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Horace Mann Service Corporation401(k)

HORACE MANN 401K PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Horace Mann Service Corporation reported $292,574 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,868 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 fell from 0.14% to 0.11%. 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 261st-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 483rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$265,835,046
Participants with balances2,456
Active participants1,785
Employer contributions$10,473,910
Employee contributions$11,913,546
Employer contribution per active participant$5,868
Average account balance$108,239
Benefits paid to participants$34,110,153
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKERBER ECK & BRAECKEL LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$265.8M · 2,456 accts · $10.5M emplr
2023$245.6M · 2,456 accts · $9.7M emplr
2022$206.7M · 2,533 accts · $8.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$158,463
Investment management$98,392
Audit (IQPA)$35,000
Total administrative$292,574
The Horace Mann Service Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,868
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,868 per active participant
2023$5,451 per active participant
2022$5,220 per active participant

Horace Mann Service Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20246
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$157,589
MERCER · Consulting$98,392
EDELMAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC$51,967
NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY · Trustee · Securities brokerage$39,619
KERBER, ECK & BRAEKEL, LLP · Accounting / audit$35,000
SRN DENTONS · Legal$2,710

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$292,574 · 0.11%
2023$340,873 · 0.15%
2022$322,715 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 370972590 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.