natural disasters – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 03 May 2024 21:03:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 How climate change is impacting benefits, employee health https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/benefits-canada-archive/how-climate-change-is-impacting-benefits-employee-health/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:54:02 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=154121 During Canada’s unprecedented 2023 wildfire season, 6,500 individual fires burned more than 18.4 million hectares of land — and wildland firefighters bore the brunt of it all. “The working conditions are extremely dangerous and they’re getting more dangerous as fires become larger and more intense, and, in many cases, are going through communities,” says Bert […]

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]]> What role can insurance-linked securities play in pension portfolios? https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/what-role-can-insurance-linked-securities-play-in-pension-portfolios/ https://www.benefitscanada.com/archives_/what-role-can-insurance-linked-securities-play-in-pension-portfolios/#respond Fri, 23 Oct 2020 03:24:17 +0000 https://cumulus.benefitscanada.com/uncategorized/what-role-can-insurance-linked-securities-play-in-pension-portfolios/ In a market rocked by a considerable increase in cross-asset volatility, the need to search for alternative means of diversification that embrace different sources of risk and return is crucial. One solution for pension plan sponsors to consider is investing in insurance-linked securities. Often a misunderstood and underutilized asset class, insurance-linked securities are investments whose […]

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