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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

John E. Green Company

Construction · Highland Park, Michigan · EIN ending 7500

Updated Filing received by DOL

John E. Green Company, a construction employer in Highland Park, Michigan, reported 195 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows $2.7M in insurance premiums across 5 contracts and $128,507 in broker commissions and fees, 3.1% of medical premium against a national median of 3.8% among plans that paid commissions in plan year 2024. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on April 1, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
195
+6.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
$2.7M
+5.2% vs 2023
Broker commissions + fees
$128,507
+6.2% vs 2023
Commission rate
3.1%
of medical premium · median 3.8%

Who was paid on John E. Green Company's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract John E. Green Company filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Hylant · Troy, MI$114,650$5,475$120,1257
Centro Benefits Research, LLC · Kirkwood, MO$1,885$6,497$8,3822

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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michiganhealth, prescription drug, PPO291$1.8M$55,9353.0%
Blue Care Network of Michiganhealth, prescription drug, HMO117$653,999$20,1613.1%
Delta Dental of Michigandental419$161,341$16,0409.9%
The Guardian Life Insurance Company of Americavision151—$7,592—
The Lincoln National Life Insurance Companylife, long-term disability193—$28,779—

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 John E. Green Company 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
John E. Green Company
$128,507
Commission rate, % of medical premium
John E. Green Company
3.1%

Premium per covered person on medical contracts: $6,103 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

$2.5M$2.7MPremiums$121,012$128,507Broker pay20232024
John E. Green Company: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants183195+6.6%
Premiums filed$2,520,182$2,651,247+5.2%
Broker commissions + fees$121,012$128,507+6.2%
Commission rate3.0%3.1%+0.0 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
John E. Green Company Benefits Plan#501 · insuranceOctober 31, 2025April 1, 2026before deadline195

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 John E. Green Company pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

John E. Green Company's 2024 Form 5500 reports $128,507 in broker commissions and fees across 5 insurance contracts ($116,535 in commissions, $11,972 in fees), with Hylant receiving the largest share.

Is John E. Green Company'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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Care Network of Michigan.

How does John E. Green Company's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

John E. Green Company paid 3.1% of medical premium in commissions and fees. The median for employers with 100-199 participants is 4.2%, and the median in Michigan is 3.2%. 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.