Strides are constantly being made in the group benefits industry to better support employers who can then better support their employees.

In this episode, Lorne Curry sits down with Dave Patriarche, founder of Canadian Group Insurance Brokers (CGIB), as they talk about a new program that CGIB is offering. Dave saw a need in the industry to provide more specific technical training geared towards the complexities of group benefits, and speaks about how he addressed this need.

Dave discusses: 

• Why CGIB felt the need to create a pooled hybrid plan, and why they thought employers needed it
• How a pooled program works to better protect employers and employees
• Why CGIB chose to partner with Benefits by Design to implement their program
• How the program works and compares to a traditional benefit program
• And more

Resources: 

• Group Benefits headquarters 
• Episode 3: A Look at the Funding Models
• Episode 12: Controlling the Costs of Drug Plans

Connect With Dave Patriarche:

• info@cgib.ca
• (905) 886-9203
• Canadian Group Insurance Brokers
• LinkedIn: Dave Patriarche

Connect With Lorne Curry

• (705)-749-1131
• 1-(866) 445-4424
• Curry Financial Group
• LinkedIn: Lorne Curry

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Sometimes being able to access information from another perspective can help you understand it better.

In this episode, Lorne Curry invites Mike McClenahan, VP of Partner Solutions with People Corporation and president of TPAAC, onto the show. Lorne and Mike discuss various aspects of group benefits to get Mike’s unique perspective from the supplier side.

Mike discusses: 

• High prescription drug costs and the trend of more employers putting a cap on spending
• Stop-loss and pooling levels in group benefits
• The recent trend of telemedicine taking on more popularity
• And more

Resources: 

• Group Benefits headquarters 

Connect With Mike McClenahan:

• People Corporation
• TPAAC
• LinkedIn: Mike McClanahan 
• LinkedIn: People Corporation

Connect With Lorne Curry

• (705)-749-1131
• 1-(866) 445-4424
• Curry Financial Group
• LinkedIn: Lorne Curry

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Does a service that addresses both physical and mental health and offers coverage to your entire immediate family — sound too good to be true?

In this episode, Lorne Curry sits down with Isabelle Moreau, senior client executive with Teladoc Health, as they discuss the services Best Doctors/Teladoc Health has to offer. Isabelle shares some shocking statistics about both mental and physical health and how Best Doctors/Teladoc Health aims to address them.

Isabelle discusses: 

• What the Best Doctors/Teladoc Health program is and how it helps people
• How Teladoc’s mental health program assists individuals to get access to the help they need
• The physical health services provided by Best Doctors/Teladoc Health
• Who is eligible to take advantage of the Best Doctors/Teladoc Health services 
• And more

Resources: 

• Group Benefits headquarters 
• Episode 8: The Benefits of the Virtual Doctors Office
• Episode 16: What to Know About Travel Insurance Before Your Travel

Connect With Isabelle Moreau:

• Teladoc Health
• LinkedIn: Isabelle Moreau

Connect With Lorne Curry

• (705)-749-1131
• 1-(866) 445-4424
• Curry Financial Group
• LinkedIn: Lorne Curry

About Our Guest:

Isabelle is passionate about building customer relationships and excels at client retention through responsiveness, providing innovative health and wellness initiatives and significant organizational and problem solving strategies. Isabelle specializes in organizational and management consulting, needs assessment, business development, relationship building and customer retention.

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When you and your spouse both have access to benefit plans, you can coordinate them to gain coverage from both insurance companies.

In this episode, Lorne Curry educates you about how coordinating benefits with your spouse works. Lorne touches on the rules that exist when coordinating benefits and speaks about when you might and might not coordinate with your spouse.

Lorne discusses: 

• How to set up coordination of benefits
• How to determine whose plan pays for what portion of coverage
• How coordination of benefits works with common-law relationships, separations and divorces
• What happens to coordinated benefits when one spouse loses their job
• And more

Resources: 

• Group Benefits headquarters 
• Episode 5: The Health Care Spending Account

Connect With Lorne Curry

• (705) 749-1131
• 1-(866) 445-4424
• Curry Financial Group
• LinkedIn: Lorne Curry

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Being able to show your employees exactly what they are getting in their compensation package could be the key in attracting and retaining good employees.

In this episode, Lorne Curry helps you understand what a total compensation statement is, and why it is important to use them for your employees. Lorne discusses how to create a statement so you can help your employees understand the benefits they are receiving.

Lorne discusses: 

• The four main reasons you should be providing total compensation statements for your employees
• What you should be including in your statements
• How often you should be providing statements to your employees
• Negative consequences for not properly creating total compensation statements
• And more

Resources: 

• Group Benefits headquarters 

Connect With Lorne Curry

• (705)-749-1131
• Curry Financial Group
• LinkedIn: Lorne Curry

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