Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · DAYTON, OH
DAYTON FREIGHT LINES, INC.
The filing calls this plan DAYTON FREIGHT LINES, INC. WELFARE PLAN.
DAYTON FREIGHT LINES, INC. of DAYTON, OH spreads its employee benefits across 3 insurance carriers, according to its Form 5500 Schedule A. Its broker of record is MCGOHAN BRABENDER. Coverage is written through RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and 2 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 31-1000719 · plan 503 · plan year 2024, filed Jul 16, 2025
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How this plan is funded
Funding not settled by the filing
The filing does not report enough to settle how this plan pays for benefits.
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 4 insured contracts covering dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, covers 9,426 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $12,398,504, with $1,289,029 in disclosed broker commissions — about 10% of premium.
The most recent policy period ended in December, and the plan year ends December 31. Group contracts typically renew on that annual cycle.
MCGOHAN BRABENDER is the broker of record on 1 of the 4 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
3 carriers appear on the filing, including RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and VISION SERVICE PLAN. RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life, Disability | 9,426 | Jan 1, 2025 | $8,446,910 | $1,211,326 |
| THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Dental | 3,775 | Jan 1, 2025 | $2,956,257 | $73,906 |
| THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Disability | 143 | Jan 1, 2025 | $28,851 | $3,797 |
| VISION SERVICE PLAN | Vision | 3,453 | Jan 1, 2025 | $966,486 | $0 |
Premium and claims on this contract
VISION SERVICE PLAN, contract 12179385. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $966,486 in premium earned and $753,358 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 78%.
- VISION SERVICE PLAN, contract 12179385 reported $115,978 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: 5,244 employees, 230 recordable cases, 2,860 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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