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Our President, Bryan Hummitzsch Describe your position here at ARIS: As the President/Founder of Applied Resource Insurance Solutions, I use my past knowledge in sales and management to lead my team members to be successful in all aspects of insurance. I do my best to lead by example, as well as try to keep an […]

Employer Policy and Recordkeeping Requirements Also Apply San Francisco has enacted a new ordinance that imposes certain obligations on employers regarding nursing mothers. Key highlights of the ordinance are presented below. Breaks & Location  Private employers must provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for her child. The […]

Tips to Protect Against Damage from Spear-Phishing Emails Cyberattacks and resulting data breaches often begin with a spear-phishing email. Spear phishing differs from regular email phishing in its use of extensive research to target a specific audience, which allows the spear phisher to pose as a familiar and trusted entity in its email to a […]

Every quarter, Team ARIS heads out into the community and does a team-building activity. This quarter, Team ARIS went to Cheesecake factory, and painted at Color Me Mine. Follow our blog to see what Team ARIS is up to next! Here’s a group shot of our creations:  

Our Marketing Director, Maggie-Mae Laufman Describe your position here at ARIS: I have and are contributing to our marketing effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives. I maintain relations with clients by organizing and developing specific […]

Valencia Award Program Honors the Achievement Applied Resource Insurance Solutions has been selected for the 2017 Best of Valencia Award in the Insurance Company category by the Valencia Award Program. Each year, the Valencia Award Program identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are […]

Our Assistant Account Executive, Kaylin Northam Describe your position here at Applied Resource Insurance Solutions: As an account executive, I assist in managing all our clients’ benefits accounts. Any enrollments, changes, or terminations are processed by me through whichever carrier the client purchased their benefits through. I also answer any, and all, questions to help […]

Overview of Eligibility Requirements for Small Employers The Small Business Health Care Tax Credit is designed to encourage small businesses and small tax-exempt employers to offer health insurance coverage to their employees. The credit can be worth up to 50% of the amount a small business contributes toward employees’ premiums (35% for tax-exempt small employers). In general, […]

Certain Group Health Plans Required to File Group health plan administrators are reminded that Form 5500, Annual Return/Report of Employee Benefit Plan, must be filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) by the last day of the seventh month after the plan year ends. For calendar-year plans, that due date falls on July 31. Who Must […]

Our Administrative Assistant, Kodee Wilson If you could go anywhere in the world that you’ve never been, where would you go? I would love to go to Germany. My grandmother left Germany to marry my Grandfather when she was 17. I’d love to see where she grew up and where they met, went on dates, […]