De Pere, Wisconsin employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
Updated plan year 2024, the most recent complete year
17 employers in De Pere, Wisconsin filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 5,927 participants. They reported $1.1M in insurance premiums and $850,238 in broker commissions and fees. Against 2023, premiums were down 82.9% and broker pay rose 29.9%.
Funding: 3 fully insured · 9 self-funded · 5 mixed. 14 of 17 plans pay at least some medical claims from the employer's own assets.
Largest employer health plans in De Pere
De Pere employers reporting the most insurance premium across every Schedule A contract, with what they paid brokers.
| Employer | Premiums | Broker pay | Participants | Top broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson, Inc. | $351,704 | $140,441 | 528 | Tic, Inc. |
| Paper Transport, LLC | $332,362 | $131,982 | 907 | Watchtower Technologies Inc |
| Transport Refrigeration, Inc. | $206,477 | $84,667 | 457 | Zizzl, LLC |
| Sustana Fiber LLC | $88,369 | $43,385 | 132 | One80 Intermediaries Inc. |
| Amerilux International, LLC | $79,532 | $19,036 | 228 | Avergent |
| Belmark Inc | $0 | $34,785 | 1,014 | The McClone Agency Inc |
| Foth & Van Dyke, LLC | $0 | $51,791 | 595 | USI Insurance Services |
| Wel Companies, Inc. | $0 | $56,476 | 338 | Cottingham & Butler Insurance Serv |
| Specialty Metals Hold Co dba the Lawton Standard Co | $0 | $136,991 | 306 | Gallagher |
| Jones Sign Company | $0 | $7,571 | 240 | Cottingham & Butler |
| Value Added Distributors LLC | $0 | $13,220 | 228 | Melissa Widucki |
| Fytertech Nonwovens, LLC | $0 | $4,045 | 217 | USI Insurance Services |
| Infinity Machine & Engineering Corp. | $0 | $22,767 | 195 | Della M Otradovec |
| Valley Cabinet, Inc. | $0 | $56,745 | 170 | Stephen Dudkiewicz |
| Campbell Wrapper Corporation | $0 | $14,206 | 138 | RSC Insurance Brokerage, Inc. |
| Romo Inc. | $0 | $27,100 | 118 | Taylor Orton |
| Tweet/Garot Mechanical, Inc. | $0 | $5,030 | 116 | — |
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 De Pere employers, with the number of employer plans naming each broker.
| Broker | Commissions + fees | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Gallagher | $126,433 | 1 |
| Tic Inc | $100,901 | 1 |
| Cottingham & Butler | $71,420 | 3 |
| Brown & Brown | $39,540 | 1 |
| McClone Agency Inc | $34,785 | 1 |
| USI Insurance Services | $30,689 | 2 |
| Stephen Dudkiewicz | $27,138 | 1 |
| OneDigital | $23,355 | 1 |
| Avergent | $19,036 | 1 |
| Taylor Orton | $17,980 | 1 |
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written for these employers.
De Pere against Wisconsin 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.
| De Pere | Wisconsin | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employer plans | 17 | 1,402 | 58,547 |
| Median commission rate | n/a | 2.1% | 3.8% |
| Middle half of rates | n/a | 1.6% – 3.1% | 2.7% – 5.0% |
| Median broker pay per employer | $34,785 | $42,793 | $72,628 |
| Medical premium per covered person | n/a | $7,247 | $7,274 |
| Plans reporting no commission | 0 | 4 | 933 |
Year over year. In plan year 2023, 15 De Pere employers reported $6.2M in premiums and $654,348 in broker pay for 5,746 participants; in 2024 it was $1.1M and $850,238 for 5,927 participants (premiums −82.9%, broker pay +29.9%).
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 De Pere employers pay health insurance brokers?
17 De Pere employers reported $850,238 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 De Pere reported premium to compute a stable commission rate; the Wisconsin median is 2.1% and the U.S. median is 3.8%. In dollars, the median De Pere employer that disclosed broker pay reported $34,785.
Which De Pere employers have the largest health plans?
By insurance premium reported for 2024, Robinson, Inc. ($351,704), Paper Transport, LLC ($332,362), Transport Refrigeration, Inc. ($206,477) lead. 17 De Pere employers are listed on this page; every employer in the record has its own page.
Which brokers and carriers are paid the most in De Pere?
By compensation reported by De Pere employers, the largest brokers are Gallagher ($126,433, 1 plans), Tic Inc ($100,901, 1 plans), Cottingham & Butler ($71,420, 3 plans). By medical premium, the largest carriers are Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., HCC Life Insurance Company, Healthpartners Insurance Company-Ne Wi.
Are De Pere employer health plans self-funded or fully insured?
Of 17 De Pere employer plans, 3 are fully insured, 9 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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