Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · WASHINGTON, DC
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
The filing calls this plan NPR WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN.
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO of WASHINGTON, DC files a Form 5500 with the U.S. Department of Labor disclosing its employee benefit plan. Its broker of record is MELTZER GROUP BENEFITS. Coverage is written through KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC and 7 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 52-0907625 · plan 501 · plan year 2025, filed Jun 16, 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 11 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $5,972,195, with $127,399 in disclosed broker commissions — about 2.1% 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.
MELTZER GROUP BENEFITS is the broker of record on 1 of the 11 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
8 carriers appear on the filing, including KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC.. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 29 | Jan 1, 2026 | $164,890 | $88,444 |
| THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life, Disability | 1,067 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,194,149 | $31,093 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC | Health | 243 | Jan 1, 2026 | $2,510,258 | $7,862 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental | 1,495 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,097,886 | $0 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 43 | Jan 1, 2026 | $429,551 | $0 |
| CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental | 33 | Jan 1, 2026 | $291,189 | $0 |
| VISION SERVICE PLAN | Vision | 807 | Jan 1, 2026 | $214,659 | $0 |
| NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA | — | — | Jan 1, 2026 | $35,400 | $0 |
| TRAWICK INTERNATIONAL GMBH | Disability | 7 | Jan 1, 2026 | $13,770 | $0 |
| DELAWARE AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE OF AMERICA | Life | 33 | Jan 1, 2026 | $13,084 | $0 |
| TRAWICK INTERNATIONAL GMBH | Life | 7 | Jan 1, 2026 | $7,359 | $0 |
Premium and claims on these contracts
CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, contract 3210388. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $1,097,886 in premium earned and $1,631,514 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 149%.
VISION SERVICE PLAN, contract 06104973. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $214,659 in premium earned and $162,895 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 76%.
- CIGNA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, contract 3210388 reported $1,279,227 in retention.
- VISION SERVICE PLAN, contract 06104973 reported $38,639 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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