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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Island Management Services

Healthcare & social assistance · Lakewood, Washington · EIN ending 5732 · doing business as Hope Human Services, LLC

Updated Filing received by DOL

Island Management Services, a healthcare & social assistance employer in Lakewood, Washington, reported 607 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 7 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $82,671 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on December 9, 2025, before the deadline.

Participants
607
+22.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 2 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$82,671
−23.0% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Island Management Services's plan

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

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Brown & Brown · Los Angeles, CA$70,510$7,324$77,8348
Benefits Plus Inc Sol LLC · Pleasant Hill, OR$2,751$0$2,7511
Benefits Plus Ins Sol LLC · Pleasant Hill, OR$1,744$0$1,7441
Propel Insurance Agency LLC · Columbia, SC$342$0$3421

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
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwesthealth, dental, vision, prescription drug77—$22,558—
Eyemed Vision Carevision319—$3,349—
The Guardian Life Insurance Companydental, life, long-term disability621—$17,460—
Symetra Life Insurance Companyindemnity124—$3,275—
American Heritage Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded37—$1,816—
American Heritage Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded125—$3,239—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washingtonhealth137—$30,974—

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 Island Management Services 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
Island Management Services
$82,671
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

$107,325$82,671Broker pay20232024
Island Management Services: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants495607+22.6%
Premiums filed$0$0not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$107,325$82,671−23.0%
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
Island Management Services Health and Welfare Plan#501 · insuranceMay 31, 2025December 9, 2025before deadline607

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 Island Management Services pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Island Management Services's 2024 Form 5500 reports $82,671 in broker commissions and fees across 7 insurance contracts ($75,347 in commissions, $7,324 in fees), with Brown & Brown receiving the largest share.

Is Island Management Services's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2024 filing indicates the plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). Medical coverage is written by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington.

How does Island Management Services's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Island Management Services 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.