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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Piedmont Federal Savings Bank

Finance & insurance · Winston Salem, North Carolina · EIN ending 8476 · doing business as Piedmont Federal Bank

Updated Filing received by DOL

Piedmont Federal Savings Bank, a finance & insurance employer in Winston Salem, North Carolina, reported 121 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 2 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $42,997 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on March 20, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
121
−3.2% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$42,997
+8.7% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Piedmont Federal Savings Bank's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract Piedmont Federal Savings Bank filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
OneDigital · Atlanta, GA$16,140$11,143$27,2832
Centro Benefits Research LLC · Kirkwood, MO$7,285$0$7,2851
Swidpro LLC · Raleigh, NC$3,765$2,964$6,7291
Glenn Zimmerman · Gibsonville, NC$847$196$1,0431
Benefits Count I Inc · Raleigh, NC$252$0$2521
Sue S. Warden · Advance, NC$122$0$1221
Arthur Wayne Jordan JR · Raleigh, NC$85$0$851
Turnkey Benefits Inc · Indianapolis, IN$49$0$491
Grimes Insurance LLC · Fayetteville, NC$21$24$451
Benefits Count Ii Inc · Raleigh, NC$39$0$391
Insync Benefits Inc · Cornelius, NC$25$0$251
Barrett L. Patterson · Raleigh, NC$24$0$241

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
Guardian Insurance Companycoverage not coded152—$30,202—
Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Companycoverage not coded112—$12,795—

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 Piedmont Federal Savings Bank 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
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank
$42,997
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

$39,564$42,997Broker pay20232024
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants125121−3.2%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$39,564$42,997+8.7%
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
Piedmont Federal Savings Bank#501 · insuranceSeptember 30, 2025March 20, 2026before deadline121

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 Piedmont Federal Savings Bank pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Piedmont Federal Savings Bank's 2024 Form 5500 reports $42,997 in broker commissions and fees across 2 insurance contracts ($28,669 in commissions, $14,328 in fees), with OneDigital receiving the largest share.

Is Piedmont Federal Savings Bank's health plan self-funded or fully insured?

The 2024 filing indicates the plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims).

How does Piedmont Federal Savings Bank's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Piedmont Federal Savings Bank 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.