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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Cottingham & Butler Ins Services

Dubuque, IA

Cottingham & Butler Ins Services collected $1.3M in commissions and fees from 33 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #374 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Illinois.

Commissions + fees
$1.3M
$1.0M commissions · $238,069 fees
Employer plans
33
67 contracts
Rank
#374
top 3% 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
Niemann Foods Inc · Illinois$218,8941,469
Agri-King, Inc. · Illinois$150,812162
Rockford University · Illinois$98,493136
Farnsworth Group, Inc · Illinois$94,891512
Cirtec Medical Corporation · Minnesota$74,2621,314
Coastal Carriers Truck Lines LLC · Missouri$56,089142
Sterling Federal Bank F.S.B. · Illinois$54,036107
Stockbridge-Munsee Community · Wisconsin$51,038532
McLeod Express, LLC · Illinois$48,119333
Liberty Bank for Savings · Illinois$40,864136
The Children's Home Assocation of Illinois · Illinois$35,173383
Colony Brands, Inc. · Wisconsin$33,971894
Cedar Valley Medical Specialists P.C. · Iowa$31,297293
Livehome · North Carolina$29,038199
Velvet Taco, Inc. · Texas$27,359171
Vonachen Group, Inc. · Illinois$26,8301,754
Morgan Services, Inc. · Illinois$25,360364
Lewisburg Printing Company · Tennessee$22,975182
Hahn Ready Mix Company · Iowa$20,866146
Nec Group, LLC · Massachusetts$16,153137
Riverstone Group Inc. · Iowa$10,921319
Le Claire Investments Inc. · Iowa$10,921319
Knox County Stone Co. Inc. · Iowa$10,921319
H. Trautman Quarry Inc. · Iowa$10,921319
Central Stone Co. · Iowa$10,921319

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.

11 plans
9 plans
4 plans
2 plans
2 plans
1 plans
1 plans

How much does Cottingham & Butler Ins Services earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Cottingham & Butler Ins Services $1,257,567: $1,019,498 in commissions and $238,069 in fees, across 67 insurance contracts at 33 employers. That ranks #374 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Cottingham & Butler Ins Services brokers?

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

Which employers use Cottingham & Butler Ins Services?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Niemann Foods Inc, Agri-King, Inc., Rockford University. Illinois is its biggest state by employer count (11 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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