Northwestern Mutual Life Ins 401(k) and pension plans

Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.co., Milwaukee, WI. EIN 39-0509570. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co.; Vlasta Duffy; Peacock Studios, Inc.; The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Northwestern Mutual Life Ins.co. has 4 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan, with 14,379 participants and $3.2 billion in assets in 2024.

Active plans: 4
Participants: 49,512
Plan assets: $9.6 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Vanguard
Plans on file: 4
Industry: Finance and insurance

All 4 plans

Active plans first

The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 39-0509570
Participants (2024): 14,379
Net assets (2024): $3.2 billion
Plan administrator: Todd Smasal VP Total Rewards & Talent
720 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 665-2606As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1947

Earlier plan names: NM Employee Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	14,379	$3.2 billion	not listed
2023	14,341	$3.3 billion	not listed
2022	14,217	$3.1 billion	not listed
2021	13,066	$4.0 billion	not listed
2020	11,922	$3.8 billion	not listed
2019	11,128	$3.4 billion	not listed
2017	10,117	$3.1 billion	not listed
2016	9,886	$2.8 billion	not listed
2015	9,327	$2.6 billion	not listed
2014	8,775	$2.6 billion	not listed
2013	8,285	$2.4 billion	not listed
2012	8,079	$2.2 billion	not listed
2011	7,849	$2.0 billion	not listed
2010	7,684	$1.8 billion	not listed
2009	7,625	$1.4 billion	not listed

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 39-0509570
Participants (2024): 13,879
Net assets (2024): $2.1 billion
Plan administrator: Northwestern Mutual C/O Candace Damon
720 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 665-7498As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1942

Earlier plan names: NML Ins Co Agents Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	13,879	$2.1 billion	not listed
2023	14,032	$2.1 billion	not listed
2022	13,640	$1.9 billion	not listed
2021	13,245	$2.5 billion	not listed
2020	13,388	$2.4 billion	not listed
2019	12,495	$2.1 billion	not listed
2018	12,233	$1.8 billion	not listed
2017	12,107	$1.9 billion	not listed
2016	11,912	$1.7 billion	not listed
2015	11,513	$1.6 billion	not listed
2014	11,467	$1.6 billion	not listed
2013	11,425	$1.5 billion	not listed
2012	11,186	$1.3 billion	not listed
2011	10,860	$1.2 billion	not listed
2010	10,501	$1.2 billion	not listed
2009	10,441	$1.1 billion	not listed

The Northwestern Mutual Employee Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 39-0509570
Participants (2024): 12,763
Net assets (2024): $2.9 billion
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2009–2024
Plan administrator: Todd Smasal VP - TTL RWDS & Talent
720 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 665-2606As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1985

Earlier plan names: NM Employee Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	12,763	$2.9 billion	Vanguard
2023	12,786	$2.7 billion	Vanguard
2022	12,633	$2.4 billion	Vanguard
2021	11,269	$2.5 billion	Vanguard
2020	10,280	$2.3 billion	Vanguard
2019	9,524	$2.0 billion	Vanguard
2018	9,111	$1.8 billion	Vanguard
2017	8,460	$1.7 billion	Vanguard
2016	8,259	$1.5 billion	Vanguard
2015	7,718	$1.4 billion	Vanguard
2014	7,070	$1.3 billion	Vanguard
2013	6,882	$1.2 billion	Vanguard
2012	6,726	$1.0 billion	Vanguard
2011	6,528	$924 million	Vanguard
2010	6,374	$858 million	Vanguard
2009	6,209	$757 million	Vanguard

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund

Profit-sharing planActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 39-0509570
Participants (2024): 8,491
Net assets (2024): $1.4 billion
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2010–2024
Plan administrator: Candace Damon VP Field Total Rewards
720 E Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 665-3939As filed for 2024
In effect since: July 1, 1967

Earlier sponsors: Vlasta Duffy (2009); Peacock Studios, Inc. (2016); The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co (2017).

Earlier plan names: Vlasta Duffy 401(k) Plan; NML Agents Persistency Fee Guaranteed Fund; NML Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund; Peacock Studios Profit Sharing Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	8,491	$1.4 billion	Vanguard
2023	8,307	$1.3 billion	Vanguard
2022	8,163	$1.2 billion	Vanguard
2021	7,956	$1.3 billion	Vanguard
2020	7,662	$1.2 billion	Vanguard
2019	7,462	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2018	7,284	$933 million	Vanguard
2017	0	n/a	not listed
2016	0	$0	not listed
2015	6,893	$799 million	Vanguard
2014	6,871	$771 million	Vanguard
2013	6,764	$727 million	Vanguard
2012	6,627	$634 million	Vanguard
2011	6,460	$574 million	Vanguard
2010	6,395	$559 million	Vanguard
2009	10	$100,434	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the The Northwestern Mutual Employee Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((414) 665-2606). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

All 4 plans

The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan

The Northwestern Mutual Employee Savings Plan

The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Persistency Fee Guarantee Fund

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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