Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · KENNESAW, GA
GUARDIAN INDEPENDENT OPERATOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
The filing calls this plan GIOA BENEFIT TRUST FUND.
GUARDIAN INDEPENDENT OPERATOR ASSOCIATION, INC. of KENNESAW, GA files a Form 5500 with the U.S. Department of Labor disclosing its employee benefit plan. Its broker of record is MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC. Coverage is written through BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF GEORGIA, INC. and 4 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 85-1854365 · plan 501 · plan year 2025, filed Aug 25, 2026
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How this plan is funded
Both, as reported
The medical insurance contracts on the filing cover fewer than half the people in the plan, so the rest is paid another way.
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The filing says this plan is subject to the Form M-1 requirement for multiple-employer welfare arrangements.
Benefits declared on this filing
Also declared: death benefits, 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 8 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $165,762,144, with $1,669,731 in disclosed broker commissions — about 1% 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.
MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC is the broker of record on 5 of the 8 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
5 carriers appear on the filing, including BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF GEORGIA, INC., LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT and SECURIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF GEORGIA, INC. writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD HEALTHCARE PLAN OF GEORGIA, INC. | Health, Dental, Vision | 19,955 | Jan 1, 2026 | $153,581,442 | $824,929 |
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | — | 1,006 | Jan 1, 2026 | $3,726,427 | $255,715 |
| HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT | Life, Disability | 150,026 | Jan 1, 2026 | $3,021,595 | $219,945 |
| STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 932 | Jan 1, 2026 | $2,431,438 | $207,429 |
| SECURIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 15,270 | Jan 1, 2026 | $2,550,920 | $132,659 |
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | — | 1,006 | Jan 1, 2026 | $340,120 | $23,373 |
| HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT | — | 3,801 | Jan 1, 2026 | $75,748 | $5,681 |
| LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA | Life | 1,006 | Jan 1, 2026 | $34,454 | $0 |
Premium and claims on this contract
STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, contract 759028. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $2,276,089 in premium earned and $139,551 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 6%.
- STANDARD INSURANCE COMPANY, contract 759028 reported $2,126,553 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
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