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New Era Life Insurance Company401(k)

NEW ERA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

New Era Life Insurance Company reported $107,923 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,054 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.429%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,678th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and 2,605th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,542,750
Participants with balances377
Active participants333
Employer contributions$350,978
Employee contributions$1,209,579
Employer contribution per active participant$1,054
Average account balance$70,405
Benefits paid to participants$1,337,027
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.5M · 377 accts · $351K emplr
2023$23.8M · 355 accts · $338K emplr
2022$21.4M · 320 accts · $293K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,974
Investment management$75,949
Total administrative$107,923
The New Era Life Insurance Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,054
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,054 per active participant
2023$1,061 per active participant
2022$901 per active participant

New Era Life Insurance Company'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
PAYCHEX, INC. · Recordkeeping$31,974
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER · Investment advisory (plan)$75,949

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Paychex
2023Bank of America / Merrill, Paychex

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left New Era Life Insurance Company before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$107,923 · 0.43%
2023$96,404 · 0.43%
2022$98,139 · 0.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 742552025 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.