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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Hays Companies

Minneapolis, MN

Filed under 52 names, including Hays Companies, Inc.; Hays Companies Inc; Hays Companies; Hays Companies Inc.; Hays Companies Insurance Agency; Hays Companies, Inc; and others. BenefitsLedger groups a firm's offices together.

Hays Companies collected $18M in commissions and fees from 578 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #34 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Minnesota.

Commissions + fees
$18M
$14M commissions · $3.8M fees
Employer plans
578
1,429 contracts
Rank
#34
top 1% 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
Integrity Marketing Group · Texas$700,3715,613
Old Republic National Title Holding Company · Minnesota$391,6879,093
Sidley Austin LLP · Illinois$319,2083,743
Ashley Furniture Industries, LLC. · Wisconsin$288,97714,906
Nantworks, LLC · California$257,9171,161
Laseraway, LLC · California$254,308415
Regal Rexnord Corporation · Wisconsin$251,6458,808
Kore.Ai, Inc. · Florida$241,310185
Bepco, L.P. · Texas$209,209939
Jones Companies, LLC · Mississippi$185,900930
Crow Family, Inc. · Texas$180,411637
TMK Global Holdings LLC · Massachusetts$173,2313,107
Ransom Everglades School, Inc. · Florida$172,447286
BSC Administration, LLC · Texas$163,840507
BG Products, Inc. · Kansas$162,773601
Port Townsend Paper Corporation · Washington$159,582301
LSB Industries, Inc. · Oklahoma$155,101718
Jostens Inc. · Minnesota$149,1262,042
The Churchill Companies · Minnesota$144,3671,414
Frenchman's Creek, Inc. · Florida$140,187271
BWBR Architects, Inc. · Minnesota$137,568210
Anderson Trucking Service, Inc. · Minnesota$136,7931,539
Rev Group Inc · Wisconsin$132,5466,489
Macarthur Company · Minnesota$129,6311,278
Prime Controls, LP · Texas$125,595705

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.

132 plans
71 plans
60 plans
34 plans
27 plans
24 plans
21 plans

How much does Hays Companies earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Hays Companies $18,254,804: $14,461,451 in commissions and $3,793,353 in fees, across 1,429 insurance contracts at 578 employers. That ranks #34 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Hays Companies brokers?

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

Which employers use Hays Companies?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Integrity Marketing Group, Old Republic National Title Holding Company, Sidley Austin LLP. Minnesota is its biggest state by employer count (132 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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