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

Veritiv Operating Company

Wholesale trade · Atlanta, Georgia · EIN ending 9500

Updated Filing received by DOL

Veritiv Operating Company, a wholesale trade employer in Atlanta, Georgia, reported 4,209 participants in its health and welfare plan for plan year 2025. Its Form 5500 shows $609,389 in insurance premiums across 37 contracts and $2.4M 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 8, 2026, before the deadline.

Participants
4,209
+2.8% vs 2024
Premiums filed
$609,389
premium not reported on 9 medical contracts
Broker commissions + fees
$2.4M
+10.0% vs 2024
Commission rate
n/a
needs insured medical premium

Who was paid on Veritiv Operating 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 Veritiv Operating Company filed for 2025.

Broker or agentCommissionsFeesTotalContracts
Aon · Chicago, IL$1,169,436$1,010,921$2,180,35730
Hewitt Ins Brokerage LLC · Chicago, IL$94,628$41,172$135,8004
Hewitt Insurance Brokerage · Chicago, IL$61,051$4,119$65,1704
Jennifer N Buck · Pecatonica, IL$42,871$0$42,8711
Jennifer Buck · Atlanta, GA$8,113$0$8,1132
Richard Keith Carter SR · Columbus, GA$393$0$3931
Sue C Tucker · Cusseta, AL$392$0$3921

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

The 24 largest of 37 contracts reported on Schedule A: carrier, what it covers, people covered at year end, earned premium, and broker compensation.

Carrier · coverageCoveredPremiumBroker payRate
Medical Mutualhealth, prescription drug40$433,814$17,4114.0%
Vision Service Planvision827$175,575$17,54410.0%
UPMC Health Optionshealth145—$41,999—
Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a California Corporationdental, HMO7—$74—
Aetna Life Insurance Co.health, dental1,303—$35,700—
Prevea360 Health Planhealth5—$1,691—
New York Life Group Insurance Company of New Yorkshort-term disability92—$4,624—
Continental American Insurance Companyhealth1,450—$215,565—
Priority Health Insurance Companyhealth158—$42,871—
Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc. (g0386)health, PPO1,044—$421,746—
Metropolitan General Insurance Companycoverage not coded676—$13,528—
Life Insurance Company of North Americashort-term disability25———
Unitedhealthcare Insurance Companydental554—$30,328—
Unitedhealthcare Insurance Companyvision456—$7,345—
Health Nethealth29—$16,702—
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companydental, vision, HMO698—$27,537—
Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a Florida Corporationdental, HMO3—$56—
Metropolitan Life Insurance Companylife6,076—$117,965—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates(cigna)health, indemnity722—$421,416—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates(cigna)dental, HMO, indemnity314—$17,302—
Life Insurance Company of North Americashort-term disability12—$1,493—
Life Insurance Company of North Americashort-term disability127—$3,299—
Life Insurance Company of North Americalong-term disability4,129—$31,739—
Hawaii Medical Service Associationhealth14—$4,119—

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 Veritiv Operating 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
Veritiv Operating Company
$2.4M
Commission rate, % of medical premium

Not computable: no insured medical premium on the filing.

Premium per covered person on medical contracts: $10,845 a year (national median $7,274).

Source: BenefitsLedger benchmarks from 58,547 employer health plans with 100 or more participants, plan year 2024. Methodology.

Year over year

$953,218$609,389Premiums$2.2M$2.4MBroker pay20242025
Veritiv Operating Company: premiums and broker commissions + fees, 2024 vs 2025
20242025Change
Participants4,0944,209+2.8%
Premiums filed$953,218$609,389not comparable
Broker commissions + fees$2,212,279$2,433,799+10.0%
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
Veritiv Health and Welfare Benefits Plan#501 · insurance, general assetsDecember 31, 2025June 8, 2026before deadline4,209

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 Veritiv Operating Company pay in health insurance broker commissions in 2025?

Veritiv Operating Company's 2025 Form 5500 reports $2,433,799 in broker commissions and fees across 37 insurance contracts ($1,377,587 in commissions, $1,056,212 in fees), with Aon receiving the largest share.

Is Veritiv Operating Company'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 Medical Mutual, UPMC Health Options, Aetna Life Insurance Co..

How does Veritiv Operating Company's broker compensation compare with similar employers?

A commission-to-premium ratio cannot be computed for Veritiv Operating Company because the filing does not report medical premium on Schedule A (usual for self-funded plans). In dollars, employers with 1,000-4,999 participants that disclosed broker pay reported a median of $168,579.

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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.