Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.

Chester, CT ManufacturingNAICS 335900

Self-funded health planPlan year 2024Renews September
1,761ParticipantsFirst year on file
$4.2MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Sep 2027Next renewalPlan year begins September 1
#14 of 34Manufacturing in CTBy participants

Overview

Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 1,761 participants in plan year 2024. The plan year starts in September. 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
1,761
Plan year
Begins September 1 · next renewal September 2027
Health plans filed
Whelen Engineering Company Flexible Benefits Plan, plan 501 (1,761 participants)
Broker compensation
$10K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionShort-term disabilityLong-term disabilityDeath benefits

Insurance carriers

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

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Hartford Life and AccidentLife, Long-term disability1,761$645K$10K

Pharmacy benefit estimate

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

$4.2M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 1,761 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$109K–$268K/ year

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

Brands with a generic available$32K–$79K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$46K–$97K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$20K–$60K
PBM contract terms$10K–$31K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning September 2027: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2024
Plan sponsor
Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.
Sponsor EIN
06-0725110
Plan number
501
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 06-0725110 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

Retirement plan

Plan
Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. 401(k) Plan
Type
401(k) plan
Participants
2,103

About this data

Source: Whelen Engineering Company, Inc.'s Form 5500 filing for plan year 2024 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 Whelen Engineering Company, Inc..

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