by Robert J. Crowder CLU, GBA | Jan 28, 2021 | ASO Benefit Plans, Employee Benefits
Last year, small businesses faced many challenges, including subsidizing big insurance companies during the start of the pandemic. Dental and paramedical service providers were shut down, except for emergency treatments. Though employees could not access these...
by Robert J. Crowder CLU, GBA | Oct 1, 2020 | Employee Benefits
In the September 2020 edition, our President, Robert J. Crowder, CLU GBA, was published in Workplace.ca, a leading publication on Canadian management and workplace resources. The topic discussed was how benefits advisors and business owners needed to plan for a...
by Mike Ignatz | Sep 24, 2020 | Custom Plan Design, Employee Benefits
A benefits plan is a promise between an employer and their employee. As a trusted source of knowledge to your clients, your role as a benefits advisor is to help them keep that promise. You can achieve this by advising them on the optimal benefits plan design that...
by Mike Ignatz | Feb 21, 2020 | Case Study, Custom Plan Design, Employee Benefits
The client is a family-owned Canadian business in the logistics and distribution industry with over 70 employees, from labourers to professionals, key employees, and two generations of owners. From the beginning, it was clear to us that the diverse range of wages and...
by Mike Ignatz | Oct 7, 2019 | Benefits Costs, Employee Benefits, Executive Benefits, Flexible Benefits
While Canada continues to experience a growing multigenerational workforce, employers are currently trying to figure out how to not only encourage cohesion and collaboration among the generations, but also how to care for all of them. The needs and concerns of one...
by Mike Ignatz | Jun 6, 2019 | Employee Benefits
In the first two parts of this series, we discussed how educating employers and employees leads to higher plan satisfaction, and why it’s important to know what you are shopping for before you shop the market. In the final part of this series, we will cover the...
