Home death benefits

Keyword: death benefits

5 results found
Reimbursing benefits key unresolved issue for Veterans Affairs, says report card

Reimbursing benefits, accessing dental plans and designating death benefit beneficiaries are among the most important unresolved issues from a decade of recommendations by Veterans Affairs Canada ombudsman Guy Parent. In a new report card grading the Canadian government’s response to recommendations made by his office to improve services and support for veterans and their families, Parent […]

  • By: Staff
  • July 31, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 15:25
Latest CPP additions to cost $900 million by 2050: chief actuary

A suite of additional features planned for the Canada Pension Plan will mean an extra $900 million in costs by 2050, Canada’s chief actuary is estimating. Earlier this week, chief actuary Jean-Claude Ménard released a new report on the state of the Canada Pension Plan in light of additions agreed to by Canada’s finance ministers […]

  • By: Staff
  • May 3, 2018 September 13, 2019
  • 08:30
Amendments to Ontario’s PBA become law

Ontario's budget received royal assent last week and that means plans to create the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan will go ahead.

  • By: Staff
  • July 28, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 11:35
Ontario proposes amendments to PBA

The Government of Ontario introduced legislation on Wednesday to make amendments to the Pension Benefits Act in response to the Carrigan v. Carrigan Estate case.

  • By: Staff
  • December 16, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 11:29
Supreme Court dismisses Carrigan case

The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed the application for leave to appeal in Carrigan v. Carrigan Estate, a case that has changed how pre-retirement death benefits are paid out. Case summary Plan member Ronald Carrigan died prior to retirement. When he died, it was not a clear-cut matter on whom his pre-retirement death benefit be […]

  • By: Staff
  • April 1, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00