General Electric Co., Boeing Co. and 3M Co. will join big U.S. employers in making a record $100 billion in 2012 pension contributions, 67 percent more than two years ago, as low interest rates boost companies' liabilities.
Payments may total $400 billion from 2011 through 2015 to ease underfunding at the 100 largest defined-benefit programs, according to consultant Milliman Inc., which estimated that assets in January were enough to cover less than three-fourths of projected payouts.
"It's been called the wall of contributions," said Alan Glickstein, a senior retirement consultant at Towers Watson & Co. in New York. "All of a sudden, this thing jumps up and stays there for a few years. That's what it looks like — a wall."
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