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National Life Insurance Company401(k)

NATIONAL LIFE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · MONTPELIER, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

National Life Insurance Company reported $207,568 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,846 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 rose from 0.03% to 0.07%. 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 4th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 409th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,267 to 1,512 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$335,306,385
Participants with balances2,130
Active participants1,512
Employer contributions$5,815,576
Employee contributions$14,343,416
Employer contribution per active participant$3,846
Average account balance$157,421
Benefits paid to participants$25,587,735
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$335.3M · 2,130 accts · $5.8M emplr
2023$297.6M · 2,010 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$259.9M · 1,912 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$206,911
Total administrative$207,568
The National Life Insurance Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,846
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,846 per active participant
2023$3,373 per active participant
2022$3,144 per active participant

National Life Insurance Company'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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$206,334

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$207,568 · 0.07%
2023$200,853 · 0.07%
2022$73,560 · 0.03%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 030144090 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.