Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · CHEYENNE, WY
PAYWARD, INC.
PAYWARD, INC. of CHEYENNE, WY spreads its employee benefits across 9 insurance carriers, according to its Form 5500 Schedule A. Its broker of record is MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC. Coverage is written through CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN' SERVICE DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA and 8 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 45-3067141 · plan 501 · as of Aug 2026
Plan brief
Schedule A lists 14 insured contracts covering health, dental, vision, life and disability; the largest, with CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN' SERVICE DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, covers 1,165 people.
Reported premium across the insured contracts is $13,609,463, with $144,748 in disclosed broker commissions — about 1.1% of premium.
The health contract's policy period ended in December, while at least one ancillary line renews in August — the plan is on a split renewal cycle.
MERCER HEALTH & BENEFITS LLC is the broker of record on 8 of the 14 contracts; the rest name a different broker or none.
9 carriers appear on the filing — CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN' SERVICE DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA, DELTA DENTAL OF CALIFORNIA, HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT and KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. among them — with CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN' SERVICE DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA writing the largest contract by premium.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA DENTAL OF CALIFORNIA | Dental | 1,337 | December | $904,071 | $45,196 |
| HARTFORD LIFE AND ACCIDENT | Disability | 478 | December | $573,759 | $43,032 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | Life | 893 | December | $390,443 | $26,016 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 85 | December | $457,148 | $12,430 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 95 | December | $22,736 | $3,759 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 60 | December | $17,084 | $2,860 |
| METLIFE LEGAL PLANS | — | 116 | August | $15,579 | $2,322 |
| VISION SERVICE PLAN | Vision | 586 | December | $80,630 | $2,308 |
| METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 107 | December | $14,073 | $2,296 |
| NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA | — | 2,331 | May | $11,840 | $1,776 |
| NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITTSBURGH, PA | — | 2,331 | December | $8,877 | $1,332 |
| METROPOLITAN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY | — | 96 | December | $5,922 | $1,204 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. | Health | 2 | December | $6,769 | $217 |
| CALIFORNIA PHYSICIAN' SERVICE DBA BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA | Health | 1,165 | December | $11,100,532 | $0 |
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