Form 5500 · Employee benefit plan · BASKING RIDGE, NJ
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.
The filing calls this plan VERIZON POST 1995 COLLECTIVELY BARGAINED RETIREE HEALTH PLAN (PRE-1993 RETIREES).
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. of BASKING RIDGE, NJ is a 4,211-participant information and media employer whose group benefits are disclosed in its annual Form 5500 filing. Coverage is written through INDEPENDENT HEALTH and 8 other carriers. The plan's most recent policy period ended in December.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · EIN 23-2259884 · plan 567 · plan year 2025, filed May 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
Health: the largest of the 9 insured health contracts, with INDEPENDENT HEALTH, covers 53 of 4,211 participants (1.3%) on Schedule A.
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
All 9 insured contracts are health coverage, split across INDEPENDENT HEALTH, TUFTS ASSOCIATED HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, INC. and GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN and others.
The filing declares health and dental. Dental appears with no insured contract on Schedule A. That coverage may be self-funded, or placed with a carrier that is not on this filing.
Reported premium is $597,057; the filing discloses no broker commission on these contracts.
The most recent policy period ended in December, and the plan year ends December 31. Group contracts typically renew on that annual cycle.
No broker of record is named on the Schedule A. The contracts may be written directly with the carrier, or the broker fields were left blank on the filing.
Schedule A insurance contracts
| Carrier | Benefits | Covered | Renews | Premium | Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INDEPENDENT HEALTH | Health | 53 | Jan 1, 2026 | $278,819 | $0 |
| TUFTS ASSOCIATED HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION, INC. | Health | 42 | Jan 1, 2026 | $229,767 | $0 |
| GEISINGER HEALTH PLAN | Health | 4 | Jan 1, 2026 | $23,995 | $0 |
| UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF WISCONSIN, INC. | Health | 6 | Jan 1, 2026 | $20,155 | $0 |
| FALLON HEALTH | Health | 3 | Jan 1, 2026 | $17,553 | $0 |
| HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY | Health | 4 | Jan 1, 2026 | $12,365 | $0 |
| UNITEDHEALTHCARE BENEFITS OF TEXAS, INC. | Health | 3 | Jan 1, 2026 | $9,548 | $0 |
| KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC. (SOUTHERN CA) | Health | 2 | Jan 1, 2026 | $4,855 | $0 |
| UHC - SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC | Health | 3,909 | Jan 1, 2026 | — | $0 |
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: 28,530 employees, 60 recordable cases, 2,297 days away from work.
Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application establishment data, 2025.
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