Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
Updated plan year 2024, the most recent complete year
17 employers in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 114,474 participants. They reported $2.1M in insurance premiums and $1.9M in broker commissions and fees. Against 2023, premiums were up 10.4% and broker pay rose 7.9%.
Funding: 1 fully insured · 12 self-funded · 4 mixed. 16 of 17 plans pay at least some medical claims from the employer's own assets.
Largest employer health plans in Menomonee Falls
Menomonee Falls employers reporting the most insurance premium across every Schedule A contract, with what they paid brokers.
| Employer | Premiums | Broker pay | Participants | Top broker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. | $1,316,934 | $1,189,221 | 106,207 | Mercer |
| Russ Darrow Group, Inc. | $268,992 | $80,814 | 613 | Jennon M Caruth |
| Alto-Shaam Inc | $234,095 | $60,699 | 482 | The Horton Group Inc |
| Glenroy, Inc. | $131,511 | $22,419 | 205 | Lockton |
| Cousins Subs Systems, Inc. | $121,656 | $15,676 | 169 | Jennon Caruth |
| Board of Trustees of the IBEW Veba Health Savings Trust | $0 | — | 3,082 | — |
| Skygen USA, LLC | $0 | $48,131 | 753 | The Meltzer Group Inc |
| Wacker Neuson America Corporation | $0 | $18,177 | 528 | Hausmann Group Inc |
| Continental Properties Company, Inc | $0 | $32,701 | 494 | Brown & Brown |
| Bradley Corporation | $0 | $36,035 | 466 | Mercer |
| R.J. Schinner Co., Inc. | $0 | $5,414 | 427 | USI Insurance Services |
| Exponential Power | $0 | $212,917 | 328 | Willis Towers Watson |
| Herker Industries, Inc. | $0 | — | 204 | — |
| Messer Cutting Systems Inc. | $0 | $11,793 | 172 | Horton Group, Inc. |
| Cold Core Group, LLC | $0 | $14,805 | 131 | The Horton Group Inc. |
| E.R. Wagner Manufacturing, Inc. | $0 | $83,532 | 108 | Watchtower Technologies Inc |
| The Brewer Company, LLC | $0 | $22,010 | 105 | HUB International |
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 Menomonee Falls employers, with the number of employer plans naming each broker.
| Broker | Commissions + fees | Plans |
|---|---|---|
| Mercer | $1,225,256 | 2 |
| Willis Towers Watson | $181,255 | 2 |
| The Horton Group Inc. | $61,217 | 3 |
| The Meltzer Group Inc | $48,131 | 1 |
| Brown & Brown | $22,612 | 2 |
| Lockton | $22,419 | 1 |
| Jennon M Caruth | $21,534 | 1 |
| Mark Mettille | $17,606 | 1 |
| HUB International | $16,348 | 1 |
| Hausmann Group Inc | $14,118 | 1 |
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written for these employers.
Menomonee Falls 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.
| Menomonee Falls | 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 | $32,701 | $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, 17 Menomonee Falls employers reported $1.9M in premiums and $1.7M in broker pay for 119,847 participants; in 2024 it was $2.1M and $1.9M for 114,474 participants (premiums +10.4%, broker pay +7.9%).
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 Menomonee Falls employers pay health insurance brokers?
17 Menomonee Falls employers reported $1,854,344 in broker commissions and fees on their 2024 Form 5500 filings, 15 of them disclosing at least some compensation. Too few fully insured medical plans in Menomonee Falls 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 Menomonee Falls employer that disclosed broker pay reported $32,701.
Which Menomonee Falls employers have the largest health plans?
By insurance premium reported for 2024, Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. ($1.3M), Russ Darrow Group, Inc. ($268,992), Alto-Shaam Inc ($234,095) lead. 17 Menomonee Falls employers are listed on this page; every employer in the record has its own page.
Which brokers and carriers are paid the most in Menomonee Falls?
By compensation reported by Menomonee Falls employers, the largest brokers are Mercer ($1.2M, 2 plans), Willis Towers Watson ($181,255, 2 plans), The Horton Group Inc. ($61,217, 3 plans). By medical premium, the largest carriers are Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Wisconsin, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. (california).
Are Menomonee Falls employer health plans self-funded or fully insured?
Of 17 Menomonee Falls employer plans, 1 are fully insured, 12 are self-funded and 4 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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