Lindblad Expeditions
Overview
Lindblad Expeditions sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 646 participants in plan year 2025, up 2% from the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability, and more.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 646 · prior year 632
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Lindblad Expeditions Health and Welfare Plan, plan 501 (646 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $46K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada | Life, Long-term disability | 646 | $200K | $46K |
| U.S. Behavioral Health Plan, California DBA Optum | Employee Assistance Program | 632 | $2K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 646 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
- Lindblad Expeditions
- Sponsor EIN
- 13-2991368
- Plan number
- 501
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 13-2991368 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Lindblad Expeditions, Inc. 401(k) Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 927
About this data
Source: Lindblad Expeditions'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 Lindblad Expeditions.


