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Employer health plan record · Plan year 2024 · Form 5500

Southern California Gas Company

Utilities · San Diego, California · EIN ending 0705

Updated Filing received by DOL

Southern California Gas Company, an utilities employer in San Diego, California, reported 8,319 participants in its health and welfare plans for plan year 2024. Its Form 5500 shows 22 insurance contracts with no premium reported and $81,606 in broker commissions and fees. The plan is a mix of insured and self-funded coverage. The Department of Labor received the filing on October 7, 2025, within the extension window.

Participants
8,319
+1.7% vs 2023
Premiums filed
none
self-funded or not filed
Broker commissions + fees
$81,606
+7.1% vs 2023
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Southern California Gas Company's plan

Schedule A, Part I lists each broker or agent paid on each insurance contract and the amount. Totals below add every contract Southern California Gas Company filed for 2024.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Fas Corp$81,606$0$81,6061

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
Blue Cross of Californiacoverage not coded1,363———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.health, HMO4,898———
Life Insurance Company of North Americacoverage not coded8,160———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife8,466———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded1,389———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companyvision930———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife503—$81,606—
Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a California Corporationdental, HMO1,215———
Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Companystop-loss185———
Blue Cross of Californiaindemnity139———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.health, HMO853———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife3,364———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded133———
Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a California Corporationdental, HMO298———
Unitedhealthcare of Californiahealth, HMO1,598———
Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Companystop-loss91———
Blue Cross of Californiaindemnity50———
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.health, HMO451———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife2,054———
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companycoverage not coded84———
Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a California Corporationdental, HMO128———
Unitedhealthcare of Californiahealth, HMO1,141———

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 Southern California Gas Company 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
Southern California Gas Company
$81,606
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

$76,175$81,606Broker pay20232024
Southern California Gas Company: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2023 vs 2024
20232024Change
Participants8,1768,319+1.7%
Premiums filed$0$0—
Broker commissions + fees$76,175$81,606+7.1%
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
Southern California Gas Company Active Employee Group Health and Welfare Program#505 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2024October 7, 2025within extension8,319
Southern California Gas Company Represented Retiree Health and Welfare Program#528 · amended · insurance, trustDecember 31, 2024October 11, 2025amended filing; original date not in data3,498
Southern California Gas Company Non-Represented Retiree Health and Welfare Program#533 · insurance, trustDecember 31, 2024October 7, 2025within extension2,172

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 Southern California Gas Company pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2024?

Southern California Gas Company's 2024 Form 5500 reports $81,606 in broker commissions and fees across 22 insurance contracts ($81,606 in commissions, $0 in fees), with Fas Corp receiving the largest share.

Is Southern California Gas Company'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., Unitedhealthcare of California.

How does Southern California Gas Company's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Southern California Gas Company 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.