Market Overview

Empower Retirement, a business unit of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company,* is experienced in multiple retirement plan market segments. We provide expertise in 401(k), 403(b), 457, 401(a) and other plan type services to thousands of plan sponsors across the United States.

Plans by IRS Code

Code Number of Plans Total Participant Accounts Assets (in Millions)
401(k) 18,680 2,065,747 74,847.9
403(b) 3,377 550,802 14,546.6
457 943 1,303,143 49,822.0
401(a) 855 443,475 10,847.5
Other 954 100,136 3,291.0
Total 24,809 4,463,303 153,355.1

The quality of service you receive isn't dependant on the size of your plan. We have a diverse customer base and partner successfully with plans of all sizes.

Plans by Number of Participant Accounts

Size of Plan (Participants) Total Number of Participant Accounts Percentage of Total Participant Accounts
Less than 100 525,773 12%
100 to 1,000 1,053,502 24%
1,001 to 10,000 1,029,268 23%
10,001 to 25,000 392,568 9%

25,001 to 50,000 550,185 12%
50,001 or more 912,007 20%
Total 4,463,303 100%

All figures are as of March 31, 2011.

 

*Empower Retirement refers to products and services provided by Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company, it's wholly owned subsidiary FASCore, LLC, and other subsidiaries. Recordkeeping numbers reflect all FASCore customers: those of institutional clients, third-party administrator clients, and Empower Retirement.