Forbes Media LLC
Overview
Forbes Media LLC sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 582 participants in plan year 2025, down 12% 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
- 582 · prior year 658
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Forbes Media LLC Health & Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 504 (582 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $32K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Life, Long-term disability | 544 | $264K | $17K |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Life, Short-term disability | 111 | $87K | $9K |
| Aetna Life Insurance Company | Dental, Vision | 678 | $49K | $5K |
| Federal Insurance Company | Business Travel Accident | 544 | — | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 582 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
- Forbes Media LLC
- Sponsor EIN
- 34-2065766
- Plan number
- 504
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 34-2065766 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Employee Savings Incentive Thrift Plan of Forbes Media LLC
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 924
About this data
Source: Forbes Media LLC'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 Forbes Media LLC.