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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.

Professional & technical services · Amarillo, Texas · EIN ending 1011 · doing business as Lata

Updated Filing received by DOL

Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc., a professional & technical services employer in Amarillo, Texas, reported 109 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 2 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $50,912 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on July 28, 2025, before the deadline.

Participants
109
−52.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 1 medical contract
Broker commissions + fees
$50,912
−57.4% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Los Alamos Technical Associates, 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 Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc. filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Butler Benefits & Consulting · Amarillo, TX$0$50,912$50,9122

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
Lucent Health Solutions LLChealth102—$50,912—
Nationwide Life Insurance Companystop-loss102———

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 Los Alamos Technical Associates, 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
Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.
$50,912
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

$119,570$50,912Broker pay20232024
Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants230109−52.6%
Premiums filed$0$0not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$119,570$50,912−57.4%
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
Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc Group Medical Insurance#501 · insuranceDecember 31, 2024July 28, 2025before deadline109

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 Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $50,912 in broker commissions and fees across 2 insurance contracts ($0 in commissions, $50,912 in fees), with Butler Benefits & Consulting receiving the largest share.

Is Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.'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 Lucent Health Solutions LLC.

How does Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Los Alamos Technical Associates, Inc. because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 100-199 participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $53,852.

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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.