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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.

Updated Filing received by DOL

Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc., a manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employer in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, reported 367 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows $2.2M in insurance premiums across 12 contracts and $86,890 in broker commissions and fees, 2.6% of medical premium against a national median of 3.8% among plans that paid commissions in plan year 2024. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on May 11, 2026, within the extension window.

Participants
367
+38.5% vs 2023
Premiums filed
$2.2M
+3.3% vs 2023
Broker commissions + fees
$86,890
+1.4% vs 2023
Commission rate
2.6%
of medical premium · median 3.8%

Who was paid on Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, 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 Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc. filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Marsh McLennan Agency · Allentown, PA$86,859$0$86,85919
Img · Indianapolis, IN$0$31$311

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
Capital Advantage Assurance Companyhealth, dental, vision, prescription drug, PPO340$2.2M$56,5202.6%
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of Americashort-term disability3—$55—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companylife389—$845—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companylife79—$3,819—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companyshort-term disability117—$5,319—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companylong-term disability96—$5,010—
Aci Specialty Benefitscoverage not coded258———
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companylife79—$189—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded32—$828—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded41—$1,469—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded41—$611—
Prudential Insurance Company of Americalife, long-term disability410—$12,225—

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 Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, 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
Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.
$86,890
Commission rate, % of medical premium
Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.
2.6%

Premium per covered person on medical contracts: $6,478 a year (national median $7,274).

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

Year over year

$2.1M$2.2MPremiums$85,665$86,890Broker pay20232024
Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants265367+38.5%
Premiums filed$2,133,004$2,202,659+3.3%
Broker commissions + fees$85,665$86,890+1.4%
Commission rate2.8%2.6%−0.2 pts

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
Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc. Employee Benefits Welfare Plan#501 · insurance, general assetsSeptember 30, 2025May 11, 2026within extension367

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 Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $86,890 in broker commissions and fees across 12 insurance contracts ($86,859 in commissions, $31 in fees), with Marsh McLennan Agency receiving the largest share.

Is Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, 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 Capital Advantage Assurance Company.

How does Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?

Jetson Specialty Marketing Services, Inc. paid 2.6% of medical premium in commissions and fees. The median for employers with 200-499 participants is 3.6%, and the median in Pennsylvania is 4.4%. Percentages are computed only on fully insured medical contracts with filed premiums.

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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.