The Charles Schwab Corporation

Westlake, TX Finance & insuranceNAICS 523120

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
33,393Participants-4% vs. prior year
$79.2MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 38Finance & insurance in TXBy participants

Overview

The Charles Schwab Corporation sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 33,393 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, short-term disability, and more.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
33,393 · prior year 34,716
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
The Charles Schwab Group Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Death Benefit, Medical, Dental and Vision Plan, plan 501 (33,393 participants)
Stop-loss carrier
Reliastar Life Insurance Company
Broker compensation
$3.1M across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilitySeveranceDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Securian Life Insurance CompanyLife, Voluntary AD&D33,255$15.0M$342K
Lincoln National Life Insurance CompanyLong-term disability28,039$11.0M$151K
Reliastar Life Insurance CompanyStop-loss27,782$8.9M$535K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of ColoradoMedical, HMO1,113$5.9M—
Vision Service PlanVision25,834$5.8M—
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc.Medical, HMO690$5.0M—
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMedical19,775$4.5M$551K
MetLife Legal PlansLegal11,319$2.2M$21K
Kaiser Foundation Health Plans Inc.Medical, HMO299$2.0M—
Trustmark Insurance CompanyLTC699$1.5M$1.2M
Berkshire Life Insurance Company of AmericaSupplemental Disability Income1,481$1.4M$346K
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesDental, HMO6,963$1.1M—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$79.2M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 33,393 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$2.1M–$5.1M/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$602K–$1.5M
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$879K–$1.8M
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$380K–$1.1M
PBM contract terms$198K–$594K
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
The Charles Schwab Corporation
Sponsor EIN
94-3025021
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 94-3025021 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Schwabplan Retirement Savings and Investment Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
44,603

About this data

Source: The Charles Schwab Corporation'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 The Charles Schwab Corporation.

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