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Benefits broker · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500 Schedule A

Upstate Financial Services

Syracuse, NY

Upstate Financial Services collected $447,644 in commissions and fees from 9 employer health plans in plan year 2024 filings, ranking #964 among 12,126 brokers named in the public record. Most of its named clients are in New York.

Commissions + fees
$447,644
$420,224 commissions · $27,420 fees
Employer plans
9
19 contracts
Rank
#964
top 8% 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.

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.

7 plans
1 plans

How much does Upstate Financial Services earn from employer health plans?

In plan year 2024 filings, employers reported paying Upstate Financial Services $447,644: $420,224 in commissions and $27,420 in fees, across 19 insurance contracts at 9 employers. That ranks #964 of 12,126 brokers in the public record.

What commission rate is paid on plans Upstate Financial Services brokers?

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

Which employers use Upstate Financial Services?

The largest reported payers in 2024 were Arrow Financial Corporation, Teamsters Local 294 Albany Area Trucking & Allied Industries Health, Tower Products Incorporated. New York is its biggest state by employer count (7 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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