Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · NEW YORK, NY
ECHO DESIGN GROUP, INC.
The filing calls this plan THE ECHO DESIGN GROUP, INC. POP PLAN.
ECHO DESIGN GROUP, INC. of NEW YORK, NY is a 86-participant manufacturing employer whose group benefits are disclosed in its annual Form 5500 filing. Its broker of record is BENEFITMALL. Coverage is written through NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and 6 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 13-1543397 · plan 624 · plan year 2024, filed Oct 13, 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 7 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, covers 74 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $1,218,556, with $93,953 in disclosed broker commissions — about 7.7% of premium.
The health contract's policy period ended in December, while at least one ancillary line's policy period ended in January. The plan is on a split renewal cycle.
BENEFITMALL is the broker of record on 1 of the 7 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
7 carriers appear on the filing, including NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Health | 74 | Jan 1, 2025 | $1,091,586 | $76,411 |
| THE GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Life, Disability | 75 | Feb 1, 2024 | $50,335 | $9,109 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental | 56 | Jan 1, 2025 | $41,443 | $4,120 |
| FIRST UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 78 | Jan 1, 2025 | $22,906 | $3,041 |
| CIGNA DENTAL HEALTH OF NEW JERSEY, INC. | Dental | 16 | Jan 1, 2025 | $6,630 | $663 |
| EYEMED VISION CARE | Vision | 65 | Feb 1, 2024 | $5,235 | $567 |
| CIGNA DENTAL HEALTH OF TEXAS, INC. | Dental | 1 | Jan 1, 2025 | $421 | $42 |
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
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