The Hanover Insurance Company

Worcester, MA Finance & insuranceNAICS 524150

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews January
612Participants+12% vs. prior year
$1.5MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#15 of 20Finance & insurance in MABy participants

Overview

The Hanover Insurance Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 612 participants in plan year 2025, up 12% 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
612 · prior year 547
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
The Retiree Life Insurance and Post - Age 65 Medical Benefits Plan for Hanover Employees, plan 506 (612 participants)
Broker compensation
$555K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityPrepaid legalLong-term disabilityDeath benefitsOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company and AffiliatesDental4,129$5.0M$120K
Hartford Life and AccidentAccidental Death and Dismemberment, Life, Long-term disability, Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Ind7,655$4.4M$425K
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyLife578$1.0M$70
Eyemed Vision Care on the Fidelity Security Life Ins Co.Vision7,543$549K—
Legalplans, USALegal579$121K$10K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$1.5M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 612 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$38K–$93K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$11K–$28K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$16K–$34K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$7K–$21K
PBM contract terms$4K–$11K
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 Hanover Insurance Company
Sponsor EIN
13-5129825
Plan number
506
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 13-5129825 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
The Hanover Insurance Group Retirement Savings Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
7,929

About this data

Source: The Hanover Insurance 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 The Hanover Insurance Company.

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