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New research says Canadians are expected to live longer. What does that mean for your defined benefit pension plan?

July 22, 2024
Insights

A quintessential element of the work of actuaries is the analysis of mortality rates. Mortality rates can be bucketed into categories:  baseline mortality rates (i.e., ...

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Eye on the prize: Outcome-focused decision-making critical to achieving lifetime retirement income

November 27, 2023
Insights

By Dianne Tamburro, Principal, CFA, Practice Leader, Defined Contribution Insights - November 2023 All views expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the ...

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Disrupting disability: Time for a refresh?

June 6, 2023
Insights

In a recent survey by Eckler, when unions and plan sponsors were asked about the relative importance of different types of benefit coverages, short-term disability ...

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Electronic communications for defined benefit pension plans

May 11, 2023
Articles, Insights

Since our last update in April 2021 (Eckler Insights: Electronic communications for defined benefit pension plans), there have been some changes in legislation related to ...

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IFRS 17: Learnings from the 2022 Financial Condition Test … And, what to prepare for next year

August 17, 2022
Insights

With the adoption of Bill 68 on December 11, 2020, the Quebec retirement system was expanded providing Quebec employers in all industries with the option to provide ...

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Quebec’s target-benefit plan, a new concept?

May 3, 2021
Insights

With the adoption of Bill 68 on December 11, 2020, the Quebec retirement system was expanded providing Quebec employers in all industries with the option to provide ...

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