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

GRT Rubber Technologies LLC

Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics · Paragould, Arkansas · EIN ending 8899

Updated Filing received by DOL

GRT Rubber Technologies LLC, a manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employer in Paragould, Arkansas, reported 241 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2025. Its Form 5500 shows $53,747 in insurance premiums across 4 contracts and $28,926 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on July 22, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
241
plan year 2025
Premiums filed
$53,747
premium not reported on 1 medical contract
Broker commissions + fees
$28,926
8 brokers
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on GRT Rubber Technologies 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 GRT Rubber Technologies LLC filed for 2025.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Gallagher · Rolling Meadows, IL$5,440$13,578$19,0183
Kathy S Enochs · Dallas, TX$0$3,056$3,0561
McCall, Martin · Jonesboro, AR$2,407$0$2,4071
Martin Timothy McCall · Jonesboro, AR$297$0$2971
Vandyke, Maria · Maumelle, AR$260$0$2601
Duncan, Jerry · Fayetteville, AR$114$0$1141
Group Service Underwriters Inc · Little Rock, AR$74$0$741
Lisa Yandell · Little Rock, AR$67$0$671

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
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shielddental137$53,747$3,6336.8%
Usable Lifehealth, life, short-term disability, long-term disability69—$7,538—
Symetra Life Insurance Companystop-loss183—$16,634—
Vision Service Planvision60—$1,121—

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 GRT Rubber Technologies 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
GRT Rubber Technologies LLC
$28,926
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.

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
GRT Rubber Technologies LLC Wrap Plan#502 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2025July 22, 2026before deadline241

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 GRT Rubber Technologies LLC pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2025?

GRT Rubber Technologies LLC's 2025 Form 5500 reports $28,926 in broker commissions and fees across 4 insurance contracts ($12,292 in commissions, $16,634 in fees), with Gallagher receiving the largest share.

Is GRT Rubber Technologies LLC's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2025 filing indicates the plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. Medical coverage is written by Usable Life.

How does GRT Rubber Technologies LLC's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for GRT Rubber Technologies LLC 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.