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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

James R Nelligan & Associates LLC

Wall, NJ

James R Nelligan & Associates LLC collected $17M in commissions and fees from 1,002 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #38 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Pennsylvania.

Commissions + fees
$17M
$8.5M commissions · $8.2M fees
Employer plans
1,002
2,029 contracts
Rank
#38
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
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. · Tennessee$290,88337,307
Lippert Components Inc. · Indiana$241,47813,059
GHR Healthcare, LLC · Pennsylvania$228,634851
Community Financial System, Inc. · New York$224,0822,962
New Jersey Bankers Association · New Jersey$183,0969,738
Tift Regional Health System, Inc. · Georgia$168,0022,367
Freedompay, Inc · Pennsylvania$147,353485
Doylestown Hospital · Pennsylvania$120,7881,853
Calumet GP, LLC · Indiana$110,9541,759
The Azek Group LLC · Illinois$110,4512,922
SHK Management, Inc. · Pennsylvania$109,656710
Munster Medical Research Foundation, Inc. · Indiana$103,6944,499
New Lexington Clinic, P.S.C. · Kentucky$103,5311,038
Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. · Illinois$100,912679
Samaritan Medical Center · New York$95,6121,409
DP Fox Holdings LLC · Michigan$95,1091,604
Career Systems Development Corporation · New York$87,699876
Hydac Technology Corp. · Pennsylvania$87,4631,359
Highstreet Insurance Partners, Inc. · Michigan$85,6462,730
Wheels Up Partners LLC · Georgia$84,1902,198
Esler Companies, LLC · Colorado$82,2581,193
Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc. · Kentucky$81,4472,318
Abec, Inc. · Pennsylvania$81,281333
Pareto Captive Services, LLC · Pennsylvania$81,073253
Dairyland USA Corp. · Connecticut$79,9034,610

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.

141 plans
97 plans
94 plans
81 plans
71 plans
66 plans
57 plans
51 plans

How much does James R Nelligan & Associates LLC earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying James R Nelligan & Associates LLC $16,714,655: $8,507,798 in commissions and $8,206,857 in fees, across 2,029 insurance contracts at 1,002 employers. That ranks #38 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans James R Nelligan & Associates LLC brokers?

Not enough fully insured medical plans name James R Nelligan & Associates LLC as the sole broker to compute a stable rate. The national median is 3.8% of premium.

Which employers use James R Nelligan & Associates LLC?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Brookdale Senior Living Inc., Lippert Components Inc., GHR Healthcare, LLC. Pennsylvania is its biggest state by employer count (141 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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