Pleasanton, California employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
Updated plan year 2024, the most recent complete year
48 employers in Pleasanton, California filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 100,256 participants. They reported $9.9M in insurance premiums and $6.3M in broker commissions and fees. Against 2023, premiums were down 46.7% and broker pay fell 2.3%.
Funding: 7 fully insured · 7 self-funded · 34 mixed. 41 of 48 plans pay at least some medical claims from the employer's own assets.
Largest employer health plans in Pleasanton
Pleasanton employers reporting the most insurance premium across every Schedule A contract, with what they paid brokers.
Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, plan year 2024; employers are grouped by the sponsor's mailing city as filed. Self-funded employers show only stop-loss and ancillary premium.
Who gets paid
Commissions and fees reported by Pleasanton employers, with the number of employer plans naming each broker.
| Broker | Commissions + fees | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Accessehr Insurance Services | $648,681 | 1 |
| Stealth Partner Group LLC | $613,174 | 5 |
| Abd Ins. and Financial SVCS., Inc. | $560,767 | 2 |
| Sequoia | $426,356 | 5 |
| Brown & Brown | $291,168 | 1 |
| HUB International | $255,688 | 2 |
| RSC Insurance Brokerage, Inc. | $241,106 | 2 |
| Gibson Insurance Agency, Inc. | $234,190 | 1 |
| Strategic Non-Medical Solution | $221,683 | 1 |
| Marsh McLennan Agency | $210,428 | 2 |
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written for these employers.
Pleasanton against California and the U.S.
Medians over the same definitions on every BenefitsLedger page: commission rate on commission-paying, fully insured medical plans; broker pay per employer that disclosed any; medical premium per covered person.
| Pleasanton | California | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer plans | 48 | 6,836 | 58,547 |
| Median commission rate | n/a | 4.0% | 3.8% |
| Middle half of rates | n/a | 0.6% – 6.3% | 2.7% – 5.0% |
| Median broker pay per employer | $112,001 | $104,298 | $72,628 |
| Medical premium per covered person | n/a | $6,689 | $7,274 |
| Plans reporting no commission | 0 | 25 | 933 |
Year over year. In plan year 2023, 49 Pleasanton employers reported $19M in premiums and $6.4M in broker pay for 97,917 participants; in 2024 it was $9.9M and $6.3M for 100,256 participants (premiums −46.7%, broker pay −2.3%).
Source: DOL Form 5500 and Schedule A, plan years 2024 and 2023, employer health plans with 100 or more participants; built October 24, 2026. Medians need at least 10 rated plans to be shown for a city. Methodology.
How much do Pleasanton employers pay health insurance brokers?
48 Pleasanton employers reported $6,264,946 in broker commissions and fees on their 2024 Form 5500 filings, 39 of them disclosing at least some compensation. Too few fully insured medical plans in Pleasanton reported premium to compute a stable commission rate; the California median is 4.0% and the U.S. median is 3.8%. In dollars, the median Pleasanton employer that disclosed broker pay reported $112,001.
Which Pleasanton employers have the largest health plans?
By insurance premium reported for 2024, Board of Trustees, Labor Alliance Managed Trust Fund ($5.6M), Board of Trustees, IBEW Local 595 Health & Welfare ($3.3M), Board of Trustees, Hotel and Restaurant Employees ($608,300) lead. 25 Pleasanton employers are listed on this page; every employer in the record has its own page.
Which brokers and carriers are paid the most in Pleasanton?
By compensation reported by Pleasanton employers, the largest brokers are Accessehr Insurance Services ($648,681, 1 plans), Stealth Partner Group LLC ($613,174, 5 plans), Abd Ins. and Financial SVCS., Inc. ($560,767, 2 plans). By medical premium, the largest carriers are Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., California Choice, Aetna Life Insurance Company.
Are Pleasanton employer health plans self-funded or fully insured?
Of 48 Pleasanton employer plans, 7 are fully insured, 7 are self-funded and 34 mix insured and self-funded coverage. Self-funded plans report only stop-loss and ancillary contracts on Schedule A, so their premium and broker pay understate total spend.
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