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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2025 (latest filing) · Form 5500

Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC

Professional & technical services · Houston, Texas · EIN ending 8871

Updated Filing received by DOL

Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC, a professional & technical services employer in Houston, Texas, reported 516 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2025. Its Form 5500 shows 11 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $253,843 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is self-funded (the employer pays claims itself, with stop-loss coverage from Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company). The Department of Labor received the filing on July 29, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
516
−13.3% vs 2024
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$253,843
−47.3% vs 2024
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC filed for 2025.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
HUB International · Bryan, TX$163,007$0$163,00710
Centro Benefits Group, LLC · Kirkwood, MO$0$45,917$45,9179
Paycor, Inc · Cincinnati, OH$0$28,926$28,9265
Marsh McLennan Agency · Conshohocken, PA$0$14,558$14,5589
Harold J Kidd · Schertz, TX$1,435$0$1,4351

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, Part I (broker commissions and fees), plan year 2025, as published in EBSA's 2025 "Latest" dataset. Part I names whoever the carrier paid, which can be a firm or an individual agent; both are public record. Amounts exclude pay from carriers not tied to a listed contract.

Insurance contracts and carriers

Every insurance contract reported on Schedule A: carrier, what it covers, people covered at year end, earned premium, and broker compensation.

Carrier · coverageCoveredPremiumBroker payRate
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companylife268—$59,481—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companydental338—$47,508—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companyvision332—$7,063—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companylife479—$19,749—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Companystop-loss356———
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded104—$6,906—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companyshort-term disability256—$32,619—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded156—$12,930—
Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc dba Legalshieldcoverage not coded71—$4,426—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companylong-term disability230—$47,607—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded112—$15,554—

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, plan year 2025. Self-funded medical coverage has no premium; amounts shown for it are stop-loss or administrative contracts.

How Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC compares

Medians across employers for plan year 2024, the most recent complete year. Commission rates use fully insured medical contracts only; dollar medians use every employer that disclosed broker pay.

Broker commissions + fees, dollars
Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC
$253,843
Commission rate, % of medical premium

Not computable: no insured medical premium on the filing.

Source: BenefitsLedger benchmarks from 58,547 employer health plans with 100 or more participants, plan year 2024. Methodology.

Year over year

$481,928$253,843Broker pay20242025
Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2024 vs 2025
20242025Change
Participants595516−13.3%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$481,928$253,843−47.3%
Commission rate———

Source: DOL Form 5500 filings for plan years 2024 and 2025.

Filings and timeliness

Plans this employer filed under its EIN with a health benefit code. Large plans are due seven months after the plan year ends, or two and a half months later with an extension; amended filings carry the amendment date, so no timing is asserted for them.

PlanPlan year endReceived by DOLTimingParticipants
Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC Wrap Plan#502 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2025July 29, 2026before deadline516

Source: DOL Form 5500 Part I and signature dates; "late" means received after the extended deadline (the 15th day of the tenth month after plan year end). What a late Form 5500 costs.

How much did Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2025?

Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC's 2025 Form 5500 reports $253,843 in broker commissions and fees across 11 insurance contracts ($164,442 in commissions, $89,401 in fees), with HUB International receiving the largest share.

Is Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2025 filing indicates the plan is self-funded (the employer pays claims itself, with stop-loss coverage from Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company).

How does Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Cdi Engineering Solutions, LLC because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 500-999 participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $104,902.

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Record built October 24, 2026 from U.S. Department of Labor, EBSA Form 5500 datasets (2025, 2024, 2023 plan years, 'Latest' files). Filings can run 7 to 10 months behind the plan year; always confirm against current plan documents. BenefitsLedger is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of Labor. Open the DOL filing search.