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New England Life Care, Inc.403(b)

NEW ENGLAND LIFE CARE, INC. 403(B) RETIREMENT PLAN · SCARBOROUGH, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

New England Life Care, Inc. reported $139,453 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $997 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 0.43% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 105th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 2,774th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $4.58 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,087,089
Participants with balances385
Active participants498
Employer contributions$496,451
Employee contributions$2,274,879
Employer contribution per active participant$997
Average account balance$78,148
Benefits paid to participants$2,675,541
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.1M · 385 accts · $496K emplr
2023$26.2M · 411 accts · $923K emplr
2022$21.5M · 385 accts · $919K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$60,942
Investment management$78,511
Total administrative$139,453
Employer contributions to the New England Life Care, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$997
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$997 per active participant
2023$1,857 per active participant
2022$1,838 per active participant

New England Life Care, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$60,942
OSAIC WEALTH, INC. · Consulting$78,511

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$139,453 · 0.50%
2023$74,995 · 0.31%
2022$100,360 · 0.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223195337 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.