An estimated 12% of employees have diagnosed mental health issues, according to one speaker at Benefit Canada’s Mental Health Summit. Judging from other conference participants,…
Stress is a necessary and important part of life, but prolonged periods of high stress levels can lead to distress—a risk factor for all forms…
What political/legal developments will be most influential to Canada’s pension and benefits landscape in 2013? We asked three forward-thinking institutional investment experts. They pointed to…
Hard to find qualified people for jobs overseas? According to a recent Mercer survey, many multinational companies indicated that finding qualified candidates for global assignments…
Plan sponsors lack understanding of plan-spend issues, such as cost drivers, inefficiencies and forecasting. Thankfully, a number of tools are available to help plan sponsors…
Using mandatory generic substitution when designing a benefits plan can help with control drug costs, but what measure of control can be offered when a…
A study from Swiss Re suggests life insurance premiums in Asia will rebound in 2013, growing by about 10% in real terms.
I recently read a fictional book in which the focus of the story was on genetic engineering and the race to discover the scientific equivalent…
Insurance carriers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) have long observed that plan sponsors rarely request many of the products developed to help contain drug plan…
How can employers attract the best and brightest people and then keep them? The challenge is bigger for some industries than others.
Cutbacks and cost-sharing have typically been the first response to increase healthcare costs. But in 2012, some plan sponsors started to think differently and put…
Companies are constantly seeking ways to attract and retain the best employees. One innovative Chicago-based agency does it by being a dream employer.
In April, the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) announced the creation of an industry wide drug pooling agreement that will protect fully insured…
The federal government is getting out of the medicinal marijuana business and is looking to move the prescribing responsibilities to doctors and the manufacturing to…
Chronic illnesses such as depression, cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes cost organizations big dollars in declining productivity, as well as soaring drug costs and…
Chronic illnesses cost employers big dollars in declining productivity and soaring drug costs. One-third of Canadians are diagnosed with one of seven chronic diseases, many…
Does your extended medical coverage include vaccines? If you’re unsure, you’re not alone.
As employers look for ways to provide the best benefits at an acceptable cost, one option growing in popularity in Canada is administrative services only…
Chronic conditions such as depression, cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes cost employers big dollars in declining productivity due to increased absenteeism and presenteeism rates,…
It’s a constant question for employers: how do you attract the best and brightest people to your organization and then keep them?
The Canadian economy has made some strides toward recovery. But it has been a rocky ride, and continued economic uncertainty has altered how many Canadians…
The recent announcement that global HR consulting firm Mercer had decided to transfer much of its Canadian pension and group benefits outsourcing business to Morneau…
Now more than ever, employers need to focus on managing their drug spend effectively and understand their return on investment. What actions can employers take…
For years Cheryl Lundrigan has taken a prescription drug to treat chronic depression. Although she had started out taking Zoloft when first diagnosed, once the…
By the early ’80s, flexible benefits had really taken off in the U.S., but it was still a relatively unknown concept north of the 49th…