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Alera Group, Inc.401(k)

ALERA GROUP, INC. SAVINGS PLAN · DEERFIELD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Alera Group, Inc. reported $1,128,807 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,690 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.13% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 158th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 311th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 4,144 to 4,571 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$499,707,443
Participants with balances5,095
Active participants4,571
Employer contributions$16,867,262
Employee contributions$45,099,778
Employer contribution per active participant$3,690
Average account balance$98,078
Benefits paid to participants$44,458,316
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$499.7M · 5,095 accts · $16.9M emplr
2023$414.3M · 4,953 accts · $15.2M emplr
2022$305.3M · 4,490 accts · $12.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,053,915
Investment management$74,892
Total administrative$1,128,807
The Alera Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,690
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,690 per active participant
2023$3,333 per active participant
2022$2,993 per active participant

Alera Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$1,053,915
ALERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$74,891

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$1,128,807 · 0.25%
2023$436,637 · 0.12%
2022$375,177 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 814473358 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.