Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · HOUSTON, TX
LONE STAR LEGAL AID
The filing calls this plan LONE STAR LEGAL AID WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN.
LONE STAR LEGAL AID of HOUSTON, TX insures health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage for its employees, per Schedule A of its Form 5500. Its broker of record is CADENCE INSURANCE INC. Coverage is written through BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD and 2 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in April.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 74-1537787 · plan 501 · plan year 2024, filed Oct 15, 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
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 3 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, covers 695 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $7,537,863, with $223,949 in disclosed broker commissions — about 3% of premium.
The most recent policy period ended in April, and the plan year ends December 31. Group contracts typically renew on that annual cycle.
CADENCE INSURANCE INC is the broker of record on 1 of the 3 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
3 carriers appear on the filing, including BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD, DEARBORN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CARE PLAN. BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD | Health, Dental | 695 | May 1, 2025 | $6,923,523 | $148,299 |
| DEARBORN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Vision, Life, Disability | 324 | May 1, 2025 | $516,460 | $75,650 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CARE PLAN | Health | 10 | Jun 1, 2025 | $97,880 | $0 |
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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