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Designing pension solutions is the easy part. Change is harder.

July 20, 2026
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Eckler consultants spend a lot of time focused on designing solutions that are sustainable, well-governed, and aligned with the needs of employers and members. In ...

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Optimizing disability benefit coordination: A focus on Canada Pension Plan Disability benefit for plan sponsors

June 29, 2026
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Optimizing disability benefit coordination is key to managing rising workplace benefit costs. This article explores how Canadian plan sponsors can leverage the Canada Pension Plan ...

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Out with the old, in with the new… Canadian mortality tables

March 30, 2026
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The Canadian Institute of Actuaries has released the CPM 2024 mortality tables, offering a major update to the widely used CPM 2014 set. With new ...

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Putting defined benefit surplus to good use

November 25, 2025
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Strong market returns and rising interest rates have left many defined benefit (DB) pension plans in surplus, presenting sponsors with both opportunity and uncertainty. While ...

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New mortality research: Embracing uncertainty

January 21, 2025
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In our previous article, we provided insights on the potential impact of new Canadian mortality improvement (“MI”) research published in April 2024 by the Canadian ...

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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
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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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