The Hershey Company
Overview
The Hershey Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 6,321 participants in plan year 2025, down 27% 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
- 6,321 · prior year 8,708
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- The Hershey Company Retiree Medical and Life Insurance Plan, plan 550 (6,321 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $484K 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, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, Long Term Care | 16,086 | $12.9M | $458K |
| Triple S Salud, Inc. | Medical | 29 | $420K | $21K |
| National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA | Accidental Death & Dismemberment | 18,748 | $22K | $4K |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 6,321 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
- The Hershey Company
- Sponsor EIN
- 23-0691590
- Plan number
- 550
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 23-0691590 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- The Hershey Company 401(k) Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 16,793
About this data
Source: The Hershey 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 Hershey Company.