benefits plan risk – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Mon, 18 Nov 2024 21:50:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Sounding Board: How employers can mitigate cost of drugs for rare diseases https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/sounding-board-how-employers-can-mitigate-cost-of-drugs-for-rare-diseases/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:00:22 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=157855 The World Health Organization defines a rare disease as having a prevalence of 65 or less per 100,000 individuals. It recognizes some 5,500 rare diseases, the majority being of genetic origin and often life-threatening. Medical research has yielded significant drug development for the treatment of rare diseases, increasing life expectancy and improving quality of life. However, […]

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]]> More than a third of disability claims in 2022 due to mental-health reasons: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/more-than-a-third-of-disability-claims-in-2022-due-to-mental-health-reasons-survey/ Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:00:53 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=124698 While more than a third of disability claims under Canadian employer-sponsored benefits plans in 2022 were due to mental-health reasons, just two-thirds (63 per cent) of organizations are addressing this risk effectively, according to a new survey by Mercer. The survey, which polled more than 100 organizations globally, found more than half (55 per cent) […]

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]]> 38% of plan sponsors planning to update benefits plan design in 2021: survey https://www.benefitscanada.com/news/bencan/38-of-plan-sponsors-planning-to-update-benefits-plan-design-in-2021-survey/ Wed, 03 Nov 2021 13:00:57 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=110737 More than a third (38 per cent) of plan sponsors are planning to update their benefits plan design by the end of this year, on par with those that did so in 2020 (39 per cent), according to a survey by Arthur J. Gallagher Canada Ltd. The survey, which polled more than 500 Canadian plan […]

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