Regulations last checked for updates: Mar 13, 2025

Title 29 - Labor last revised: Feb 18, 2025
§ 4044.75 - Other lump sum benefits.

The value of a lump sum benefit which is not covered under § 4044.73 or § 4044.74 is equal to—

(a) The value under the irrevocable commitment, if an insurer provides the benefit; or

(b) The present value of the benefit as of the date of distribution, determined using reasonable actuarial assumptions, if the benefit is to be distributed other than by the purchase of the benefit from an insurer. The PBGC reserves the right to review the actuarial assumptions as to reasonableness and re-value the benefit if the actuarial assumptions are unreasonable.

[61 FR 34059, July 1, 1996, as amended at 76 FR 34606, June 14, 2011]
authority: 29 U.S.C. 1301(a), 1302(b)(3), 1341, 1344, 1362
source: 61 FR 34059, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 29 CFR 4044.75