Lockheed Martin Pension Risk Transfer to MetLife

Bethesda, Maryland based Lockheed Martin Corp. transferred $1.9 Billion in pension obligations for 20,000 US retirees to a subsidiary of MetLife, Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Co. Lockheed Martin has done at least two previous pension risk transfers to insurance companies.  In January 2019, Lockheed Martin transferred $1.8 Billion in pension obligations to Prudential and also transferred $800 million to Athene Annuity & Life Co. in an annuity “buy-in” impacting approximately 9,000 Lockheed retirees.  For more on “buy-in” transfers, click here to see a previous post by Edward Stone Law. Lockheed Martin contributed $5 Billion to its pension plan during 2018, and $1 Billion in 2019.