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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Neptune Medical, Inc

Updated Filing received by DOL

Neptune Medical, Inc, a manufacturing — metal, equipment, transportation employer in Burlingame, California, reported 141 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 2 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $170,339 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on February 26, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
141
plan year 2024
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 2 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$170,339
3 brokers
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Neptune Medical, 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 Neptune Medical, Inc filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Carman and Fairbanks Ins Services · Oakland, CA$124,764$0$124,7642
Word & Brown Ins Admin Inc · Orange, CA$4,417$33,950$38,3672
Beer & Purves Inc (ga) · Walnut Creek, CA$7,208$0$7,2081

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
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shieldhealth, dental, vision, life, long-term disability133—$118,826—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inchealth103—$51,513—

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 Neptune Medical, 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
Neptune Medical, Inc
$170,339
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.

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
Neptune Medical, Inc Welfare Benefit Plan#501 · insuranceOctober 31, 2025February 26, 2026before deadline141

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 Neptune Medical, Inc pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Neptune Medical, Inc's 2024 Form 5500 reports $170,339 in broker commissions and fees across 2 insurance contracts ($136,389 in commissions, $33,950 in fees), with Carman and Fairbanks Ins Services receiving the largest share.

Is Neptune Medical, 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 Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

How does Neptune Medical, Inc's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Neptune Medical, 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.