Advertising Specialty Institute
Overview
Advertising Specialty Institute sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 509 participants in plan year 2025, about the same as the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, short-term disability, and more.
- Plan type
- ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
- Participants
- 509 · prior year 504
- Plan year
- Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
- Health plans filed
- Advertising Specialty Institute Welfare Benefit Plan, plan 501 (509 participants)
- Broker compensation
- $58K across insured contracts
Insurance carriers
Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.
| Carrier | Coverage | Covered | Premium | Broker comp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company | Dental, Life, Short-term disability, Long-term disability | 504 | $488K | $53K |
| Eyemed Vision Care on Behalf of Fidelity Security Life Insurance Co. | Vision | 508 | $27K | $2K |
| MetLife Legal Plans | Legal | 40 | $11K | $1K |
| Magellan Health Services | Employee Assistance Program | 375 | $10K | — |
Pharmacy benefit estimate
StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.
Estimated prescription spend: 509 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.
Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.
Form 5500 filing details
- Filing
- Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
- Plan sponsor
- Advertising Specialty Institute
- Sponsor EIN
- 23-1608621
- Plan number
- 501
- Filed with
- U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2
Verify this filing: search EIN 23-1608621 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.
Retirement plan
- Plan
- Cohn Family Corporate Profit Sharing Plan
- Type
- 401(k) plan
- Participants
- 637
About this data
Source: Advertising Specialty Institute's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Advertising Specialty Institute.


