by | Dec 4, 2018 | Claims, Insurance & Taxes
To be an eligible participant in a Co-operators group benefits plan, plan members and their dependants must first have provincial health insurance, and work and reside in Canada. Ensuring it’s in place is the responsibility of plan administrators. Some provinces have...
by | Oct 22, 2018 | Insurance & Taxes
The federal government announced its annual revisions to Employment Insurance (EI) maximums and premium rates; these changes are effective January 1, 2019. The 2019 Employment Insurance changes will affect the following Short Term Disability (STD) volumes and...
by | Sep 17, 2018 | Insurance & Taxes, Tools
We tend to meet clients at 2 points: A new client that wants something with the best opportunity for rate stability so they can prepare reasonable budgets, or When they are tired of the renewal roller coaster, and want the best opportunity for stable rates It is...
by | Aug 3, 2018 | Insurance & Taxes
Government of British Columbia introduces new Employer Health Tax Effective January 1, 2019 it is proposed that employers with annual payrolls of over $500,000 for employees working in BC will be subject to a new Employer Health Tax. This is to make up for the revenue...
by | May 16, 2018 | Insurance & Taxes, Tools
Please use the new Enrolment Form when signing up new employees on your benefits plan Spring is in air! …and so is a change to the Enrolment Form for new employees Please click here to use the new Enrolment Form
by | May 15, 2018 | Insurance & Taxes
Government of Saskatchewan is refunding PST on Group Benefits In 2017, the Government of Saskatchewan applied a 6 per cent provincial sales tax (PST) to many goods and services that were previously non-taxable – including insurance premiums. • On February 26, 2018,...
