Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
2,887 Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employers filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 3,091,295 participants. They reported $1.1B in insurance premiums and $296M in broker commissions and fees. The median broker rate on commission-paying, fully insured medical plans was 3.3% of premium, 0.5 points below the national median of 3.8%.
Largest brokers
Reported commissions and fees, with the number of employer plans naming each.
Largest medical carriers
Medical premium written.
Largest employer plans
By health plan participants.
Highest broker pay
Employers reporting the most broker commissions and fees.
| Employer | City | Broker pay | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valero Energy Corporation | San Antonio, TX | $3,412,089 | — |
| Brenntag North America, Inc. | Reading, PA | $2,425,209 | — |
| Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP | Wilmington, DE | $2,075,187 | — |
| Pratt Industries, Inc. | Conyers, GA | $1,720,662 | — |
| Gaf LLC | Parsippany, NJ | $1,596,718 | — |
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Akron, OH | $1,475,921 | — |
| Michelin North America, Inc. | Greenville, SC | $1,466,821 | — |
| Shell USA, Inc. | Houston, TX | $1,405,647 | — |
| PPG Industries, Inc. | Pittsburgh, PA | $1,319,361 | — |
| Indorama Ventures Holdings Corporation | Charlotte, NC | $1,163,468 | — |
| Moore Holdings, LLC | Lanham, MD | $1,122,332 | — |
| Quikrete International, Inc. | Atlanta, GA | $1,119,312 | — |
| Graphic Packaging International, LLC | Atlanta, GA | $1,095,314 | — |
| Amgen Inc. | Thousand Oaks, CA | $1,090,343 | — |
| CSL Behring LLC | King of Prussia, PA | $1,085,339 | 0.0% |
| Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC | Morristown, NJ | $1,082,860 | — |
| Sealed Air Corporation | Charlotte, NC | $986,241 | — |
| Evonik Corporation | Piscataway, NJ | $955,813 | — |
| Celanese Americas, LLC. | Irving, TX | $943,862 | — |
| Chevron Corporation | San Ramon, CA | $874,191 | — |
| Johns Manville Corporation | Denver, CO | $868,521 | 0.0% |
| Cascades USA Inc. | Waterford, NY | $867,439 | — |
| Corteva Agriscience LLC | Wilmington, DE | $841,239 | — |
| Niagara Bottling, LLC | Diamond Bar, CA | $770,109 | — |
| Cemex, Inc. | Houston, TX | $763,400 | — |
Highest commission rates
Fully insured medical plans with at least $500,000 in premium, ranked by broker compensation as a share of premium.
Source: DOL Form 5500 and Schedule A, plan year 2024; built October 24, 2026. Methodology.
What do Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employers pay health insurance brokers?
Across 209 fully insured medical plans in plan year 2024, among commission-paying fully insured medical plans, the median broker compensation for Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employers was 3.3% of premium (middle half 2.3% to 5.0%), against a national median of 3.8%. In dollars, the median employer that disclosed broker pay reported $61,723.
Which Manufacturing — chemical, wood, plastics employers paid the most in broker commissions?
Valero Energy Corporation reported the most in 2024, $3,412,089, followed by Brenntag North America, Inc. ($2.4M) and Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals LP ($2.1M).
Which brokers and carriers dominate this industry?
By reported compensation, the largest brokers are Marsh McLennan Agency, Mercer, Willis Towers Watson. By medical premium, the largest carriers are Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company.