Mars, Incorporated
Overview
Mars, Incorporated sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 8,841 participants in plan year 2025, up 7% 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
- 8,841 · prior year 8,253
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Mars, Incorporated Retiree Health Care and Life Plan, plan 501 (8,841 participants); Mars, Incorporated Flexible Spending Account Plan, plan 998 (4,064 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $834 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Life | 30,358 | $10.5M | — |
| Life Insurance Company of North America | Short-term disability, Long-term disability | 15,274 | $8.3M | — |
| Bluecross Blueshield of Illinois | HMO | 446 | $3.9M | — |
| Aetna Life Insurance Co. | Vision | 27,667 | $1.2M | — |
| New York Life Group Insurance Company of NY | Short-term disability | 206 | $80K | — |
| Health and Human Resource Center, Inc. | Employee Assistance Program (CA Assoicat | 284 | $7K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 8,841 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
- Mars, Incorporated
- Sponsor EIN
- 22-1594774
- Plan numbers
- 501, 998
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 22-1594774 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Mars Veterinary Health 401(k) Savings Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 66,642
About this data
Source: Mars, Incorporated'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 Mars, Incorporated.