Regional Online Recordings 

2020 Economic Update - December 2020

With the shock of the pandemic behind us, the world has settled into a new reality: living with COVID. The crisis is certainly not over, and most parts of the world are seeing cases rising once again. The global, Canadian, and Alberta economies are struggling under massive uncertainty. What possible scenarios could play out? And what if adjusting to a new reality -- rather than returning to life as normal -- turns out to be easier than we think?    

This session is hosted by CPBI Northern Alberta

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The Future of Workplace Plans: More Than Just Saving for Retirement    

We know there is a need for greater financial help for Canadians. Expanding workplace programs to offer solutions around student debt, cashflow management, credit counselling, and saving for your children’s education will help an employer add value to their existing pension and benefits program, and differentiate themselves in a highly competitive talent market.

Join a discussion in what the future of workplace savings and wealth programs can look like, by addressing very real problems with very non-traditional workplace solutions.

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Financial Wellness for the Ages: Many Generations, One Common Thread       

It’s a fact that when it comes to personal finances, our age dictates much about what we want to know. For example, someone new to the job is probably less interested in retirement planning than someone who already has their last day of work marked in the calendar. However, emerging trends have started to show us that the new hire and the seasoned veteran have a lot more in common than you would think: both can benefit from trends in communication – like the prominence of mobile devices, authenticity in communications, and the growing study of behavioural economics – to enhance their knowledge and ability to make sound financial decisions.

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Alberta Regional Trends Impact of change in our new working world    

Join members of the Gallagher Benefit Services Team as they discuss Regional trends, their impact, and ideas on how to keep teams engaged through our new world of work. The session will focus on how to leverage trend data to create a strategic plan that drives value, utilizes key HR technologies & communication tools, and creates a lasting impact on organizational & employee wellbeing.

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Fall Trends and Insight Online Seminar      

As we enter into the final months of 2020, we have seen continuous changes that have had major impacts on our industries. These changes will continue to have a major impact on supporting your clients as we enter into 2021. Please join us on November 17-19 for our multi day fall seminar where attendees have the opportunity to take part in several engaging and insightful online sessions from thought leaders across the country.

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Manitoba Benefits Fundamentals - VIRTUAL 

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Workplace Mental Health: Moving beyond the checklist

While workplace mental health is a more common topic in most boardrooms than a few years ago, many employers are still finding it difficult to manage the landscape and prioritize what really matters for their business. The session will review recent findings on the prevalence of mental health issues and the impact on the workplace from an organizational perspective as well as an individual perspective. Using case studies, Sylvana will provide an overview of the options and resources available to employers to help develop a sustainable mental health strategy. Carmen will wrap up the session with tips and examples of evidence based interventions to help you and your employees with difficult conversations that may arise on a day to day basis.

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Employers and Millennials – Charting a New Path Forward!

Today’s workforce is evolving at a speed that employers can’t keep up. With so many different generations in the workforce, it’s hard to please everyone. Millennials make up a huge chunk of today’s workforce and their needs are completely different than those of the babyboomers, or even generation X.

Our panel discussion will look at what Millennials face in their everyday work life as well as the issues that employers face in trying to meet their needs, while working together to come to an understanding and continue to meet company targets with corresponding tight budgets.

This session is hosted by CPBI Northern Alberta

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The Outlook for Financial Markets: Pandemics and Elections 

Strategic Themes and Tactical Opportunities: Investing in a Volatile World. Join our chief investment strategist as they explore six key themes:

• Retooling Global Growth
• Massive Monetary Toolkit
• Stuckflation Tested
• One World, Two Systems
• Reimagining Capitalism
• Stay Focused on Climate Risk

This session is hosted by CPBI Ontario

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Disability - Duty to Accommodate

This presentation will provide an overall summary of how employers should be addressing disabilities in the workplace and properly managing their duty to accommodate. As part of this summary, the presentation will set out what the duty to accommodate actually is and how it is triggered, the lengths to which an employer's duty reaches (discussing the concept of undue hardship) and specifically looking at the challenge of accommodating mental health disabilities. The presentation will also touch on tips for properly requesting medical information pertaining to an employee's disability and best practices for managing accommodation requests.

This session is hosted by CPBI Manitoba

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Are Pension Commuted Value Changes Affecting You? 

On January 24, 2020, the Canadian Institute of Actuaries published revisions to its Standards of Practice which introduce changes to the calculation of commuted values. These changes will take effect by December 1, 2020.

Jared will provide an overview of:

• pension commuted values

• how commuted values are currently determined

• how commuted values would be determined under the new standard

In addition, Jared will provide commentary on considerations regarding implementation of the new standard.

This session is hosted by CPBI Manitoba

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Drug plan management 2020

A look at prescription drug plan spending and trends in 2019 including the impact of COVID-19 on drug plans from March-August 2020. We will also take a deep dive into Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases (EDRDs) and discuss the upcoming changes in how drugs are priced in Canada by the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB)

This presentation will contain three parts, first a look at drug spending and utilization in Canada Life drug plans in 2019, this will be followed by a deep dive into Expensive Drugs for Rare Diseases (EDRDs) in Canada and lastly will look at the impact of COVID-19 on drug benefit spending.

This session is hosted by CPBI Ontario

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2020 Sanofi Canada Health Care Survey: Future Forward: Frontline Perspectives on Health Benefit Plans

This session is hosted by CPBI Northern Alberta

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Regulatory Updates Across Canada: COVID-19 and Beyond

In this webinar, Kenneth MacDonald, Manager, SMB, Western Canada, Morneau Shepell will use his own personal journey with chronic pain to illustrate:

As the Canadian pension regulatory framework continues to evolve, legislation and regulatory guidance is simultaneously shifting.  While there have been many changes in these turbulent times in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, industry players must also be aware of other regulatory updates as well.  This session will accordingly provide an overview of key recent legislative, regulatory and caselaw updates across the country, including COVID-19-related updates, to assist plan administrators, plan sponsors and service providers navigate the changing regulation of pensions. 

This session is hosted by CPBI Ontario

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Retirement Plan Communication: A Case Study

Michel and Brenda will share the retirement plan communication strategies for two of their shared clients. One established a brand new plan for their employees and the other undertook a detailed marketing and carrier search. Using a case study approach they will share how the same communication materials and strategies were positioned with each client yet deployed differently. How did it turn out? Join us to hear of the successes, challenges and lessons learned from all perspectives – insurer, consultant, employer and employee. 

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Pensions, Benefits and Return to the Workplace: adapting to our "new landscape"

Session One: Ready, Set, Return – Pandemic impacts on employee benefits and wellbeing
presented by: Leigh-Ann Ing - Principal, Total Health Management - Mercer Marsh Benefits™

Session Two: Embracing innovation in Canadian health benefits
presented by: C.J. Gordon - Senior Associate - Mercer Marsh Benefits™

Session Three: OSFI Actions to Address Issues Stemming from COVID-19
presented by: Tamara DeMos - Managing Director of the Private Pension Plans Division, Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)

This session is hosted by CPBI Ontario

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Virtual Healthcare: Embracing Innovation & Bridging the Gaps

Society has evolved to expect an on-demand digital experience. Workplaces have transformed to have satellite offices, remote locations and more people working from home. How will healthcare keep up with the changing dynamics and our multi-generational workforce? Join us for a moderated panel session with 3 virtual healthcare providers in Canada, to learn more. Discover how organizations are evolving to meet the health and wellness needs of a digital savvy work force. 

This session is hosted by CPBI Southern Alberta

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Pension and Institutional Investing for the New Normal

Soheil Mahmoodzadeh, Chief Econometrician for CWB Financial Group, will be providing Canada economic update. He will also discuss deflation/inflation and negative interest rates.

Michelle Richardson, Consultant for George & Bell Consulting, will discuss the impact of the current environment on institutional investors and address some of the asset allocation questions that investors are facing.

This session is hosted by CPBI Pacific

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Learning from crisis, and the world’s best marketers to communicate total rewards

Every year most companies invest hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars into their benefit and retirement programs. It’s an important signal for how much your organization cares for your employees’ lives outside of work: their health, their loved ones, their financial future, their feeling of wellbeing.

This session is hosted by CPBI Ontario

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Legal and Pension Update

This session will focus on recent legislative changes and case law developments in Western Canada and their impact on retirement and benefit plans. While some of the areas of discussion will overlap with developments specific to the COVID-19 environment, the presentation will cover pension regulation, changes to CRA policies, employment standards and benefits continuation, recent caselaw and broader legal developments impacting retirement and benefits plans. The session will focus on the implications of these changes for plan sponsors and administrators with plans located in Western Canada.

This session is hosted by CPBI Northern Alberta

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Employee Financial Wellness - A Post-Pandemic Priority

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Assurances et Pharmacie (in French) 

La place occupée par les médicaments dans le coût des assurances collectives ne cessant d’augmenter, cette présentation traitera de la différence de prix entre le régime privé et public ainsi que de la nouvelle entente maintenant en vigueur depuis 2020 entre l’AQPP, les assureurs et les tiers payeurs. La nouvelle entente offrant de nouvelles possibilités, la présentation traitera également des moyens existant pour limiter les problèmes reliés aux assurances médicaments que peuvent vivre les assurés lors d’un changement de plan ou pendant la durée de celui-ci. Finalement, qu’en est-il d’une pharmacie en ligne et de ses enjeux pendant cette nouvelle période de pandémie. 

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Barry LaValley - What Every Plan Sponsor and Member Should Understand About Retirement

Barry LaValley will help attendees understand the key issues that Plan Members face as they look at their retirement; he will also focus on critical ways that Sponsors can help ease that transition and take the stress out of the retirement decision.

This session is hosted by CPBI Pacific

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Redefining The Narrative of Older Workers

Life expectancy is increasing at a pace that may sustain beyond the actual age of retirement, and some people will not be ready to retire until an advanced aged. In addition, today even if recruiting all of the young people out of school, we will still have a shortage of workers. 

What does this mean for employers and extended benefits providers?  Older workers will stay longer at work. Knowledge retention and loyalty are a plus, but multiple complexities may be present as well. Some of these workers will require support that is likely going to come through the employer’s support directly or through an extended benefits provider, to be able to continue working. 

This session is hosted by CPBI Pacific

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