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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

LC Industries, Inc.

Updated Filing received by DOL

LC Industries, Inc., a manufacturing — metal, equipment, transportation employer in Durham, North Carolina, reported 794 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 9 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $216,953 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is self-funded (the employer pays claims itself, with stop-loss coverage from Reliastar Life Insurance Company). The Department of Labor received the filing on January 15, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
794
+0.1% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$216,953
−1.5% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on LC Industries, 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 LC Industries, Inc. filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Marsh McLennan Agency · Charlotte, NC$160,287$14,276$174,56310
Stealth Partner Group LLC · Scottsdale, AZ$14,122$28,268$42,3901

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
Vision Service Planvision422—$2,790—
Reliastar Life Insurance Companylife, short-term disability, long-term disability738—$150,948—
Delta Dental of North Carolinadental743—$20,825—
Teladoc Health, Inc.coverage not coded9———
Teladoc Health, Inc.coverage not coded43———
Teladoc Health, Inc.coverage not coded6———
Teladoc Health, Inc.coverage not coded329———
Teladoc Health, Inc.coverage not coded9———
Reliastar Life Insurance Companystop-loss400—$42,390—

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 LC Industries, 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
LC Industries, Inc.
$216,953
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

$220,263$216,953Broker pay20232024
LC Industries, Inc.: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants793794+0.1%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$220,263$216,953−1.5%
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
LC Industries, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan#510 · insurance, general assetsJune 30, 2025January 15, 2026before deadline794

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 LC Industries, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

LC Industries, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $216,953 in broker commissions and fees across 9 insurance contracts ($174,409 in commissions, $42,544 in fees), with Marsh McLennan Agency receiving the largest share.

Is LC Industries, Inc.'s health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2024 filing indicates the plan is self-funded (the employer pays claims itself, with stop-loss coverage from Reliastar Life Insurance Company).

How does LC Industries, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for LC Industries, Inc. 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.