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SLALOM, INC.

Formerly SLALOM, LLC

EIN 84-1246887 · WA · Accounting / Consulting

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Compensation disclosed16 brokers of record, 2021–2025As reported on Form 5500 (Schedules A and C), U.S. Department of Labor.
Employer-paid broker pay2025: $2,805,7732024 · analysis: $2,794,1962023: $2,783,7372022: $2,428,2382021: $1,830,072

Benchmarked against: All industries · 2,501–10,000 employees · all industries at this size, nationwide · n=2,304 employers (your plan plus 2,303 peers)

Fewer than the minimum (10) accounting / consulting employers of this size had broker pay on file, so the comparison widens to all industries at this size. The 2,304 figure is not accounting / consulting companies — it's every sector at your employee-size band, nationwide.

8,233

(2024)

Fully insured

Funding

$2,794,196

Broker pay, employer-paid lines (2024)

$28.28

2024 · 98th pct vs peers · n=2304

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

Broker pay as a share of insured premium: 2.3% (peer median 6.1%, 17th percentile).

Without the 264 low-disclosure peers, this plan is at the 98th percentile of 2,040 comparable plans (your plan plus 2,039 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 $2,794,196 benchmarked for 2024 · Voluntary $25,177 shown separately, compared by rate only

Showing 2024, the latest year with a complete peer group. A 2025 filing is on file and appears in broker history; it is not benchmarked yet.

Why 2024?

The figures above use 2024, the latest year we can compare with similar employers. A filing for 2025 is on file. Most employers have not filed for 2025 yet, so there is no complete peer group to compare it with. Rows for 2025 stay in the broker history and stay out of the headline and the peer comparison.

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

2.0%

90 peer contracts — p25 0.6% · median 1.5% · p75 6.0%. This contract: 2.0%.

Peer median 1.5%

Within peer range

Short-term disability

2.0%

44 peer contracts — p25 1.7% · median 4.4% · p75 9.9%. This contract: 2.0%.

Peer median 4.4%

Within peer range

Dental

4.3%

79 peer contracts — p25 1.8% · median 3.0% · p75 5.0%. This contract: 4.3%.

Peer median 3.0%

Within peer range

Long-term disability

2.0%

116 peer contracts — p25 1.6% · median 3.9% · p75 7.7%. This contract: 2.0%.

Peer median 3.9%

Within peer range

Life

12.1%

949 peer contracts — p25 5.2% · median 11.0% · p75 15.1%. This contract: 12.1%.

Peer median 11.0%

Within peer range

Vision

5.4%

82 peer contracts — p25 3.5% · median 5.3% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 5.4%.

Peer median 5.3%

Within peer range

Voluntary / worksite

7.2%

653 peer contracts — p25 11.7% · median 17.9% · p75 23.7%. This contract: 7.2%.

Peer median 17.9%

Below 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.

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Where the $2,819,373 across all lines goes

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

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Compensation across every filed year, against the peer median

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Benefits covered (latest filing)

HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityUnemploymentApprenticeship / trainingSeveranceOther

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

Year:

The 2025 filing is on file and its figures are shown as filed, but most employers have not filed 2025 yet, so it is not compared with peers. The analysis year is 2024, the latest year that is complete and benchmarked.

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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.

Analysis year 2024 — the same year as the headline figure and per-participant rate above. The 2025 filing is on file and its figures are shown as filed, but most employers have not filed 2025 yet, so it is not compared with peers.

Benefit lineContractRatevs. peersPosition
Medical · contract 4020401Premera Blue Cross2.0%90 peer contracts — p25 0.6% · median 1.5% · p75 6.0%. This contract: 2.0%.med 1.5%Within peer range
Medical · contract 3343785Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates ('Cigna')2.0%903 peer contracts — p25 1.7% · median 3.3% · p75 5.0%. This contract: 2.0%.med 3.3%Within peer range
Short-term disability · contract LK0751065Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 8,112 lives · Short-term disability2.0%44 peer contracts — p25 1.7% · median 4.4% · p75 9.9%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.4%Within peer range
Medical · contract 8785600Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington Options, Inc.2.0%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Medical · contract 606824Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.Plan 501 · 342 lives · Health2.0%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Dental · contract 09692Delta Dental of WashingtonPlan 501 · 2,515 lives · Dental4.3%79 peer contracts — p25 1.8% · median 3.0% · p75 5.0%. This contract: 4.3%.med 3.0%Within peer range
Long-term disabilityLife Insurance Company of North America2.0%116 peer contracts — p25 1.6% · median 3.9% · p75 7.7%. This contract: 2.0%.med 3.9%Within peer range
Medical · contract 235042Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.Plan 501 · 256 lives · Health2.0%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Life · contract FLX0964472Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 2,481 lives · Life12.1%949 peer contracts — p25 5.2% · median 11.0% · p75 15.1%. This contract: 12.1%.med 11.0%Within peer range
Dental · contract 09691Delta Dental of WashingtonPlan 501 · 2,444 lives · Dental4.4%579 peer contracts — p25 3.0% · median 5.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 4.4%.med 5.0%Within peer range
Medical · contract 47095Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado1.8%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.8%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Medical · contract 10534Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.1.9%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.9%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Medical · contract 794659-S001Priority Health Insurance Company2.0%4,521 peer contracts — p25 3.2% · median 4.7% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.7%Below peer range
Dental · contract 2501116Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and Affiliates ('Cigna')4.0%579 peer contracts — p25 3.0% · median 5.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 4.0%.med 5.0%Within peer range
Medical · contract 0135162-01Medical Mutual2.0%4,437 peer contracts — p25 3.6% · median 4.9% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 2.0%.med 4.9%Below peer range
Medical · contract SEE BELOW*Health Net1.9%4,437 peer contracts — p25 3.6% · median 4.9% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.9%.med 4.9%Below peer range
Vision · contract 30100152Vision Service Plan5.4%82 peer contracts — p25 3.5% · median 5.3% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 5.4%.med 5.3%Within peer range
Medical · contract 60003Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest1.9%4,437 peer contracts — p25 3.6% · median 4.9% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.9%.med 4.9%Below peer range
Dental · contract 09690Delta Dental of WashingtonPlan 501 · 1,173 lives · Dental4.4%579 peer contracts — p25 3.0% · median 5.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 4.4%.med 5.0%Within peer range
Voluntary / worksitefiled as “Other (LEGAL)”MetLife Legal Plans7.2%653 peer contracts — p25 11.7% · median 17.9% · p75 23.7%. This contract: 7.2%.med 17.9%Below peer range
Life · contract FLX0964403Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 8,270 lives · Life2.3%257 peer contracts — p25 2.3% · median 6.2% · p75 13.1%. This contract: 2.3%.med 6.2%Within peer range
Life · contract OK0965919Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 1,863 lives · Other (ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISMEMBE…12.1%949 peer contracts — p25 5.2% · median 11.0% · p75 15.1%. This contract: 12.1%.med 11.0%Within peer range
Medical · contract 30545Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.1.8%4,437 peer contracts — p25 3.6% · median 4.9% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.8%.med 4.9%Below peer range
Vision · contract *SEE BELOWEyeMed Vision Care4.4%82 peer contracts — p25 3.5% · median 5.3% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 4.4%.med 5.3%Within peer range
Short-term disability · contract NYD0074941New York Life Group Insurance Company of New York1.5%581 peer contracts — p25 8.4% · median 12.7% · p75 16.4%. This contract: 1.5%.med 12.7%Below peer range
Medical · contract 022225300*UPMC Health Options1.9%4,437 peer contracts — p25 3.6% · median 4.9% · p75 5.4%. This contract: 1.9%.med 4.9%Below peer range
Life · contract OK0965998Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 8,270 lives · Other (ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISMEMBE…1.5%257 peer contracts — p25 2.3% · median 6.2% · p75 13.1%. This contract: 1.5%.med 6.2%Below peer range
Dental · contract 79377Dentegra Insurance Company4.0%1,924 peer contracts — p25 4.6% · median 7.0% · p75 10.0%. This contract: 4.0%.med 7.0%Below peer range
Short-term disability · contract SDJ0960278Life Insurance Company of North AmericaPlan 501 · 192 lives · Short-term disability2.3%581 peer contracts — p25 8.4% · median 12.7% · p75 16.4%. This contract: 2.3%.med 12.7%No commission on this contract

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
Medical + Dental + VisionUnitedHealthcare Insurance CompanyPlan 5012.0%Bundled; no single-line peer
Medical + DentalAetna Life Insurance Co.Plan 5012.1%Bundled; no single-line peer
Dental + VisionMetropolitan Life Insurance CompanyPlan 5014.2%Bundled; no single-line peer
3 contracts under $10,000 in premium — listed for completeness, not compared to peers. Show
  • Dental — Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a California Corporation — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
  • Dental — Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a Texas Corporation — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
  • Dental — Safeguard Health Plans, Inc., a Florida Corporation — Premium under $10,000 is too small to compare
How the peer group for each line was built
  • Medical: n=90 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Medical: n=903 contracts, West, 501-2500 covered lives
  • Short-term disability: n=44 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Medical: n=4,521 contracts, West, 101-500 covered lives
  • Dental: n=79 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Long-term disability: n=116 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Life: n=949 contracts, West, 501-2500 covered lives
  • Dental: n=579 contracts, West, 501-2500 covered lives
  • Medical: n=4,437 contracts, West, 1-100 covered lives
  • Vision: n=82 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Voluntary / worksite: n=653 contracts, West, 501-2500 covered lives
  • Life: n=257 contracts, West, 2501-10000 covered lives
  • Short-term disability: n=581 contracts, West, 101-500 covered lives
  • Dental: n=1,924 contracts, West, 101-500 covered lives
  • Dental: n=690 contracts, West, 1-100 covered lives

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

Everything in this table is from the 2024 filing. These 35 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. 2025 is not rated here. Its rows appear in Broker history above as filed — pick 2025 on the year chips there to see them.

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. A near-zero rate on a large premium usually means the broker is paid elsewhere (through a bundled contract, a Schedule C fee, or commission on other lines), so no market position is shown for that contract.

Plans on file

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PN 501SLALOM GROUP HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN7.3K participants (2025)
HealthDentalLife insuranceShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityUnemploymentApprenticeship / trainingSeveranceOtherFully insured · 5 years on file

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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 file5
Lead broker continuitySame primary broker
Broker setup9 brokers in 202416 across all years
Most
Peer benchmarkAll Industriesn=2304 · all industries, your size

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How do similar employers compare?

Employers in the same peer group (Accounting / Consulting, 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. Analysis year: 2024; newest plan year with a filing 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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