Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · STATE COLLEGE, PA
BEST LINE LEASING, INC.
The filing calls this plan BEST LINE LEASING, INC. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN.
BEST LINE LEASING, INC. of STATE COLLEGE, PA is a 445-participant real estate employer whose group benefits are disclosed in its annual Form 5500 filing. Its broker of record is STRICKLER AGENCY INC. Coverage is written through COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and 2 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in August.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 23-2377559 · plan 501 · plan year 2025, filed Apr 7, 2026
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How this plan is funded
Self-funded as reported
The filing reports a stop-loss contract and no medical premium, which is what a plan that pays its own claims reports.
A stop-loss policy appears on a Form 5500 only when the plan itself is the beneficiary, or the premiums are paid from plan money. Many employers buy stop-loss and never report it here. So a plan with no stop-loss on its filing may still have it.
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.
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 3 insured contracts covering vision, life, disability and stop-loss; the largest, with COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, covers 381 people.
The filing declares vision, life, disability, health and dental. Health and dental appear with no insured contract on Schedule A. That coverage may be self-funded, or placed with a carrier that is not on this filing.
The only insured piece of the health benefit is stop-loss coverage, and the filing reports the plan paying its own claims. The stop-loss contract reports $319,408 in premium and $0 in commission. The rest of the premium and commission above is on the plan's other insured lines, and none of it is medical premium.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $557,678, with $22,141 in disclosed broker commissions — about 4% of premium.
The most recent policy period ended in August, and the plan year ends August 31. Group contracts typically renew on that annual cycle.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEARBORN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life, Disability | 407 | Sep 1, 2025 | $202,933 | $21,167 |
| CAPITAL ADVANTAGE ASSURANCE COMPANY | Vision | 710 | Sep 1, 2025 | $35,337 | $974 |
| COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Stop-loss | 381 | Sep 1, 2025 | $319,408 | $0 |
Premium and claims on this contract
CAPITAL ADVANTAGE ASSURANCE COMPANY, contract 00521774. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $35,337 in premium earned and $17,022 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 48%.
- CAPITAL ADVANTAGE ASSURANCE COMPANY, contract 00521774 reported $4,588 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. The service providers are named on Schedule C of this filing. We publish company names only.
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