Nicholas & Company
Overview
Nicholas & Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 863 participants in plan year 2025, up 10% 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
- 863 · prior year 785
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Nicholas & Company Employee Medical Benefit Plan, plan 501 (863 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $82K 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unum Life Insurance Company of America | Short-term disability, Life, Long-term disability | 832 | $538K | $51K |
| Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation | Vision | 1,267 | $96K | $11K |
| Unum Insurance Company | Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness | 128 | $54K | $18K |
| Arag Insurance Company | Legal | 80 | $10K | $1K |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 863 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
- Nicholas & Company
- Sponsor EIN
- 87-0235565
- Plan number
- 501
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 87-0235565 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Nicholas & Company 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 1,185
About this data
Source: Nicholas & Company'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 Nicholas & Company.


