Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · HOUSTON, TX
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO
Public Form 5500 records show how NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO of HOUSTON, TX, a manufacturing employer, structures its employee benefits. Its broker of record is MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.. Coverage is written through BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF ILLINOIS and 8 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 76-0488987 · plan 571 · as of Aug 2026
Plan brief
Schedule A lists 9 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life, disability and stop-loss; the largest, with BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF ILLINOIS, covers 23,180 people.
The medical plan carries stop-loss coverage, which usually signals a self-funded health plan with insured protection against large claims.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $111,732,952, with $761,503 in disclosed broker commissions — about 0.7% of premium.
The health contract's policy period ended in December, while at least one ancillary line renews in July — the plan is on a split renewal cycle.
MCGRIFF INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. is the broker of record on 4 of the 9 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Life | 19,823 | December | $7,934,769 | $343,231 |
| BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD OF ILLINOIS | Health | 23,180 | December | $93,929,293 | $155,702 |
| UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | Life, Disability | 13,122 | December | $5,620,011 | $96,439 |
| CHUBB EUROPEAN GROUP SE | — | 35,521 | July | $457,095 | $72,912 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental, Vision | 1,701 | December | $1,479,723 | $40,234 |
| SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA | Stop-loss | 9,633 | December | $780,931 | $35,863 |
| PROVIDENT LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 47 | December | $47,121 | $9,384 |
| DELAWARE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA | Life, Disability | 432 | December | $236,381 | $7,738 |
| VISION SERVICE PLAN | Vision | 8,878 | December | $1,247,628 | $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.
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