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Plan sponsors should tread carefully when mulling mental-health apps

Plan sponsors should tread carefully when mulling mental-health apps

With more than 1,400 mental-health apps available for download, and more entering the marketplace every day, are these tools an effective way for employers to…

Institutional investors turning to AI, data science to improve processes, yield alpha

What if institutional investors could turn their portfolio companies’ quarterly earnings calls into actionable data by analyzing their sentiment over time? The Alberta Investment Management…

The wish list for employee-designed wellness programs

Flexibility is on the top of Vanessa Sauve’s workplace wellness program wish list. As a registered nurse with Alberta Health Services in Edmonton, Alta., she…

Jim Keohane reflects on his HOOPP career, LDI strategy

Jim Keohane reflects on his HOOPP career, LDI strategy

Twenty years ago, Jim Keohane was brought into the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan to launch its derivatives program. Since then, he’s climbed his way…

Using transportation benefits to help ease employees’ commutes

Using transportation benefits to help ease employees’ commutes

Even star employees shine a little less brightly after battling an hour of traffic on the way to work. Long commutes “can be very demoralizing”…

The pension industry’s role in talking to employees about debt

The pension industry’s role in talking to employees about debt

Imagine a scenario where an employee can’t afford to opt into their company’s defined contribution pension plan because of debt. Regardless of whether it’s a…

Q&A with Epcor Utilities’ Lana Burnstad

Epcor Utilities Inc.’s senior manager of pension and benefits talks mental-health training, volunteering benefits and whitewater canoeing. Q. What top challenges do you face in…

Conference Coverage: 2019 Halifax Benefits Summit

Conference Coverage: 2019 Halifax Benefits Summit

On Sept. 24, the 2019 Halifax Benefits Summit featured insightful sessions on benefits, health and wellness and drug plan trends. Here’s what you missed! Integrating…

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Integrating data to show plan sponsors a full picture of claims patterns

Group insurers are considering data more intelligently to develop products, services and plan designs that are optimal for plan sponsors, but also engage members by using…

The value of private drug plans from a Canadian and global context

The value of private drug plans from a Canadian and global context

When it comes to health-care spending in Canada, there isn’t a lot of variance between provinces, according to Joe Farago, executive director of private payers and investment…

How employers, health-care policies can support employees with irritable bowel disease

How employers, health-care policies can support employees with irritable bowel disease

With around 270,000 individuals currently affected by irritable bowel disease, Canada has the highest prevalence in the world, according to Mina Mawani, president and chief…

A look at the newest innovative medications for diabetes management

A look at the newest innovative medications for diabetes management

As the prevalence of diabetes continues to rise, so do the increases in cost, according to Adam Hotchkiss, medical science liaison at Novo Nordisk Canada, during Benefits…

Managing diabetes in the new era of glucose monitoring technology

Managing diabetes in the new era of glucose monitoring technology

Since diabetes is a progressive disease, it’s important to get treatment in the middle, according to Dr. Thomas Ransom, endocrinologist at the Nova Scotia Health Authority,…

Editorial: Celebrating winning employers shines a light in dark times

As we come to the end of another year, we continue to confront an uncertain geopolitical landscape, with wars raging on and leaders tangled in…

Head to head: What’s riskier right now: investments in private equity or public equity?

One academic argues in favour of public equity’s transparency in a volatile economy, while another looks to private equity’s future gains. Yuanshun Li, associate professor,…

How Waterloo Regional Health Network leadership unified retirement benefits under the HOOPP to ensure equity across its workforce

When Grand River Hospital and St. Mary’s General Hospital merged in April 2025, leaders weren’t just bringing together two sites and two cultures, they also…

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