How Group Health Insurance Plans Work – A Small Business Get Started Guide
Employers often offer group insurance as part of their benefits package. Group insurance is insurance offered to all eligible employees of the company. Normally,...
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Integrating Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) into Employee Benefits
While many studies have been conducted over the years to understand the value employees place on their employer-sponsored benefits, a recent Sun Life survey...
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Medical Expense Tax Credit
Your employees may not be aware that premiums and out-of-pocket expenses related to your group health, vision and dental plans may give rise to...
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How do dental fee guides impact group insurance costs? (Updated for 2023)
Every year, provincial and territorial dental associations publish their fee guide for the upcoming year.
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Insurers are reducing your group insurance premiums
This is not a delayed April fools joke. Many insurers are in fact reducing your group insurance premiums and this initiative is met with...
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Can I postpone my group insurance renewal due to COVID-19?
While measures implemented by both provincial and federal authorities to stop the spread of COVID-19 are essential, Canadian small businesses are facing unprecedented times,...
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Are quarantined employees eligible for paid time-off work?
As politicians continue to urge Canadians to refrain from travelling, self-isolate when required, and practice social distancing; employers are asking if employees are entitled...
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ASO: an alternative to traditional group insurance
Like many group insurance brokers, when I first entered the industry, I was taught that an Administrative Services Only (ASO) agreement was a NO-NO...
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Employment Insurance increases the insurable amount for 2019
Employment Insurance (EI) is most known for providing temporary income replacement to Canadians: who lose their jobs through no fault of their own who...
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