States · IA
Employer benefit plans in Iowa
400 insured group benefit plans sponsored by Iowa employers are on public Form 5500 record, carrying 1,658 Schedule A contracts. A row is one plan, so an employer that files two of them is counted twice. Reported premium totals $1.1B, with $28.8M in disclosed broker commissions. Renewals cluster on January 1: 77% of these plans have policy years ending in December.
These are the plans of 250 participants or more that disclosed a broker commission — the ones we publish as pages. Smaller plans, self-funded plans and retirement plans are on file too and open from search.
Sourced from U.S. DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 · Schedule A · every figure is as filed for plan years 2023–2026 · we last synced Oct 2026
Participants are line 5 of each filing: everyone in the plan, retirees and separated members included. A plan sponsored in Iowa can cover people in every state, and an employer with two plans is counted in both.
When Iowa plans renew
Employer plans by typical renewal, the 1st after the policy period ends. A plan’s month comes from one contract: the one with the largest disclosed commission on its most recent filing, preferring a medical contract when the plan has one.
- 309Jan 1
- 8Feb 1
- 3Mar 1
- 26Apr 1
- 9May 1
- 5Jun 1
- 20Jul 1
- 3Aug 1
- 8Sep 1
- 5Oct 1
- 2Nov 1
- 2Dec 1
Largest employer plans in Iowa
By total annual premium reported on Schedule A.
Most active brokers based in Iowa
Brokers of record whose filed Schedule A address gives Iowa as the state, with the city from that same address. Ranked by the commissions they disclosed on every contract they filed, in Iowa and in other states. Each office is listed on its own, so a national firm can appear more than once.
Carriers writing Iowa groups
By the number of Iowa employer plans naming the carrier on a Schedule A contract. A plan that names two carriers is counted for both.
Looking for a specific company? Search every Form 5500 filer — including self-funded and small plans that don’t appear in these lists.