Holmes Murphy
Filed under 41 names, including Holmes Murphy & Associates; Holmes Murphy and Associates LLC; Holmes Murphy & Associates LLC; Holmes Murphy and Associates; Holmes, Murphy and Associates, LLC; Holmes Murphy and Associates, LLC; and others. BenefitsLedger groups a firm's offices together.
Holmes Murphy collected $32M in commissions and fees from 480 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #22 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Its median rate on fully insured medical plans was 1.6% of premium, against a national median of 3.8%. Most of its named clients are in Iowa.
Largest clients
Employers whose filings reported the most compensation to this broker.
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 Holmes Murphy earn from employer health plans?
In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Holmes Murphy $32,429,416: $27,763,851 in commissions and $4,665,565 in fees, across 1,810 insurance contracts at 480 employers. That ranks #22 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.
What commission rate is paid on plans Holmes Murphy brokers?
Among 10 fully insured medical plans where Holmes Murphy was the only broker, the median compensation was 1.6% of premium. The national median is 3.8%. Rates are set per plan and depend on carrier, group size and whether the employer pays fees instead of commissions.
Which employers use Holmes Murphy?
The largest reported payers in 2024 were Garmin International, Inc., McLane Company, Inc., Conexon, LLC. Iowa is its biggest state by employer count (128 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.