Workers & Retirees

Here you will find information on applying for your retirement benefits, designating a beneficiary, requesting an income verification letter, adjusting your Federal tax withholding, reporting a death, and more.

Learn more about the benefits PBGC guarantees. This includes how benefits are paid, guaranteed benefits, pension benefit options, and more. You can also find information on Missing Participants program and finding a Trusteed plan.

If your defined benefit pension plan ends without sufficient money to pay all benefits, PBGC’s insurance program will pay you the benefit provided by your pension plan up to the limits set by law. Learn more about the benefits PBGC guarantees, including the required start date for receiving benefits.

Learn how PBGC collects overpayments through recoupment and recovery.

Did you earn a retirement benefit from a private-sector employer who lost track of you when your plan ended? If so, your employer may have transferred those benefits to PBGC for safekeeping. Search for your unclaimed retirement benefit.

Through MyPBA, you can view your 1099-R tax form, obtain an income verification letter, update your contact details or bank information, update your federal tax withholding, or request a pension benefit estimate.

Did you receive a letter from PBGC or need help with applying for you benefit? Find information about your next steps, as well as information about changing your information, tips for finding an unclaimed retirement benefit, information about annual funding notices, and more.

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