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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2025 (latest filing) · Form 5500

Pella Corporation

Updated Filing received by DOL

Pella Corporation, a manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employer in Pella, Iowa, reported 9,727 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2025. Its Form 5500 shows 7 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $97,017 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on July 9, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
9,727
+11.1% vs 2024
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$97,017
+2.9% vs 2024
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Pella 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 Pella Corporation filed for 2025.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Lockton · Dallas, TX$0$97,017$97,0172

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, Part I (broker commissions and fees), plan year 2025, as published in EBSA's 2025 "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
Compsych Corporationcoverage not coded10,200———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.health, prescription drug, HMO37———
Usable Lifeshort-term disability3———
Hawaii Medical Service Associationhealth, prescription drug2———
Modern Health Arizona, PLLCcoverage not coded9,783———
Reliance Standard Life Insurance Companylife, long-term disability9,783—$97,017—
Vision Service Planvision9,548———

Source: DOL Form 5500 Schedule A, plan year 2025. Self-funded medical coverage has no premium; amounts shown for it are stop-loss or administrative contracts.

How Pella 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
Pella Corporation
$97,017
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

$94,281$97,017Broker pay20242025
Pella Corporation: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2024 vs 2025
20242025Change
Participants8,7569,727+11.1%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$94,281$97,017+2.9%
Commission rate———

Source: DOL Form 5500 filings for plan years 2024 and 2025.

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
Pella Corporation General Welfare Benefit Plan#502 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2025July 9, 2026before deadline9,727

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 Pella Corporation pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2025?

Pella Corporation's 2025 Form 5500 reports $97,017 in broker commissions and fees across 7 insurance contracts ($0 in commissions, $97,017 in fees), with Lockton receiving the largest share.

Is Pella Corporation's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2025 filing indicates the plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. Medical coverage is written by Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Hawaii Medical Service Association.

How does Pella Corporation's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Pella 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.