Block Communications, Inc.
Overview
Block Communications, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,564 participants in plan year 2025, up 9% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 1,564 · prior year 1,439
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Block Communications, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan, plan 508 (1,564 participants)
- Stop-loss carrier
- Berkley Life and Health Insurance Co.
- Broker compensation
- $111K across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkley Life and Health Insurance Co. | Stop-loss | 1,057 | $1.2M | $83K |
| Hartford Life and Accident | Life, Long-term disability | 1,649 | $877K | $29K |
| Vision Service Plan | Vision | 1,046 | $141K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 1,564 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- Block Communications, Inc.
- Sponsor EIN
- 34-4374555
- Plan number
- 508
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 34-4374555 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Block Communications Savings Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 1,920
About this data
Source: Block Communications, Inc.'s Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Block Communications, Inc..