Blue Cross and Blue Shield Associationbenefits

Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's benefits plans covered 22,766 active participants in 2024, providing long-term disability. Insurance premiums totaled $21,870,064. Insurance brokers and agents were paid $132,460 in commissions and fees, costs that ultimately come out of what the employer and employees pay for coverage. That works out to 0.6% of premiums. That is $6 per covered person, in the bottom quarter of employer plans that report broker pay. Broker pay fell 27% from $181,340 in 2023.