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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Nio USA, Inc.

Professional & technical services · San Jose, California · EIN ending 6669

Updated Filing received by DOL

Nio USA, Inc., a professional & technical services employer in San Jose, California, reported 123 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 5 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $165,005 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on June 21, 2025, before the deadline.

Participants
123
−43.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 2 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$165,005
−6.0% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Nio USA, 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 Nio USA, Inc. filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Abd Ins. and Financial SVCS., Inc. · San Mateo, CA$160,672$4,333$165,0055

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 Planvision105—$1,310—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded1—$1,045—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, prescription drug, HMO66—$27,078—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Companyhealth, dental, prescription drug172—$118,497—
Unum Life Insurance Company of Americalife, short-term disability, long-term disability100—$17,075—

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 Nio USA, 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
Nio USA, Inc.
$165,005
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

$175,623$165,005Broker pay20232024
Nio USA, Inc.: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants218123−43.6%
Premiums filed$0$0not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$175,623$165,005−6.0%
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
Nio USA Inc Health & Welfare Plan#501 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024June 21, 2025before deadline123

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 Nio USA, Inc. pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Nio USA, Inc.'s 2024 Form 5500 reports $165,005 in broker commissions and fees across 5 insurance contracts ($160,672 in commissions, $4,333 in fees), with Abd Ins. and Financial SVCS., Inc. receiving the largest share.

Is Nio USA, 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 Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company.

How does Nio USA, Inc.'s broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Nio USA, 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.