M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan

Buffalo, NY Finance & insuranceNAICS 522110

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
23,008Participants-4% vs. prior year
$54.6MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 59Finance & insurance in NYBy participants

Overview

M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 23,008 participants in plan year 2025, down 4% 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
23,008 · prior year 24,029
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan, plan 520 (23,008 participants)
Broker compensation
$1.1M across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
First Unum Life Insurance CompanyLife, Short-term disability21,980$14.8M$820K
First Unum Life InsuranceLong-term disability21,544$5.4M$91K
Vision Service PlanVision15,167$2.2M$219K
Ace American Insurance CompanyLife21,619$36K$6K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$54.6M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 23,008 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$1.4M–$3.5M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$415K–$1.0M
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$606K–$1.3M
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$262K–$786K
PBM contract terms$136K–$409K
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
M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan
Sponsor EIN
16-0968385
Plan number
520
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 16-0968385 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

About this data

Source: M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan'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 M&t Bank Corporation Flexible Benefits Plan.

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