: PIMS (1999)	Third Party PIMS Users Congressional Budget Office Society of Actuaries Publications The Rising Tide of Pension Contributions Post-2013: How Much and When? Stretching the Corridor: The Effects of Extended Rate Stabilization on Defined Benefit Plan Funding Requirements Observations on Input and Output Smoothing: How do they affect the funding of defined benefit plans Proposed Pension Funding Stabilization: How Does It Affect the Single-Employer Defined Benefit System? The Rising Tide of Pension Contributions Post-2008: How much and when?

Peer Reviews of PIMS

Information about PIMS

Third Party Research Using PIMS