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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

The Sterling Group, Inc.

Sterling Heights, MI

The Sterling Group, Inc. collected $352,527 in commissions and fees from 13 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #1194 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in Michigan.

Commissions + fees
$352,527
$301,991 commissions · $50,536 fees
Employer plans
13
19 contracts
Rank
#1194
top 10% 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
Franklin Biolabs, Inc. · Pennsylvania$122,937104
Sterling Bank · Missouri$79,659114
Professional Health Care Network, LLC · Arizona$64,680144
Optim Orthopedics, LLC · Georgia$28,718263
Board of Trustee Isc of Plasterers & Cement Mason Health & Welfare · Indiana$20,1691,203
Hti Cybernetics Inc. · Michigan$18,054137
FMFL Facilities LLC · Michigan$7,486127
Madison Apartment Group, L.P. · Pennsylvania$5,050113
Continental Management LLC · Michigan$3,393385
The J D Russell Company · Michigan$1,581138
Trustees of Motion Picture Laboratory Techs and Film Editors Local 780 · Florida$800717
Independence Blue Cross, LLC · Pennsylvania$04,182
Atlas Healthcare · New Jersey$0997

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.

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How much does The Sterling Group, Inc. earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying The Sterling Group, Inc. $352,527: $301,991 in commissions and $50,536 in fees, across 19 insurance contracts at 13 employers. That ranks #1194 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans The Sterling Group, Inc. brokers?

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

Which employers use The Sterling Group, Inc.?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Franklin Biolabs, Inc., Sterling Bank, Professional Health Care Network, LLC. Michigan is its biggest state by employer count (4 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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