Ascend, Inc.benefits

Ascend, Inc.'s benefits plan covered 127 active participants in 2025, providing health · life · dental · vision · short-term disability · long-term disability · death benefits · other. Insurance premiums totaled $98,709. Insurance brokers and agents were paid $32,874 in commissions and fees, costs that ultimately come out of what the employer and employees pay for coverage. That works out to 33.3% of premiums. That is $259 per covered person, above the median for employer plans that report broker pay.