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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

National Railroad Passenger Corporation

Transportation — truck & rail · Washington, District of Columbia · EIN ending 0053

Updated Filing received by DOL

National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a transportation — truck & rail employer in Washington, District of Columbia, reported 18,814 participants in its health and welfare plans for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 34 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $347,344 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received an amended filing on March 23, 2026; the original filing date is not in the public dataset.

Participants
18,814
+13.0% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$347,344
+17.6% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on National Railroad Passenger Corporation's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract National Railroad Passenger Corporation filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Strategic Non-Medical Solutions LLC · Boston, MA$197,504$149,840$347,34411

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

The 24 largest of 34 contracts reported on Schedule A: carrier, what it covers, people covered at year end, earned premium, and broker compensation.

Carrier · coverageCoveredPremiumBroker payRate
Eyemed Vision Carevision25———
Eyemed Vision Carevision668———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife19,090—$53,312—
Hartford Life and Accidentshort-term disability2,370—$51,512—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.health, HMO83———
Eyemed Vision Carevision35———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, HMO65———
Aetna Life Insurance Co.dental946———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washingtonhealth, HMO6———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, HMO68———
Eyemed Vision Carevision37,722———
Eyemed Vision Carevision1,117———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife11,329—$12,109—
Provident Life and Accident Insurance Companylong-term disability4—$3,807—
Provident Life and Casualty Insurance Companylong-term disability6—$5,336—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.health, HMO101———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwesthealth, HMO3———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.health, HMO14———
Aetna Life Insurance Co.health, dental1———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife896—$5,367—
Eyemed Vision Carevision38———
Aetna Life Insurance Co.dental1,875———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, HMO23———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washingtonhealth, HMO6———

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 National Railroad Passenger Corporation 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
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
$347,344
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

$295,407$347,344Broker pay20232024
National Railroad Passenger Corporation: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants16,65018,814+13.0%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$295,407$347,344+17.6%
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
Amplan, the Amtrak Union Benefits Plan for Active Employees#555 · amended · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024March 23, 2026amended filing; original date not in data18,814
Amplan, the Amtrak Union Benefits Plan for Retired Employees#554 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024October 15, 2025within extension11,127
Choiceplus Cafeteria Plan for Active Employees#501 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024October 15, 2025within extension4,116
Choiceplus Plan for Retired Employees#502 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024October 15, 2025within extension238

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 National Railroad Passenger Corporation pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

National Railroad Passenger Corporation's 2024 Form 5500 reports $347,344 in broker commissions and fees across 34 insurance contracts ($197,504 in commissions, $149,840 in fees), with Strategic Non-Medical Solutions LLC receiving the largest share.

Is National Railroad Passenger Corporation'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 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington.

How does National Railroad Passenger Corporation's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for National Railroad Passenger Corporation 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.