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Shepherd Insurance, LLC401(k)

SHEPHERD INSURANCE, LLC 401(K) PLAN · CARMEL, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.30%

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

Shepherd Insurance, LLC reported $146,147 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.30% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,609 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 0.34% to 0.30%. 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 261st-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 1,546th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 433 to 532 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$55,664,402
Participants with balances580
Active participants532
Employer contributions$1,387,883
Employee contributions$3,467,886
Employer contribution per active participant$2,609
Average account balance$95,973
Benefits paid to participants$4,322,519
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$55.7M · 580 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$42.7M · 524 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$34.1M · 459 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$146,147
Total administrative$146,147
The Shepherd Insurance, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,609
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,609 per active participant
2023$2,522 per active participant
2022$2,490 per active participant

Shepherd Insurance, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
SHEPHERD FINANCIAL INVESTMENT ADV · Investment advisory (plan)$101,880
THE FINWAY GROUP LLC · Contract administrator$13,410
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP · Investment management$7,399

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$146,147 · 0.30%
2023$118,178 · 0.31%
2022$128,417 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453540375 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.