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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc

Professional & technical services · East Hanover, New Jersey · EIN ending 8934

Updated Filing received by DOL

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc, a professional & technical services employer in East Hanover, New Jersey, reported 210 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 6 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $56,236 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on March 13, 2025, before the deadline.

Participants
210
+7.1% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 2 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$56,236
−36.9% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Chinook Therapeutics, Inc's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract Chinook Therapeutics, Inc filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Alliant Insurance Services · Pasadena, CA$46,788$9,448$56,2365

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, Part I (broker commissions and fees), plan year 2024, as published in EBSA's 2024 "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
Vision Service Planvision132—$1,026—
Delta Dental of Californiadental317—$18,572—
Claremont Behavioral Services, Inc.coverage not coded213———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, prescription drug, HMO31—$11,861—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washingtonhealth, prescription drug10—$2,404—
United of Omaha Life Insurance Companylife, short-term disability, long-term disability98—$22,373—

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, plan year 2024. Self-funded medical coverage has no premium; amounts shown for it are stop-loss or administrative contracts.

How Chinook Therapeutics, Inc 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
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc
$56,236
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

$89,104$56,236Broker pay20232024
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants196210+7.1%
Premiums filed$0$0not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$89,104$56,236−36.9%
Commission rate———

Source: DOL Form 5500 filings for plan years 2023 and 2024.

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
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. Health and Welfare Benefits Plan#501 · final filing · insurance, general assetsAugust 31, 2024March 13, 2025before deadline210

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 Chinook Therapeutics, Inc pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Chinook Therapeutics, Inc's 2024 Form 5500 reports $56,236 in broker commissions and fees across 6 insurance contracts ($46,788 in commissions, $9,448 in fees), with Alliant Insurance Services receiving the largest share.

Is Chinook Therapeutics, Inc's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2024 filing indicates the plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. Medical coverage is written by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington.

How does Chinook Therapeutics, Inc's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Chinook Therapeutics, Inc because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 200-499 participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $77,013.

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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.