Polar Design

05/14/2025

We’re excited to share a new addition to our portfolio — not a new project, but a standout one that exemplifies our long-standing commitment to secure, user-focused secure digital portals for Taft-Hartley and multi-employer benefit funds. This project highlights our legacy in this space reaching back to 2005 and continuing with new yet-to-launch projects underway today.

We’re excited to share a new addition to our portfolio — not a new project, but a standout one that exemplifies our long-standing commitment to secure, use

09/26/2023

At Polar Design we've assisted Taft-Hartley funds with digital communications needs since 2005. Here's a sample of what we'll share at the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) Employee Benefits Conference this October 1 - 3.

Stop by Booth 325 to see and learn more!

09/20/2023

The participant portal and website for the Carpenters Fund Administrative Office (CFAO) of Northern California highlights the benefits of Polar Design's custom approach, including pension and annuity calculators, healthcare eligibility, online vacation benefit withdrawals, and multi-lingual (English and Spanish) content management.

We'll be investigating these and more benefits of our secure portal development services next weekend at in Boston next weekend.

https://carpenterfunds.com/

09/19/2023

We're excited to announce our booth at the 69th Annual Employee Benefits Conference hosted by the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP) at the Boston Convention center on October 1. See you there to talk secure participant portals and digital communications for multiemployer funds!

03/26/2021

Read about how a website for a local gift and travel store helped grow sales during the covid pandemic after a retooling by Polar Design along with enhanced SEO.

London Harness e-commerce website built on Woocommerce with Polar Design SEO service and private cloud VPS enhances user experience, conversion, and sales.

11/19/2020

It's been a long time since some news! Polar Design has completed a number of new secure benefit portals this year, as well as other projects, that we'll share with you through the end of 2020. IUOE Local 478 is a client whose original portal we developed in 2008. We're excited at how the redesign turned out!

In 2008, Polar Design created a secure portal for the members of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 to access their individual benefi

04/17/2020

As many of you know, the $350 Billion in funding for PPP ran out Thursday. Congress is mired in political horse trading instead of moving quickly to approve new funding. Please consider contacting your Representative or Senator and asking them to move forward expeditiously toward authorization of additional funding. Millions of small businesses and their employees depend on it!

https://www.senate.gov/senators/index.htm

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

04/02/2020

Local business owners - be sure to list your business' and offers in the heavily promoted "Support Local" website during the .

Purchase a gift card and show your support for local businesses.

03/20/2020

A message from Polar Design about our operations during the novel Coronavirus crisis is linked below. We wish all of our clients, partners and friends safety and health during this challenging and isolating time. We are here for you if you need anything. Be well and please keep in touch!

Polar Design is here for you; We stand ready to deploy our innovation to assist in transitioning operations and marketing during the Coronavirus challenge.

06/21/2018

Major decision by the U.S. will impact all businesses, but particularly small ones that will need to address collection and reporting requirements for U.S. states everywhere. Stay tuned as we study the impact and advise how to best comply.

The U.S. Supreme Court freed states and local governments to start collecting billions of dollars in sales taxes from internet retailers that don’t currently charge tax to their customers.