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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

The Richards Group

Brattleboro, VT

The Richards Group collected $3.0M in commissions and fees from 66 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #163 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Vermont.

Commissions + fees
$3.0M
$2.5M commissions · $534,631 fees
Employer plans
66
161 contracts
Rank
#163
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
Advanstaff, Inc. · Nevada$1,460,3527,949
Veterans Truck Line, Inc. · Wisconsin$131,618112
Concord General Mutual Insurance Company · New Hampshire$98,609247
The Lane Press, Inc. · Vermont$79,915135
HCP Packaging USA, Inc · Connecticut$66,839141
Northwestern Medical Center, Inc. · Vermont$60,783570
Vermont Law School · Vermont$57,488162
Springfield Hospital · Vermont$42,255267
New Hampshire Bankers Association Insurance Trust · New Hampshire$41,141536
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital · Vermont$40,930436
Valley Regional Healthcare, Inc. · New Hampshire$39,887258
Aspire Living & Learning Inc · Vermont$39,6931,060
Gifford Health Care, Inc · Vermont$39,035457
Definiti LLC · Pennsylvania$36,793309
Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital · Vermont$36,198576
Copley Hospital, Inc. · Vermont$34,646386
Holstein Association USA, Inc. · Vermont$33,460117
Xceedance, Inc. · Massachusetts$32,898240
Brattleboro Retreat · Vermont$32,832498
Rutland County Community Services, Inc. · Vermont$32,398271
Washington County Mental Health Services, Inc. · Vermont$31,229786
Newspapers of New England, Inc. · New Hampshire$29,762105
Health Care & Rehabilitation Services · Vermont$26,977466
Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services, Inc. · New Hampshire$26,783138
City Feed & Lumber Co., Inc. · Vermont$26,685140

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.

47 plans
2 plans
1 plans
1 plans
1 plans

How much does The Richards Group earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying The Richards Group $3,011,274: $2,476,643 in commissions and $534,631 in fees, across 161 insurance contracts at 66 employers. That ranks #163 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans The Richards Group brokers?

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

Which employers use The Richards Group?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Advanstaff, Inc., Veterans Truck Line, Inc., Concord General Mutual Insurance Company. Vermont is its biggest state by employer count (47 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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