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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Gary Wood Associates, Inc.

New York, NY

Gary Wood Associates, Inc. collected $823,264 in commissions and fees from 10 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #553 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in New York.

Commissions + fees
$823,264
$778,845 commissions · $44,419 fees
Employer plans
10
22 contracts
Rank
#553
top 5% 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
Jti Liggett LLC · North Carolina$274,3261,104
Western Beef Retail, Inc. · New York$266,762360
Quontic Bank · New York$112,378166
Global Facility Management & Construction, Inc. · New York$75,824110
Command Web Offset Co. Inc. · New Jersey$68,971294
Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. · New York$13,186304
Insight Venture Management, LLC · New York$5,609469
Commonwealth Bank of Australia · New York$3,784135
Dental Associates of CT, P.C. · Connecticut$1,275312
TGM Associates, LP · New York$1,149271

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.

How much does Gary Wood Associates, Inc. earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Gary Wood Associates, Inc. $823,264: $778,845 in commissions and $44,419 in fees, across 22 insurance contracts at 10 employers. That ranks #553 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Gary Wood Associates, Inc. brokers?

Not enough fully insured medical plans name Gary Wood Associates, Inc. as the sole broker to compute a stable rate. The national median is 3.8% of premium.

Which employers use Gary Wood Associates, Inc.?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Jti Liggett LLC, Western Beef Retail, Inc., Quontic Bank. New York is its biggest state by employer count (7 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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