Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · HOUSTON, TX
PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC.
The filing calls this plan PATTERSON-UTI INC LIFE AND DISABILITY PLAN.
PATTERSON-UTI ENERGY, INC. of HOUSTON, TX insures health, life and disability coverage for its employees, per Schedule A of its Form 5500. Its broker of record is MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC. Coverage is written through METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and 1 other carrier. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 75-2504748 · plan 502 · plan year 2025, filed Aug 27, 2026
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How this plan is funded
Funding not settled by the filing
The filing does not report enough to settle how this plan pays for benefits.
Benefits declared on this filing
Also declared: prepaid legal, 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.
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 2 insured contracts covering health, life and disability; the largest, with METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, covers 14,853 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $12,665,451, with $36,696 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.
MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC is the broker of record on all 2 contracts.
Two carriers split the book: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY and METLIFE LEGAL PLANS.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METLIFE LEGAL PLANS | — | 1,115 | Jan 1, 2026 | $246,263 | $36,494 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Health, Life, Disability | 14,853 | Jan 1, 2026 | $12,419,188 | $202 |
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: 433 employees, 0 recordable cases, 0 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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