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Surplus Line Association of California401(k)

SURPLUS LINE ASSOCIATION SAVINGS PLAN · SAN RAMON, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

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

Surplus Line Association of California reported $9,488 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,694 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 3,748th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 3,138th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,168,472
Participants with balances211
Active participants177
Employer contributions$830,831
Employee contributions$1,329,215
Employer contribution per active participant$4,694
Average account balance$90,846
Benefits paid to participants$3,915,741
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOOD & STRONG LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$19.2M · 211 accts · $831K emplr
2022$16.9M · 190 accts · $704K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,988
Total administrative$9,488
The Surplus Line Association of California 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,694
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$4,694 per active participant
2022$4,693 per active participant

Surplus Line Association of California's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
HOOD & STRONG LLP · Accounting / audit$7,500
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS. · Trustee (directed) · Other services$1,988

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$9,488 · 0.05%
2022$1,212 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 940912095 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.