Defined Benefit and Other Postretirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Defined Benefit and Other Postretirement Benefits

Note 10 – Defined Benefit and Other Postretirement Benefits

Qualified Pension Plan

Trustmark maintains a noncontributory tax-qualified defined benefit pension plan titled the Trustmark Corporation Pension Plan for Certain Employees of Acquired Financial Institutions (the Continuing Plan) to satisfy commitments made by Trustmark to associates covered through plans obtained in acquisitions.

The following table presents information regarding the net periodic benefit cost for the Continuing Plan for the periods presented ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021			2020
Service cost	$	63		$	64
Interest cost		43			60
Expected return on plan assets		(33	)		(38	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		149			81
Net periodic benefit cost	$	222		$	167

For the plan year ending December 31, 2021, Trustmark’s minimum required contribution to the Continuing Plan is $324 thousand; however, Management and the Board of Directors of Trustmark will monitor the Continuing Plan throughout 2021 to determine any additional funding requirements by the plan’s measurement date, which is December 31.

Supplemental Retirement Plans

Trustmark maintains a nonqualified supplemental retirement plan covering key executive officers and senior officers as well as directors who have elected to defer fees.  The plan provides for retirement and/or death benefits based on a participant’s covered salary or deferred fees.  Although plan benefits may be paid from Trustmark’s general assets, Trustmark has purchased life insurance contracts on the participants covered under the plan, which may be used to fund future benefit payments under the plan.  The annual measurement date for the plan is December 31.  As a result of mergers prior to 2014, Trustmark became the administrator of small nonqualified supplemental retirement plans, for which the plan benefits were frozen prior to the merger date.

The following table presents information regarding the net periodic benefit cost for Trustmark’s nonqualified supplemental retirement plans for the periods presented ($ in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Service cost	$	19	$	19
Interest cost		293		414
Amortization of prior service cost		28		37
Recognized net actuarial loss		306		246
Net periodic benefit cost	$	646	$	716