Auburn, Washington employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
Updated plan year 2024, the most recent complete year
18 employers in Auburn, Washington filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 8,956 participants. They reported $937,263 in insurance premiums and $1.2M in broker commissions and fees. Against 2023, premiums were up 13.5% and broker pay rose 15.6%.
Funding: 6 fully insured · 7 self-funded · 5 mixed. 12 of 18 plans pay at least some medical claims from the employer's own assets.
Largest employer health plans in Auburn
Auburn employers reporting the most insurance premium across every Schedule A contract, with what they paid brokers.
| Employer | Premiums | Broker pay | Participants | Top broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muckleshoot Indian Tribe | $489,510 | $81,961 | 3,237 | USI Insurance Services |
| Village Concepts, LLC | $172,169 | $59,921 | 206 | Propel Insurance |
| Kirby Electric | $150,546 | $77,162 | 167 | Maddock & Associates LLC |
| Orion Industries | $125,038 | $23,692 | 176 | Alliant Insurance Services |
| Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Inc. | $0 | $129,650 | 1,847 | USI Insurance Services |
| Zones, LLC | $0 | $149,393 | 1,052 | Lockton |
| Peninsula Truck Lines, Inc. | $0 | $225,423 | 318 | Parker Smith & Feek, Inc. |
| Skills, Inc. | $0 | $116,340 | 288 | USI Insurance Services |
| Peltram Plumbing, LLC | $0 | $62,476 | 287 | BTG and Associates, LLC |
| Hospital Central Services Association | $0 | $79,026 | 275 | Whitfields United Ins. Agencies |
| Span Alaska Transportation, LLC | $0 | — | 179 | — |
| Plymouth Poultry Company | $0 | $1,208 | 164 | Watchtower Benefits LLC |
| Homecare Products Inc. | $0 | $80,880 | 147 | The Baldwin Group |
| Floyd Peterson Company, Inc. | $0 | $14,397 | 133 | USI Insurance Services |
| Aero Controls, Inc. | $0 | $6,431 | 131 | Alliant Insurance Services |
| The Danner Corporation | $0 | $787 | 127 | USI Insurance Services |
| Cascade Gasket and Manufacturing Company, Inc. | $0 | $49,070 | 122 | USI Insurance Services |
| Salon Services Pro Inc | $0 | $52,174 | 100 | Brown & Brown |
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 Auburn employers, with the number of employer plans naming each broker.
| Broker | Commissions + fees | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| USI Insurance Services | $394,126 | 7 |
| Lockton | $149,393 | 1 |
| Parker Smith & Feek Inc. | $117,972 | 1 |
| The Baldwin Group | $80,880 | 1 |
| Whitfields United Ins. Agencies | $77,749 | 1 |
| Kibble & Prentice | $77,101 | 1 |
| Maddock & Associates LLC | $71,954 | 1 |
| BTG and Associates, LLC | $62,476 | 1 |
| Propel Insurance Agency, LLC | $59,842 | 1 |
| Brown & Brown | $52,174 | 1 |
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written for these employers.
Auburn against Washington 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.
| Auburn | Washington | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer plans | 18 | 1,423 | 58,547 |
| Median commission rate | n/a | 1.3% | 3.8% |
| Middle half of rates | n/a | 0.6% – 3.1% | 2.7% – 5.0% |
| Median broker pay per employer | $62,476 | $40,089 | $72,628 |
| Medical premium per covered person | n/a | n/a | $7,274 |
| Plans reporting no commission | 0 | 5 | 933 |
Year over year. In plan year 2023, 18 Auburn employers reported $825,936 in premiums and $1.0M in broker pay for 8,342 participants; in 2024 it was $937,263 and $1.2M for 8,956 participants (premiums +13.5%, broker pay +15.6%).
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 Auburn employers pay health insurance brokers?
18 Auburn employers reported $1,209,991 in broker commissions and fees on their 2024 Form 5500 filings, 17 of them disclosing at least some compensation. Too few fully insured medical plans in Auburn reported premium to compute a stable commission rate; the Washington median is 1.3% and the U.S. median is 3.8%. In dollars, the median Auburn employer that disclosed broker pay reported $62,476.
Which Auburn employers have the largest health plans?
By insurance premium reported for 2024, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe ($489,510), Village Concepts, LLC ($172,169), Kirby Electric ($150,546) lead. 18 Auburn employers are listed on this page; every employer in the record has its own page.
Which brokers and carriers are paid the most in Auburn?
By compensation reported by Auburn employers, the largest brokers are USI Insurance Services ($394,126, 7 plans), Lockton ($149,393, 1 plans), Parker Smith & Feek Inc. ($117,972, 1 plans). By medical premium, the largest carriers are Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Options, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, Premera Blue Cross.
Are Auburn employer health plans self-funded or fully insured?
Of 18 Auburn employer plans, 6 are fully insured, 7 are self-funded and 5 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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