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Protective Life Corporation401(k)

PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

Peer grade: C+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Protective Life Corporation reported $574,546 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,872 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.089%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 11th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 239th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$695,376,425
Participants with balances4,313
Active participants3,778
Employer contributions$14,627,981
Employee contributions$31,349,201
Employer contribution per active participant$3,872
Average account balance$161,228
Benefits paid to participants$61,382,546
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$695.4M · 4,313 accts · $14.6M emplr
2023$593.6M · 4,242 accts · $14.5M emplr
2022$503.6M · 4,186 accts · $13.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$268,548
Investment management$305,998
Total administrative$574,546
The Protective Life Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,872
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,872 per active participant
2023$3,794 per active participant
2022$3,552 per active participant

Protective Life Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$268,548
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$208,498
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$97,500

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$574,546 · 0.09%
2023$514,183 · 0.09%
2022$487,500 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952492236 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.