Kelsey Rolfe | August 28, 2020 Plan members living with insomnia or sleep problems could benefit from sleep-specific cognitive behavioural therapy programs accessible through their benefits plans. “One of the key things I’m going to say...
Empire Life is joining a wave of insurance providers that are beefing up their group insurance plans with telemedicine services as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hamper in-person consultations. Starting on September 1, all...
Coefficient established to help employers realize greater value through “precision risk,” a new data-driven solution to employer stop-loss insurance Palo Alto, CA (Aug. 25, 2020) – Verily, an Alphabet company, is announcing a new...
Staff | August 27, 2020 The average Canadian employee will have to accumulate 10.9 times their final pay to maintain the same spendable income once they retire, according to a new report by Aon. The...
Staff | August 27, 2020 The federal government is seeking applications to appoint new full- and part-time members to its social security tribunal, the arm’s length entity responsible for decisions on appeals relating to Canada Pension Plan,...
Staff | August 27, 2020 Janitors working at Loyalist College in Belleville, Ont. have a new ratified contract that includes a pension plan, sick days and a wage increase. The employees, represented by the Services Employees...
The Canadian Press | August 26, 2020 Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is appointing Mark Carney as vice-chair and head of environmental, social and governance and impact fund investing. Carney is currently the United Nations’ special envoy for climate action and...
Staff | August 26, 2020 The Empire Life Insurance Co. is adding telemedicine services to its group benefits plans. Beginning Sept. 1, 2020, all employees whose plan sponsors offer Empire Life’s group benefits will automatically have access to the...
By Stephen Applebaum, Insurance Solutions Group — This is a companion article to “Working-from-Home: Infecting People and Organizations in Insurance,” published on Aug. 17. As if our lives and the world in which we...
$6.5 million Series A funding co-led by Real Ventures & Investissement Québec, plus $5 million in debt financing and grants led by National Bank of Canada Montreal, QC (Aug. 26, 2020) – Breathe Life,...