Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · NEWARK, NJ
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA
The filing calls this plan PANASONIC HEALTH AND WELFARE BENEFITS PLAN.
PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA of NEWARK, NJ insures health, dental, vision, life and disability coverage for its employees, per Schedule A of its Form 5500. Its broker of record is MERCER HEALTH AND BENEFITS, LLC. Coverage is written through KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. and 13 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 36-2786846 · plan 524 · plan year 2025, filed Aug 14, 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: prepaid legal, severance, 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 26 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $22,907,263, with $1,183,982 in disclosed broker commissions — about 5.2% 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.
MERCER HEALTH AND BENEFITS, LLC is the broker of record on 15 of the 26 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
14 carriers appear on the filing, including KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. writes the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 1,516 | Jan 1, 2026 | $8,014,380 | $593,140 |
| VISION SERVICE PLAN | Vision | 5,491 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,049,951 | $104,908 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health | 2,407 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,072,833 | $98,196 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health | 5,472 | Jan 1, 2026 | $503,150 | $82,844 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 134 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,631,511 | $64,399 |
| THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life | 10,420 | Jan 1, 2026 | $3,740,510 | $56,108 |
| METLIFE LEGAL PLANS | — | 2,310 | Jan 1, 2026 | $465,466 | $47,365 |
| THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 4,441 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,888,657 | $47,217 |
| THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Disability | 9,602 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,809,106 | $45,228 |
| UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | — | 108 | Jan 1, 2026 | $147,625 | $22,144 |
| FEDERAL INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 12,768 | Jan 1, 2026 | $36,383 | $7,277 |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental, Vision | 6 | Jan 1, 2026 | $53,550 | $4,913 |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental, Vision | 2 | Jan 1, 2026 | $21,396 | $3,119 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 13 | Jan 1, 2026 | $91,506 | $3,024 |
| UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA | — | 8 | Jan 1, 2026 | $17,249 | $2,363 |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Dental, Vision | 6 | Jan 1, 2026 | $12,889 | $1,737 |
| AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Dental | 4,167 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,145,042 | $0 |
| FIDELITY SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Vision | 7,311 | Jan 1, 2026 | $544,264 | $0 |
| AETNA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, LLC | — | 10,480 | Jan 1, 2026 | $310,428 | $0 |
| SIMNSA | Health, Dental | 36 | Jan 1, 2026 | $110,545 | $0 |
| HAWAII MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION | Health | 14 | Feb 1, 2025 | $92,264 | $0 |
| HAWAII MEDICAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION | Health | 14 | Jul 1, 2025 | $80,727 | $0 |
| HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE CENTER | — | 2,184 | Jan 1, 2026 | $65,829 | $0 |
| FIDELITY SECURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Vision | 51 | Jan 1, 2026 | $276 | $0 |
| AETNA INTERNATIONAL | — | 22 | Jan 1, 2026 | — | $0 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health | 23 | Jan 1, 2026 | $1,726 | — |
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: 4,156 employees, 65 recordable cases, 221 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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