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CONTROL INSTALLATIONS OF IOWA, INC.

EIN 42-1201473 · IA · Construction

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Compensation disclosed1 broker of record on fileAs reported on Form 5500 (Schedules A and C), U.S. Department of Labor.

Benchmarked against: Construction · 101–500 employees · same industry, in-state · n=10 employers (your plan plus 9 peers)

122

(latest)

Self-funded

Funding

$29,504

Broker pay, employer-paid lines (2025)

$20.15

4th highest of 10 comparable plans (your plan plus 9 peers)

Lines disclosed: Dental · Vision · Life · Short-term disability · Long-term disability

Broker pay as a share of insured premium: 4.5% (peer median 7.6%, 8th highest of 10 comparable plans (your plan plus 9 peers)).

Without the 1 low-disclosure peer, this plan is 4th highest of 9 comparable plans (your plan plus 8 peers).

Per-participant and share-of-premium comparisons differ because your plan insures more lines than most peers. The line-by-line rates below are the most direct comparison.

Employer-paid $29,504 benchmarked for 2025 · Voluntary $4,455 shown separately, compared by rate only

Broker commission rate by benefit line

What the broker earns on each insured line, as a share of that line's own premium — not a share of total broker pay, and not what the coverage cost. Peers for these tiles: same region, similar covered lives. Full table below. How the national rates are built.

Medical

2.3%

998 peer contracts — p25 2.7% · median 3.8% · p75 5.0%. This contract: 2.3%.

Peer median 3.8%

Below peer range

Dental

8.2%

1,739 peer contracts — p25 4.8% · median 7.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 8.2%.

Peer median 7.0%

Within peer range

Vision

10.0%

2,257 peer contracts — p25 7.4% · median 10.0% · p75 10.9%. This contract: 10.0%.

Peer median 10.0%

Within peer range

Long-term disability

16.0%

1,023 peer contracts — p25 10.0% · median 15.0% · p75 19.2%. This contract: 16.0%.

Peer median 15.0%

Within peer range

Life

12.5%

1,666 peer contracts — p25 10.1% · median 15.0% · p75 18.9%. This contract: 12.5%.

Peer median 15.0%

Within peer range

Short-term disability

12.4%

774 peer contracts — p25 8.8% · median 13.7% · p75 18.6%. This contract: 12.4%.

Peer median 13.7%

Within peer range

Voluntary / worksite

16.7%

1,592 peer contracts — p25 14.3% · median 18.9% · p75 23.2%. This contract: 16.7%.

Peer median 18.9%

Within peer range

Voluntary / worksite premium is typically paid by employees through payroll deduction, so commission on those lines comes out of employee money rather than company money.

Where the $33,959 across all lines goes

Each broker and each benefit line, in dollars

How much broker pay rides inside the premium

Base commission against bonuses and other carrier payments, all funded through premium

Whether this number is drifting

Compensation across every filed year, against the peer median

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Benefits covered (latest filing)

HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityApprenticeship / trainingOther

From the Form 5500 welfare benefit codes — the authoritative list of what the plan covers, including medical (health).

Broker history

Benefit lines covered by year — broker identity limited on public pages

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Commission rates by benefit line

Each insured contract on the filing, with the broker's commission as a share of that contract's own premium. Premium is what was paid to the carrier for the coverage; only the commission column is broker pay.

Benefit lineContractRatevs. peersPosition
Medicalfiled as “Health”Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa2.3%998 peer contracts — p25 2.7% · median 3.8% · p75 5.0%. This contract: 2.3%.med 3.8%Below peer range
DentalDelta Dental of Iowa8.2%1,739 peer contracts — p25 4.8% · median 7.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 8.2%.med 7.0%Within peer range
VisionFidelity Security Life10.0%2,257 peer contracts — p25 7.4% · median 10.0% · p75 10.9%. This contract: 10.0%.med 10.0%Within peer range
Long-term disabilityLife Insurance Company of North America16.0%1,023 peer contracts — p25 10.0% · median 15.0% · p75 19.2%. This contract: 16.0%.med 15.0%Within peer range
LifeLife Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 111 lives · Life12.5%1,666 peer contracts — p25 10.1% · median 15.0% · p75 18.9%. This contract: 12.5%.med 15.0%Within peer range
Short-term disabilityLife Insurance Company of North America12.4%774 peer contracts — p25 8.8% · median 13.7% · p75 18.6%. This contract: 12.4%.med 13.7%Within peer range
Voluntary / worksiteLife Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 29 lives · Life, Other (VOLUNTARY LIFE)16.7%1,592 peer contracts — p25 14.3% · median 18.9% · p75 23.2%. This contract: 16.7%.med 18.9%Within peer range

Bundled and other contracts — no single-line peer comparison

A bundled contract covers two or more lines on one premium (for example Health + Dental). Its effective rate is the commission on the whole premium; it is shown for completeness and never compared with single-line peers, because the mix of lines inside the bundle sets the rate as much as the broker does.

CoversContractEffective ratevs. peers
Other benefitHOSPITAL CARECigna Health and Life Insurance CompanyPlan 501Not comparableNo comparable linePremium under $10,000 is too small to compare
4 contracts under $10,000 in premium — listed for completeness, not compared to peers. Show
  • Voluntary / worksite — Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
  • Voluntary / worksite — Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
  • Life — Life Insurance Company of North America — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
  • Voluntary / worksite — Life Insurance Company of North America — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
How the peer group for each line was built
  • Medical: n=998 contracts, Midwest, 1-100 covered lives
  • Dental: n=1,739 contracts, Midwest, 101-500 covered lives
  • Vision: n=2,257 contracts, Midwest, 101-500 covered lives
  • Long-term disability: n=1,023 contracts, Midwest, 101-500 covered lives
  • Life: n=1,666 contracts, Midwest, 101-500 covered lives
  • Short-term disability: n=774 contracts, Midwest, 101-500 covered lives
  • Voluntary / worksite: n=1,592 contracts, Midwest, 1-100 covered lives

n = the number of peer contracts in that comparison group.

Everything in this table is from the 2025 filing. These 12 contracts are a subset of the broker compensation disclosed for that year. The remainder sits on contracts with no premium reported or on Schedule C service-provider fees, which carry no contract rate.

Who funds this. Voluntary / worksite premium is typically paid by employees through payroll deduction, so commission on those lines comes out of employee money rather than company money.

Peer comparison here is contract-level: each line is matched to single-line contracts covering a similar number of lives. The geography and size band come from that cell's generated scope label. That is a different group from the plan-level peer set, which compares employers on total broker cost per employee, so the two sample sizes are not expected to agree. The national table on the research page includes every single-line contract on that benefit line. Company pages use the tightest cell with at least 10 contracts — region and size when those exist, otherwise national. The two medians answer different questions, so they are not expected to match. Contracts under $10,000 in premium are listed for completeness, with no rate or peer position.

Plans on file

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PN 501CONTROL INSTALLATIONS OF IOWA, INC. DBA BASEPOINT BUILDING AUTOMATIONS122 participants (2025)
HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityApprenticeship / trainingOtherSelf-funded

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Covers = benefits reported on the Form 5500 (welfare benefit codes). Contracts = insured lines itemized on Schedule A; a self-funded medical line never appears there.

At a glance

Primary brokerLimited on public pages
Years on file1
Lead broker continuitySingle year on file
Most
Peer benchmarkConstructionn=10 · state peers

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How do similar employers compare?

Employers in the same peer group (Construction, similar size), from public Form 5500 filings. Open one to see what it pays its broker.

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Sourced from Form 5500 filings as submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. Most recent plan year on file: 2025. Dataset refreshed October 7, 2026. Plan years are labeled by the year they begin, so a July 2024 – June 2025 plan year is 2024. Filings may lag 12–18 months behind the current plan year.

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