April 2013

Health benefits

The past few years have seen significant changes in many aspects of the prescription drug world (think patent cliff and generic pricing) that affect private…

Our 2013 Group Benefits Provides Report covered many topics, but we weren’t able to get to all of them in the magazine. Below are the…

Just in time for the April issue, Benefits Canada conducted a virtual roundtable with leaders from top Canadian group benefits providers and consulting firms who…

Shifting demographics, the growing reality of expensive biologic drugs and the increasing prevalence of many chronic disease states in the workplace are all putting strain…

Alternative investments

Pension plan investment professionals frequently cite the search for incremental returns in a low-growth economic environment and a growing weariness with market volatility as reasons…

Capital accumulation plans

Most discussions on evolution involve an investigation into the catalysts for change. DC plan sponsors, then, can look to DB investors’ evolutionary path to gain…

More than half of Intel’s 82,500 employees reside in the U.S., a fact that explains why the multinational tech company considers its employees to be…

Defined benefit pensions

The United Church of Canada has a tradition of caring for its flock, and its shepherds—especially into their retirement.

Other

Human capital risk management has gained traction as companies look to evaluate and measure what is arguably their greatest resource: employees and the skills and…

Health/wellness

If productivity and efficiency are the pillars of corporate competency, the quest for success might be the demise of employee health.

There’s no sweeter time than maple syrup season for Stéphane Grenier, lead consultant with Mental Health Innovations Consulting.