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Analysis: Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago would go bankrupt in four years without taxpayer subsidy

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Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, the Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago would have lost $911,546,077 in 2018, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

The fund has $2,147,483,647 in total assets. If the fund’s annual losses stay the same, it would run out of money in four years without these subsidies.

The fund lost $126,761,297 in investment income and other revenue in 2018. At the same time, it paid out $784,784,780 in expenses, according to the 2019 biennial report detailing the health of each of the state’s pension funds and retirement systems. The difference between the two shows the fund’s annual loss without subsidies.

Taxpayers added $588,034,930 to the fund’s revenue last year – an amount that has increased from $187,074,950 five years ago. Members contributed an additional $107,186,492 – $11,510,954 more than five years ago.

In all, subsidies amounted to $695,221,422 in 2018.

Policemen's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago non-subsidy revenue over five years
YearTotal non-subsidy revenueTotal expensesOutcome without subsidies
2018-$126,761,297$784,784,780-$911,546,077
2017$422,417,020$762,863,972-$340,446,952
2016$153,460,415$730,449,742-$576,989,327
2015$7,071,541$700,040,771-$692,969,230
2014$192,625,300$678,562,020-$485,936,720

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