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Benefits Trends: Brushing up

Employees rate dental plans quite high on their benefit scale. Employers should take note and look for ways to contain costs. April is National Oral…

A foot in the door

In the competitive group insurance market, third-party administrators are positioning themselves to enhance services for employers and increase their own market share. Consolidation and economies…

Bell cutting post-retirement health benefits

Bell Canada plans to eliminate supplemental health benefits for future retirees over the next decade. Starting in 2012, new retirees over the age of 55…

Rise in healthcare cost trends stabilizing: survey

The increase in healthcare cost trends is stabilizing, according to a survey by ACS/Buck. The rise in the trend has stayed relatively flat for the…

Benefits Trends: Booster shot

The majority of Canadian employers are missing an opportunity when it comes to vaccine coverage policies. There appears to be a lack of strategy or…

Towers Perrin buys ISR

Towers Perrin has acquired Chicago-based ISR, an employee research and consulting firm. “The union of Towers Perrin and ISR will greatly energize our research and…

Dentist to be monitored after misleading billing

An Owen Sound, Ontario dentist’s practice will be monitored for three years after submitting false/misleading billings and claims to insurers seeking reimbursement of about $300,000.…

Sun Life acquiring Genworth’s U.S. group benefits business

Sun Life Financial is buying Genworth Financial’s U.S. group benefits business for US$650 million. The business provides group life, disability, medical stop loss and dental…

Nova Scotia pension changes important, plan sponsor says

Recent changes to solvency requirements for municipal pension plans in Nova Scotia are significant, says Terri Troy, CEO of the Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan.…

Juggling act

It’s not surprising for Sylvain Carrier to hear that one of his plan members is in Mexico with her spine bent so severely that the…

Benefits Trends: Cholesterol attack

LIPITOR IS THE TOP-SELLING DRUG IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING to the Canadian Medical Association, with 9.8 million prescriptions last year in Canada. And at a…

Fact Check: How well do you know the Canada Health Act?

1. On what date was the Canada Health Act passed in the House of Commons? a) March 16, 1972 b) April 17, 1984 c) April…

The Law: Access granted

ON JUNE 9, 2005 THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA released its long-awaited decision in Chaoulli and Zeliotis v. Quebec. The decision will almost certainly have…

A smooth delivery

Andrea G. knows firsthand about the ups and downs of maternity leave. As a trader for a mostly male brokerage firm in Toronto, Andrea’s employer—while…

The HSA impact

For a PDF version of this article, click here. © Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the March 2005 edition of…

Benefits Trends: Measuring up

A B.C. HYDRO EMPLOYEE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A BIKE accident. He suffers shoulder and head injuries and requires lengthy medical care. But with the…

The financial reality of health care

© Copyright 2006 Rogers Publishing Ltd. The following article first appeared in the January 2005 edition of BENEFITS CANADA magazine.     The Canadian healthcare system…