Insurance carrier
WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH DAKOTA appears on 66 employer benefit contracts in public Form 5500 Schedule A filings.
66 employer contracts on file name WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH DAKOTA as the insurance carrier. The full book with premiums and commissions is on the subscriber view of this page, or through the Form5500Lookup connector for ChatGPT and Claude.
Book profile
WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH DAKOTA writes 66 insured contracts for 65 employers, across 4 states, led by SD, IA, MN.
Health is the largest line (59 contracts), followed by stop-loss (10), dental (1).
UNKNOWN is the broker of record on the most contracts (2, about 3%); ACRIPOINT LLC, ACRISURE MIDWEST, ARI SERVICES LTD follow.
Renewals concentrate on January 1: 86% of the dated welfare contracts have policy years ending in December, so most of the book comes up for review at once.
Offices that file under one name are added up on one row. The name links to the office with the most contracts on this carrier.
- UNKNOWN2 offices on this carrier2
- ACRIPOINT LLC1
- ACRISURE MIDWEST1
- ARI SERVICES LTD1
- COTTINGHAM & BUTLER1
- MARSH & MCLENNAN AGENCY LLC1
Counted by each employer's own state. Largest first.
Contracts by line.
health 59 · stop-loss 10 · dental 1
Welfare contracts, counted by their typical renewal date (the 1st after the policy year ends). Annuity and GIC funding contracts have no renewal.
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Employers with plans through WELLMARK BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH DAKOTA
| Employer | Location | Broker | Renews |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACK HILLS CORPORATION | RAPID CITY, SD | — | Jan 1FY2025 |
| BLACK HILLS CORPORATION | RAPID CITY, SD | — | Jan 1FY2025 |
| IOWA ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE | DES MOINES, IA | — | Jan 1FY2024 |
| DACOTAH BANKS, INC. | ABERDEEN, SD | — | Jan 1FY2025 |
| CUAD HEALTH BENEFITS TRUST | BISMARCK, ND | — | Jan 1FY2025 |
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Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · Schedule A · each row is that employer’s most recent filing, largest premium first (plan years 2024–2025 on this page)
Legal name and group as filed with CMS
Commission as a share of premium, by state
The share is the agents' fees and commissions this carrier reported to CMS, divided by the medical premium it earned in that state and market. It counts medical business only, so a carrier's dental, vision, life and disability commissions are not in it, and a carrier that insures no medical business reports no share at all.
The states where this carrier earned the most premium, largest first.
| State | Market | Commission, share of premium | Premium earned |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | large-group | 0.5% | $526,061,815 |
| South Dakota | small-group | 3.0% | $240,692,276 |
| South Dakota | individual | 1.2% | $155,060,335 |
Source: CMS Medical Loss Ratio public use file, 2024. This is the carrier's own report to CMS, not a Form 5500 filing.
This report covers major medical insurance, in all three markets: individual, small group and large group. A company that only administers self-funded plans files none of it, and neither does one that writes only dental, vision, life or disability coverage, so nothing appears here for them.
Filed rate changes by state
Each row is the average rate change this carrier filed with a state's regulator for 2026. The figure covers a whole block of business, so it is not the change on any one employer's plan.
Ordered by the premium this carrier earned in each state.
| State | Market | Average rate change filed |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | individual | 1.5% |
| South Dakota | small-group | 4.4% |
Source: CMS Uniform Rate Review public use file, 2026. This is what the carrier filed with regulators, not a Form 5500 filing.
Rates are filed with regulators for small-group and individual coverage only. Large-group rates are negotiated, so they are not in this file.
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