First Financial Bancorp

Cincinnati, OH Finance & insuranceNAICS 522110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
1,688Participants-2% vs. prior year
$4.0MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#11 of 22Finance & insurance in OHBy participants

Overview

First Financial Bancorp sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,688 participants in plan year 2025, down 2% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, short-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
1,688 · prior year 1,726
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
First Financial Bancorp Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 502 (1,688 participants)
Broker compensation
$18K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Life Insurance Company of North AmericaLife, Long-term disability1,637$1.5M$18K
Community Insurance CompanyVision3,088$310K—
Cigna Health and Life Insurance CompanyAccident, Critical Illness1,637$160K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$4.0M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,688 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$104K–$257K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$30K–$76K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$44K–$93K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$19K–$58K
PBM contract terms$10K–$30K
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 2025
Plan sponsor
First Financial Bancorp
Sponsor EIN
31-1380981
Plan number
502
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 31-1380981 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

About this data

Source: First Financial Bancorp'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 First Financial Bancorp.

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