Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Mercury General Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

MERCURY GENERAL CORPORATION PROFIT SHARING PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Mercury General Corporation reported $556,332 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,846 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 0.08% to 0.06%. 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 143rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 192nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$940,916,309
Participants with balances5,415
Active participants4,207
Employer contributions$11,974,349
Employee contributions$35,274,039
Employer contribution per active participant$2,846
Average account balance$173,761
Benefits paid to participants$63,246,158
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLTHOUSE CARLIN VAN TRIGT LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$940.9M · 5,415 accts · $12.0M emplr
2023$814.9M · 5,445 accts · $11.4M emplr
2022$677.9M · 5,497 accts · $11.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$421,014
Audit (IQPA)$18,000
Total administrative$556,332
The Mercury General Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,846
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,846 per active participant
2023$2,753 per active participant
2022$2,696 per active participant

Mercury General Corporation'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 · 20246
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$421,014
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · Consulting$50,000
MORGAN STANLEY · Consulting$49,500
O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP · Legal$18,800
HOLTHOUSE CARLIN & VAN TRIGT LLP · Accounting / audit$18,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$556,332 · 0.06%
2023$569,864 · 0.08%
2022$582,575 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952211612 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.