Wallingford, Connecticut employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
Updated plan year 2024, the most recent complete year
21 employers in Wallingford, Connecticut filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 121,553 participants. They reported $3.9M in insurance premiums and $5.6M in broker commissions and fees. Against 2023, premiums were up 11.1% and broker pay fell 35.8%.
Funding: 3 fully insured · 11 self-funded · 7 mixed. 18 of 21 plans pay at least some medical claims from the employer's own assets.
Largest employer health plans in Wallingford
Wallingford 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 Wallingford employers, with the number of employer plans naming each broker.
| Broker | Commissions + fees | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Benefits Services | $2,004,185 | 2 |
| Mercer | $692,883 | 2 |
| Gallagher | $213,476 | 1 |
| Lockton | $184,917 | 3 |
| Cambridge Life Brokerage LLC | $174,164 | 1 |
| USI Insurance Services | $170,576 | 4 |
| Marsh McLennan Agency | $162,671 | 3 |
| AssuredPartners | $149,142 | 2 |
| NFP | $126,894 | 3 |
| HUB International | $126,214 | 2 |
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written for these employers.
Wallingford against Connecticut 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.
| Wallingford | Connecticut | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer plans | 21 | 722 | 58,547 |
| Median commission rate | n/a | 6.0% | 3.8% |
| Middle half of rates | n/a | 4.1% – 6.9% | 2.7% – 5.0% |
| Median broker pay per employer | $32,893 | $74,008 | $72,628 |
| Medical premium per covered person | n/a | $8,147 | $7,274 |
| Plans reporting no commission | 0 | 8 | 933 |
Year over year. In plan year 2023, 24 Wallingford employers reported $3.5M in premiums and $8.7M in broker pay for 125,688 participants; in 2024 it was $3.9M and $5.6M for 121,553 participants (premiums +11.1%, broker pay −35.8%).
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 Wallingford employers pay health insurance brokers?
21 Wallingford employers reported $5,579,381 in broker commissions and fees on their 2024 Form 5500 filings, 18 of them disclosing at least some compensation. Too few fully insured medical plans in Wallingford reported premium to compute a stable commission rate; the Connecticut median is 6.0% and the U.S. median is 3.8%. In dollars, the median Wallingford employer that disclosed broker pay reported $32,893.
Which Wallingford employers have the largest health plans?
By insurance premium reported for 2024, Board of Trustees of the Worcester Plumbers & ($3.9M), Association of Community Service Agents, Inc. ($0), Boston Insurance Employee Benefit Trust - Dfe ($0) lead. 21 Wallingford employers are listed on this page; every employer in the record has its own page.
Which brokers and carriers are paid the most in Wallingford?
By compensation reported by Wallingford employers, the largest brokers are Professional Benefits Services ($2.0M, 2 plans), Mercer ($692,883, 2 plans), Gallagher ($213,476, 1 plans). By medical premium, the largest carriers are Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates (cigna), Anthem Health Plans, Inc..
Are Wallingford employer health plans self-funded or fully insured?
Of 21 Wallingford employer plans, 3 are fully insured, 11 are self-funded and 7 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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