Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · NEW YORK, NY
MACKAY SHIELDS LLC
The filing calls this plan MACKAY SHIELDS HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN.
MACKAY SHIELDS LLC of NEW YORK, NY insures health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage for its employees, per Schedule A of its Form 5500. Its broker of record is PILOT BENEFITS GROUP LLC. Coverage is written through NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and 1 other carrier. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 13-4080466 · plan 501 · plan year 2025, filed Jul 27, 2026
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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: 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 5 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, covers 319 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $8,101,348, with $21,182 in disclosed broker commissions — about 0.3% 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.
PILOT BENEFITS GROUP LLC is the broker of record on 1 of the 5 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
Two carriers split the book: NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and NEW YORK LIFE GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Health, Dental, Vision | 319 | Jan 1, 2026 | $7,880,504 | $10,140 |
| NEW YORK LIFE GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | Life | 166 | Jan 1, 2026 | $92,988 | $4,649 |
| NEW YORK LIFE GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | Disability | 166 | Jan 1, 2026 | $58,079 | $2,904 |
| NEW YORK LIFE GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | Disability | 166 | Jan 1, 2026 | $54,721 | $2,736 |
| NEW YORK LIFE GROUP INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK | — | 166 | Jan 1, 2026 | $15,056 | $753 |
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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