Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · NEWPORT, AR
ARKANSAS STEEL ASSOCIATES
The filing calls this plan ARKANSAS STEEL ASSOCIATES GROUP PLAN.
Public Form 5500 records show how ARKANSAS STEEL ASSOCIATES of NEWPORT, AR, a manufacturing employer, structures its employee benefits. Its broker of record is M&P INSURANCE & INVESTMENT SERVICES. Coverage is written through ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD and 2 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 71-0682367 · plan 501 · plan year 2024, filed Oct 7, 2025
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How this plan is funded
Fully insured as reported
The filing reports medical coverage through an insurance contract on Schedule A, and no money paid for benefits by the plan itself.
Benefits declared on this filing
Also declared: other welfare.
Declared benefits are the plan’s own line 8b codes on Form 5500. “Not on Schedule A” means no insured contract for that line appears on this filing. That usually means the benefit is self-funded, or it sits under a different plan number.
Where a line has more than one insured contract, the carrier and the covered figure are the largest contract's by premium. The contracts are not added up: a pharmacy carve-out and the medical carrier beside it cover the same people.
Persons covered is the count the carrier filed for that policy at the end of its policy year, and it can include dependents. Participants is the plan's own count at the start of its plan year. The two count different people, so a covered figure can be larger.
Plan brief
Schedule A lists 6 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, covers 262 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $3,205,662, with $55,159 in disclosed broker commissions — about 1.7% of premium.
The health contract's policy period ended in December, while at least one ancillary line's policy period ended in September. The plan is on a split renewal cycle.
M&P INSURANCE & INVESTMENT SERVICES is the broker of record on 1 of the 6 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
3 carriers appear on the filing, including ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT and USABLE LIFE. ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT | Life, Disability | 260 | Oct 1, 2024 | $213,576 | $32,036 |
| USABLE LIFE | Life | 273 | Sep 1, 2024 | $116,652 | $15,493 |
| USABLE LIFE | — | 240 | Sep 1, 2024 | $69,880 | $7,630 |
| ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD | Health | 262 | Jan 1, 2025 | $2,609,091 | $0 |
| ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD | Dental | 263 | Jan 1, 2025 | $159,793 | $0 |
| ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD | Vision | 216 | Jan 1, 2025 | $36,670 | $0 |
Premium and claims on these contracts
ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, contract 024841. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $2,609,091 in premium earned and $2,778,801 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 107%.
ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, contract 027177. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $159,793 in premium earned and $132,468 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 83%.
- ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, contract 024841 reported $310,782 in retention.
- ARKANSAS BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD, contract 027177 reported $24,218 in retention.
Retention is what the carrier kept of the premium after claims, as reported: administration, commissions and other charges.
Only experience-rated contracts report these figures, so most filings leave them blank.
Covered = persons covered at policy year end, as filed on Schedule A for that policy — often certificates or one class, not the whole plan. Premium = the filing’s own premium/charges figure; “—” means not credibly reported.
Administrator and service providers
The plan administrator is from line 3a of the main form. We publish company names only.
Reported to OSHA
Reported to OSHA for 2025: 268 employees, 7 recordable cases, 13 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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