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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Finance & insurance · New York, New York · EIN ending 8272

Updated Filing received by DOL

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., a finance & insurance employer in New York, New York, reported 21,926 participants in its health and welfare plans for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows $5.4M in insurance premiums across 20 contracts and $1.5M in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on October 6, 2025, within the extension window.

Participants
21,926
−0.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
$5.4M
premium not reported on 6 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$1.5M
+2.5% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Marsh & McLennan Companies, 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 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Marsh McLennan Agency · Brooklyn, NY$743,468$167,454$910,9221
Mercer · Minneapolis, MN$535,960$29,621$565,58119

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
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife18,834$4.1M——
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife2,607$1.3M$5,8520.4%
Hawaii Medical Service Associationhealth, HMO, PPO100———
Hartford Life and Accidentlong-term disability304———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans Inc.health, HMO379—$30,453—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Coloradohealth, HMO33—$2,079—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgiahealth, HMO33—$2,348—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantichealth, HMO28—$2,292—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwesthealth, HMO14—$1,063—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washingtonhealth, HMO34—$2,759—
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife7,299—$910,922—
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Companylong-term disability4—$615—
Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Companylong-term disability40—$16,500—
National Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, PAcoverage not coded18,834—$1,544—
Metlife Legal Plans, Inc.coverage not coded2,537—$39,043—
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PAlong-term disability8,713—$106,234—
Vision Service Planvision12,472—$260,873—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Co. and Affiliateshealth, indemnity6,658———
Hartford Life and Accidentlong-term disability2,077—$52,144—
National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PAcoverage not coded32,212—$41,782—

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 Marsh & McLennan Companies, 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
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
$1.5M
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

$5.3M$5.4MPremiums$1.4M$1.5MBroker pay20232024
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants22,05821,926−0.6%
Premiums filed$5,262,426$5,431,183not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$1,439,854$1,476,503+2.5%
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
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Health & Welfare Benefits Program#501 · insurance, trustDecember 31, 2024October 6, 2025within extension21,926
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. Group Benefits Plan#503 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024October 6, 2025within extension19,240

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 Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $1,476,503 in broker commissions and fees across 20 insurance contracts ($1,279,428 in commissions, $197,075 in fees), with Marsh McLennan Agency receiving the largest share.

Is Marsh & McLennan Companies, 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 Hawaii Medical Service Association, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado.

How does Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 5,000+ participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $458,262.

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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.