Transamerica® Retirement Solutions is expertly focused on providing retirement plans of all types to organizations of all sizes. Leveraging expertise honed by more than 75 years in business, we serve:

  • more than four million retirement plan participants*

  • the entire spectrum of defined benefit and defined contribution plans, including 401(k) and 403(b) (Traditional and Roth), 457, profit sharing, money purchase, cash balance, Taft-Hartley, multiple employer plans, nonqualified deferred compensation, and rollover and Roth IRA.



Most retirees will have Social Security income as part of their retirement portfolio. Visit this site to learn about Social Security and Medicare benefits for you, your spouse and dependents; apply for benefits and check the status of an application; review your Social Security Statement; and use the Retirement Estimator, which gives you an idea of what your benefits may be, based on your actual Social Security earnings record. There are also a number of benefit calculators to help you decide when to start taking benefits, whether you’re single or married.  For more, see Understanding the Social Security Website and The Best Ways to Contact the Social Security Administration.


This is the official U.S. government site for Medicare. Visit the site to learn about Medicare, your eligibility, what each part, how Medicare works with other insurance, Medigap policies and which policies offer coverage if you travel outside the U.S. You can also sign up for Medicare, choose your coverage and change plans on the website.

For more, see Medigap Insurance: Who Needs It?


Founded in 1997, Lauterbach & Amen is the Calumet City Fire Department Pension Boards accounting firm. This link will allow you to access forms such as change of address or direct deposit information.

The firm’s foundation is in the governmental sector, including: pension funds, municipalities, park districts, libraries, fire districts, and other units of government. Over the years, the firm has extended client relationships to other entities outside of government, providing those entities with the same core values of client service and quality, and simultaneously continuing our commitment to being the proven leader in the governmental accounting and benefits industry. 


This calculator allows participants to calculate an unofficial estimated projection of a pension benefit based on information entered. If any of the information entered differs from what pension fund records contain, the projection will not be accurate. A benefit calculation produced using the Benefit Calculator should not be relied on as confirmation of the accuracy of a final benefit calculation. The actual pension awarded from the pension fund must be calculated under the provisions of the applicable law in effect at the time of benefit.

The Benefit Calculator does not accommodate calculations of Tier 1 conversions from disability to retirement benefits, Tier 1 dependent benefits, or any Tier 2 benefits. Please contact the Illinois Department of Insurance Public Pension Division at DOI.Pension@illinois.gov with questions.