{"id":120,"date":"2013-10-18T05:50:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T05:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jpress.journalism.ryerson.ca\/workshop\/?p=120"},"modified":"2013-10-18T05:50:36","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T05:50:36","slug":"group-insurance-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/?p=120","title":{"rendered":"Group Insurance Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clients draw on our experience across a wide spectrum of group benefits. In the are of \u00a0Group Life, Accident, Health, Dental and Disability coverage the following services are provided:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assistance in design or re-design of benefit programs, including Flexible Benefit plans and Health Spending Accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Obtaining quotations from insurers based on detailed specifications, analyzing the quotations received and providing recommendations in a report format for selecting appropriate insurers.<\/li>\n<li>All necessary assistance in the implementation of any benefits, plans or changes including preparation of announcement material.<\/li>\n<li>Reviewing of policy documents and assistance in the design of employee booklets.<\/li>\n<li>Negotiations and reviewing premium rates with the insurers on renewal.<\/li>\n<li>Analyzing the financial information from insurers on renewal and commenting on the underwriting approaches or concepts best suited to the group.<\/li>\n<li>Assistance in design, financial analysis and management of self-insured plans.<\/li>\n<li>Specific studies, such as: cost containment, absentee control and disability management, effect of aging population, demographic shifts, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Assistance to whatever extent is required in resolving unusual claims and administration problems.<\/li>\n<li>Help with Union negotiations as they pertain to our sphere of responsibility.<\/li>\n<li>Third Party Administration, Claims Adjudication, U.S. Benefits, Travel Insurance, International Insurance.<\/li>\n<li>Self Insurance support &#8211; Self-Insured doesn&#8217;t mean going it alone. For clients with self-insured plans, we offer expertise in design, actuarial costings and plan managment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clients draw on our experience across a wide spectrum of group benefits. In the are of \u00a0Group Life, Accident, Health, Dental and Disability coverage the following services are provided: Assistance in design or re-design of benefit programs, including Flexible Benefit plans and Health Spending Accounts. Obtaining quotations from insurers based on detailed specifications, analyzing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-menu-item"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corporatebenefits.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}