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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Cottingham and Bulter

Dubuque, IA

Cottingham and Bulter collected $139,640 in commissions and fees from 2 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #2589 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Ohio.

Commissions + fees
$139,640
$135,682 commissions · $3,958 fees
Employer plans
2
2 contracts
Rank
#2589
top 21% of 12,126 brokers
Median rate
n/a
fewer than 10 insured medical plans

Largest clients

Employers whose filings reported the most compensation to this broker.

EmployerPaid to brokerParticipants
GP Transportation Co. · Illinois$79,374595
Bulk Transit Corporation · Ohio$60,266251

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A Part I, plan year 2024, grouped by broker name as filed. Dataset built October 24, 2026.

Where its clients are

Employer plans naming this broker, by employer state.

1 plans
1 plans

How much does Cottingham and Bulter earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Cottingham and Bulter $139,640: $135,682 in commissions and $3,958 in fees, across 2 insurance contracts at 2 employers. That ranks #2589 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Cottingham and Bulter brokers?

Not enough fully insured medical plans name Cottingham and Bulter as the sole broker to compute a stable rate. The national median is 3.8% of premium.

Which employers use Cottingham and Bulter?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were GP Transportation Co., Bulk Transit Corporation. Ohio is its biggest state by employer count (1 plans).

Amounts are what employers reported on their own filings. They do not include compensation from carriers that is not tied to a specific contract, and names are grouped exactly as filed, so related entities can appear separately. How this record is built.

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