With getting the right prescription the first time an essential step to achieving better health outcomes, a number of digital innovations may help plan members,…
When it comes to areas such as preventative services and medication reviews, pharmacies are in a good position to provide support to plan members with…
Non-adherence to medication has serious consequences for both plan members and sponsors, but for some patients with chronic conditions, using a mail-order pharmacy may improve…
Diversified pooled pension fund managers posted a median return of 4.4 per cent before management fees for the third quarter of 2016 and a median…
Pension decisions shouldn’t be made in a vacuum. For plan members to make the best decision they have to understand more than just the details…
Rogers Communications Inc. practised what it preached last year when it rolled out a digital communications strategy to share the details of its move to…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested US$375 million in a Chinese private investment vehicle. Owned by CapitaLand, Raffles City China Investment Partners III will…
When employees at Edmonton-based utilities company EPCOR Utilities Inc. get sick, they simply call the company’s reporting line where a case manager offers to connect…
While text messaging has become a relatively common practice in today’s workplace, some employers are still hesitant about receiving notice of an absence through text…
The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada has published a revised version of its instruction guide for the preparation of actuarial reports for…
Sun Life Institutional Investments (Canada) Inc. has launched a new short-term private fixed income fund for institutional investors. The fund, which will provide access to…
Canada’s retirement system maintained its score of a B on the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, indicating a sound structure, many good features and…
McKesson Canada is combining wellness and philanthropy by donating $10,000 to the Paralympic Foundation of Canada on behalf of employees following a corporate wellness challenge. The…
A story on how private payers are implementing preferred pharmacy networks to reduce benefits plan costs was the most-read story on BenefitsCanada.com this week. Here…
The union representing more than 600 employees at GreenShield Canada in Toronto and Windsor, Ont. has ratified a three-year collective agreement that includes pension and…
More than half (55 per cent) of Canadian employees say their employer-sponsored health benefits don’t fully meet their needs and two-fifths (42 per cent) say…
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is selling 2.78 per cent of its stake in India-based supply chain and logistics operator Delhivery Ltd. The total…
The funded ratio of U.S. corporate defined benefit pension plans declined to 98.5 per cent in fiscal 2023 from 99.4 per cent in 2022, according…
Even though it has been two years since the U.S. Federal Reserve started rapidly hiking interest rates, hedge fund managers aren’t more likely to have…