Bremer Financial Corporation

St. Paul, MN Finance & insuranceNAICS 522110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2024Renews January
1,508ParticipantsFirst year on file
$3.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#13 of 17Finance & insurance in MNBy participants

Overview

Bremer Financial Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,508 participants in plan year 2024. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, short-term disability, long-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
1,508
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Bremer Banks Group Benefits Plan, plan 501 (1,508 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Medica Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$76K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Unum Life Insurance Company of AmericaLong-term disability, Gciee, Grpaccvoen, Grphspvoen, Life1,439$363K$58K
Medica Insurance CompanyStop-loss2,523$175K$17K
Provident Life and Accident Insurance CompanyLife96$12K$1K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$3.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,508 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$93K–$229K/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$27K–$68K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$40K–$83K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$17K–$51K
PBM contract terms$9K–$27K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2024
Plan sponsor
Bremer Financial Corporation
Sponsor EIN
41-0715583
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 41-0715583 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Bremer Retirement Plan
Type
Pension plan
Participants
3,576

About this data

Source: Bremer Financial Corporation's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2024 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 Bremer Financial Corporation.

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