Arts & entertainment employer health plans: what they cost and who gets paid
994 Arts & entertainment employers filed health plans with 100 or more participants for plan year 2024, covering 689,355 participants. They reported $481M in insurance premiums and $106M in broker commissions and fees. The median broker rate on commission-paying, fully insured medical plans was 4.5% of premium, 0.7 points above 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.
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 Arts & entertainment employers pay health insurance brokers?
Across 82 fully insured medical plans in plan year 2024, among commission-paying fully insured medical plans, the median broker compensation for Arts & entertainment employers was 4.5% of premium (middle half 3.2% to 5.4%), against a national median of 3.8%. In dollars, the median employer that disclosed broker pay reported $65,871.
Which Arts & entertainment employers paid the most in broker commissions?
Board of Trustees of the MLB Lwip reported the most in 2024, $5,874,400, followed by Woodland Park Zoological Society ($2.9M) and Trustees of California Assoc. of Golf and Private Clubs Welfare ($2.0M).
Which brokers and carriers dominate this industry?
By reported compensation, the largest brokers are Gallagher, Marsh McLennan Agency, USI Insurance Services. By medical premium, the largest carriers are Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida.