Promoting health and wellness as a business priority and effectively communicating this to the workforce was the Town of Richmond Hill’s recipe for success at Benefits Canada’s 2018 Workplace Benefits Awards. The organization took home the award for best health and wellness program for a company with less than 1,000 employees at a ceremony in Toronto on Oct. 11. […]
Mercer and Morningstar Inc. are teaming up to create a digital platform for institutional investment manager data, performance analytics and qualitative research. “Investors and their advisors do not have comprehensive resources for institutional strategies research and data,”said Rich Nuzum, global president of Mercer’s wealth business, in a press release. “Working together with Morningstar, we can give investors and […]
Cigna Corp. has appointed Gina Papush to the newly created role of global chief data and analytics officer. “As our industry evolves, embedding insights and analytics across the enterprise will enhance Cigna’s ability to more rapidly deliver simplified, affordable, personalized and integrated experiences for our customers and clients,” said Chris Hocevar, president of strategy, segments […]
Three years ago, the Alberta Pensions Services Corp. was facing a bitter fact. Though one of our key corporate goals is to begin paying benefits within 30 days of plan members completing their retirement application, we were reaching this goal for barely one of every four retirees. This was a significant issue. APS administers the […]
By taking the use of data to the next level, employers and insurers can improve their ability to promote better health through benefits plans. That was a key message from Tarick Fadel, director of analytics, research and pricing at Alberta Blue Cross, during a presentation at Benefits Canada‘s Calgary Benefits Summit on May 29. “We […]
What’s the future of health benefits in Canada? A hybrid model of core coverage and personalized benefits is a likely scenario, speakers at an event in Toronto said on Wednesday. “Our vision is really a hybrid model, where you have this traditional benefit program there to support your employee should something happen, something unpredictable that […]
One of the biggest changes in the benefits industry over the next five years will be the movement towards virtual care as a standalone category, said Tim Clarke at Benefits Canada‘s Benefits & Pension Summit in Toronto on Monday. “Whether you’re talking about telemedicine, whether you’re talking about virtual [cognitive behavioural therapy], you think about […]
While Amazon.com Inc. has Alexa and Apple Inc. has Siri, Morneau Shepell Ltd. is introducing a new virtual assistant designed to help employees with their human resources needs. Ava, which stands for automated virtual assistant, uses artificial intelligence to answer human resources questions through platforms used by both Morneau Shepell and its employer clients. “An ever-increasing number of employees are […]
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