Giant Eagle, Inc.
Updated Filing received by DOL
Giant Eagle, Inc., a retail — stores, food, auto, clothing employer in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, reported 34,685 participants in its health and welfare plans for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows $31,312 in insurance premiums across 19 contracts and $298,388 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on October 15, 2025, within the extension window.
Who was paid on Giant Eagle, 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 Giant Eagle, Inc. filed for 2024.
| Broker or agent | Commissions | Fees | Total | Contracts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Havens & Co Inc · Manchester, MA | $279,624 | $16,841 | $296,465 | 6 |
| Custom Benefit Programs, Inc. · Hammonton, NJ | $962 | $0 | $962 | 2 |
| Mercer · Minneapolis, MN | $832 | $0 | $832 | 1 |
| Buck · New York, NY | $97 | $0 | $97 | 2 |
| Hugo Christopher Guckert · Hampstead, MD | $23 | $0 | $23 | 1 |
| James Ward · Columbia, SC | $9 | $0 | $9 | 1 |
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.
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 Giant Eagle, 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.
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
| 2023 | 2024 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Participants | 34,613 | 34,685 | +0.2% |
| Premiums filed | $0 | $31,312 | — |
| Broker commissions + fees | $275,876 | $298,388 | +8.2% |
| 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.
| Plan | Plan year end | Received by DOL | Timing | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant Eagle, Inc. Health and Welfare Plan#506 · insurance, general assets | December 31, 2024 | October 15, 2025 | within extension | 34,685 |
| Giant Eagle Retiree Group Health Benefits Plan#522 · insurance, general assets | December 31, 2024 | October 15, 2025 | within extension | 321 |
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 Giant Eagle, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?
Giant Eagle, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $298,388 in broker commissions and fees across 19 insurance contracts ($281,547 in commissions, $16,841 in fees), with Havens & Co Inc receiving the largest share.
Is Giant Eagle, 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 Highmark, Inc., Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
How does Giant Eagle, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?
A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Giant Eagle, Inc. because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 5,000+ participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $458,262.
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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.