Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · GRAND RAPIDS, MI
NOTIONS MARKETING CORPORATION
The filing calls this plan NOTIONS MARKETING HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFIT PLAN.
NOTIONS MARKETING CORPORATION of GRAND RAPIDS, MI spreads its employee benefits across 3 insurance carriers, according to its Form 5500 Schedule A. Its broker of record is BRUCE J. WALDECKER. Coverage is written through BLUE CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN and 2 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in May.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 38-1903169 · plan 502 · plan year 2025, filed Nov 10, 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
Also declared: death benefits.
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 CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN, covers 276 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $2,695,574, with $110,766 in disclosed broker commissions — about 4.1% of premium.
The most recent policy period ended in May, and the plan year ends May 31. Group contracts typically renew on that annual cycle.
BRUCE J. WALDECKER 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 CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN and UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. BLUE CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN | Health | 276 | Jun 1, 2025 | $1,839,220 | $52,366 |
| UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life, Disability | 307 | Jun 1, 2025 | $240,154 | $37,528 |
| BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN | Health, Dental, Vision | 466 | Jun 1, 2025 | $616,200 | $20,872 |
Premium and claims on these contracts
BLUE CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN, contract 223535. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $1,839,220 in premium earned and $1,619,005 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 88%.
BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, contract 223535. For the contract year on this filing, the carrier reported $616,200 in premium earned and $680,048 in claims incurred. Dividing one by the other gives 110%.
- BLUE CARE NETWORK OF MICHIGAN, contract 223535 reported $453,540 in retention.
- BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MICHIGAN, contract 223535 reported $170,049 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
The plan administrator is from line 3a of the main form. We publish company names only.
Reported to OSHA
Reported to OSHA for 2025: 344 employees, 12 recordable cases, 212 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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