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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

SMS Infocomm Corporation

Other services · Grapevine, Texas · EIN ending 7490

Updated Filing received by DOL

SMS Infocomm Corporation, an other services employer in Grapevine, Texas, reported 950 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 3 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $684,541 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is fully insured (an insurance carrier pays claims). The Department of Labor received the filing on January 13, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
950
+12.6% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
premium not reported on 1 medical contract
Broker commissions + fees
$684,541
+24.8% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on SMS Infocomm 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 SMS Infocomm Corporation filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Big Benefit Corp$453,201$7,872$461,0733
Big Benefitcorp Inc · Dallas, TX$77,738$8,467$86,2051
Gis Benefits · Morris, IL$55,743$13,248$68,9911
Gary Cook · Dallas, TX$65,064$0$65,0641
Boon Chapman Benefit Administrators · Austin, TX$0$3,208$3,2081

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
Bluecross Blueshield of Texashealth1,261—$459,773—
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companydental, vision, life, short-term disability, long-term disability2,153—$223,468—
Metlife Legal Planscoverage not coded49—$1,300—

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 SMS Infocomm 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
SMS Infocomm Corporation
$684,541
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

$548,700$684,541Broker pay20232024
SMS Infocomm Corporation: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants844950+12.6%
Premiums filed$0$0not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$548,700$684,541+24.8%
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
SMS Infocomm Corporation Employee Benefit Plan#501 · insuranceJune 30, 2025January 13, 2026before deadline950

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 SMS Infocomm Corporation pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

SMS Infocomm Corporation's 2024 Form 5500 reports $684,541 in broker commissions and fees across 3 insurance contracts ($651,746 in commissions, $32,795 in fees), with Big Benefit Corp receiving the largest share.

Is SMS Infocomm Corporation'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 Bluecross Blueshield of Texas.

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

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for SMS Infocomm Corporation because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 500-999 participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $104,902.

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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.