New York Air Brake

Watertown, NY ManufacturingNAICS 336990

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
851Participants-2% vs. prior year
$2.0MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#28 of 45Manufacturing in NYBy participants

Overview

New York Air Brake sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 851 participants in plan year 2025, about the same as 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
851 · prior year 867
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
New York Air Brake Corporation a Knorr Brake Company Health Care Disability Life Insurance Premium Payment and Flex Plan IAM Union, plan 502 (851 participants); New York Air Brake Corporation a Knorr Brake Company Welfare Benefit Premium Payment and Flex Plan, plan 501 (851 participants)
Broker compensation
$119K 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
Hartford Life and AccidentLife, Short-term disability, Long-term disability851$972K$119K
Vision Service PlanVision408$124K—
Aetna Behavioral Health, LLCEmployee Assistance Program763$29K—
Ace American Insurance CompanyBusiness Travel Accident2,805$24K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$2.0M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 851 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$52K–$129K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$15K–$38K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$22K–$47K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$10K–$29K
PBM contract terms$5K–$15K
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
New York Air Brake
Sponsor EIN
16-1385584
Plan numbers
502, 501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 16-1385584 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Knorr Brake 401(k) Retirement and Savings Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
2,520

About this data

Source: New York Air Brake'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 New York Air Brake.

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