Employee and Agent Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Employee and Agent Benefits

Employee and Agent Benefits

12. Employee and Agent Benefits

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

					Other postretirement
	Pension benefits				benefits
	For the three months ended				For the three months ended
	March 31,				March 31,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	14.8	$	14.0	$	—	$	—
Interest cost		40.3		39.7		0.8		0.8
Expected return on plan assets		(42.6)		(40.7)		(1.1)		(1.1)
Amortization of prior service benefit		(4.2)		(4.2)		(0.3)		(0.3)
Recognized net actuarial (gain) loss		9.6		9.8		(0.3)		(0.2)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	17.9	$	18.6	$	(0.9)	$	(0.8)

The components of net periodic benefit cost including the service cost component are included in operating expenses on the consolidated statements of operations.

Contributions

Our funding policy for our qualified pension plan is to fund the plan annually in an amount at least equal to the minimum annual contribution required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and, generally, not greater than the maximum amount that can be deducted for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We do not anticipate that we will be required to fund a minimum required contribution under ERISA in 2024; however, it is possible that we may fund the qualified and nonqualified pension plans in 2024 for a combined total of up to $75.0 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, we did not contribute to these plans.