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American Guardian Warranty Services, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN GUARDIAN WARRANTY 401(K) PLAN · WARRENVILLE, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.09%

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

American Guardian Warranty Services, Inc. reported $9,220 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,220 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.10% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,341st of 3,702), and 3,925th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $3.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,560,614
Participants with balances162
Active participants145
Employer contributions$321,907
Employee contributions$1,217,574
Employer contribution per active participant$2,220
Average account balance$65,189
Benefits paid to participants$2,132,271
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMUNNINGHOFF, LANGE & CO.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $292K emplr
2023$10.6M · 162 accts · $322K emplr
2022$9.4M · 159 accts · $291K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,220
Total administrative$9,220
The American Guardian Warranty Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,220
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$2,220 per active participant
2022$1,966 per active participant

American Guardian Warranty Services, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
MINNESOTA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$2,480

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Securian
2023Securian

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$9,220 · 0.09%
2022$10,262 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364236704 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.