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BA Spotlight: Brooklynn Winch
This week we're learning more about Brooklyn Winch at The Winch Group Where in Canada are you based? Waterford, Ontario Please introduce yourself in 10 words or less. An eager & determined working mom always looking to learn and meet new people. Which Member Firm...
Five Principles for Health Benefits Plans
The most significant change in group health benefits in the past 20 years? Mindset. Small and mid-size employers are taking “more of a conscious approach when looking at their benefits plan,” explains Sunil Hirjee, Vice-President, Sales and Partner Experience at...
A Roadmap to Reset Your Retirement Plan
When Jill Fratpietro, Adam Skube and their team took on a new client, a legal firm in Ottawa, to reorganize its group retirement benefits plan, they had no idea how transformational the process would be. The client had allowed the plan to keep going, unchanged, for...
Using Data to Modernize Employee Benefits Plans
Listen to the Benefits Alliance Voice on: Spotify | Apple iTunes | Google | Radio Public | iHeart Radio BA Voice Episode 009: In this episode of the Benefits Alliance Voice, Carolyne Eagan and Rob Green sit down with Sunil Hirjee of Beneva to discuss the evolution of...
Member Spotlight: Doug Calow
This week we're learning more about Doug Calow at Calow Benefits Group Who do you work with? Calow Benefits Group Where in Canada are you based? Barrie, Ontario Please introduce yourself in 10 words or less. Doug Calow, Principle Calow Benefits Group Inc. What excites...
Setting the Bar for Financial Advisors — Sort of
Chances are you’ve met with people who describe themselves as financial advisors or financial planners. Fortunately, in some provinces, you’ll soon be able to challenge them with two words: Prove it. Unfortunately, different provinces are going in different...
Is it Time to Polish Up Your LTD Plan?
With spring cleaning on our minds, be sure to include your long-term disability (LTD) plan when it comes to dusting off, reviewing, and possibly updating your group insurance offerings this year. The time may be especially right considering the changes made to...
Filling the Gap for Severe Mental Disorders
Donna Ferguson, a clinical psychologist, recalls working with a woman in her 50s who had gone on disability leave from an executive-level role. Her depression was so severe she couldn’t motivate herself to leave her bed. Recovery included a year of intensive therapy,...