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Additional Benefits To Supplement Your Package<\/h3>\n
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Personal benefits are individual benefits that you can make available to your team to purchase on their own if they choose. Participating team members pay their own premiums, and can take these benefits with them even when they leave their employment with you.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Personal benefits empower you to offer an even more tailored benefits package to meet your team\u2019s diverse needs and are an excellent tool for helping you attract and retain strong talent.<\/p>\n
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Individuals also have the option to purchase Critical Illness Insurance outside of their group benefits plan, and our Financial Division can help.<\/h3>\n
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The following are the personal benefits available:<\/p>\n
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Do more for your team<\/h1>\n
Who do you know who has suffered\u00a0and survived\u00a0a critical illness?\u00a0Consider the following:<\/p>\n
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- Approximately 80% of Canadians survive a stroke (Source: 2017 Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Stroke Report)<\/span><\/li>\n
- More than 400,000 people in Canada are living with the long-term effects of stroke and this number is expected to increase to 650,000-726,000 by 2039 (2017 Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Stroke Report)<\/span><\/li>\n
- 2 in 5 Canadians (44% of men and 43% of women) are expected to develop cancer in their lifetime.\u00a0 Based on data from 2015 to 2017, the predicted five-year net survival rate for all cancers combined was 64%. (Source: Canadian Cancer Society)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Critical Illness Insurance was designed with these people \u2013 and quite possibly you \u2013 in mind.\u00a0If you come down with a covered condition, it will provide you a\u00a0tax-free,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>lump sum payment 30 days after diagnosis\u00a0to help cover your bills or pay for things such as private nursing, medical equipment, debt payments, new experimental drugs, and possible medical attention outside of Canada.<\/p>\n
Wiegers Financial & Benefits offers you two easy options for providing your employees with Critical Illness Insurance:<\/p>\n
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- Portable Individual Critical Illness Insurance\n
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- Employees and their spouses can purchase up to $25,000 each in coverage without having to provide proof of good health. For amounts higher than $25,000, and as high as $150,000, only a short-form medical questionnaire must be completed.<\/li>\n
- The insurance is portable, which means that the insurance is\u00a0not tied to the employee\u2019s employment with you.<\/li>\n
- Employees can easily purchase the insurance by visiting Wiegers Financial & Benefits\u2019\u00a0online portal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Mandatory Group Critical Illness Insurance\n
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- Is included as a mandatory component of your group benefits plan.<\/li>\n
- Employee pays for the insurance by way of monthly payroll deductions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Individual Health & Dental Benefits” closed_toggle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_background_color=”#a6192e” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” open_icon_color=”#FFFFFF” _builder_version=”4.20.4″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Lato|900|||||||” title_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]Most group benefit plans include Health and Dental coverage for employees and their dependent spouses and children.\u00a0 And in most cases, the coverage is sufficient, though it\u2019s critically important to understand the details of your coverage so you know if there are any gaps.\u00a0 But when individuals lose their group coverage, or when individuals who don\u2019t have group coverage (or enough of it) decide to purchase it on their own, where can they turn?<\/p>\n
For Individuals Who Recently Lost Their Group Health and Dental Coverage<\/h4>\n
When individuals lose their group benefits coverage due to loss of employment \u2013 for whatever reason, including a layoff or a termination \u2013 they have a good option for continuing Health and Dental benefits as long as they act quickly.\u00a0 Provided that an employee and\/or dependents converts his or her coverage to an Individual Plan within 60 days of the termination date of the previously held group plan, coverage will be guaranteed with no medical questions asked and no interruption in coverage.<\/p>\n
Note that it\u2019s important to check the details of coverage available under the individual Health and Dental plan as it will likely differ from the coverage under the group plan.\u00a0 Please check with your group insurance carrier to find out the options available to you there or visit Saskatchewan Blue Cross.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFor Individuals Who Are Looking to Purchase New Health and Dental Coverage (and Not Convert Group Coverage)<\/h4>\n
For individuals who are not looking to convert group coverage to an individual plan but simply wish to purchase coverage on their own, great options are also available.\u00a0 These individuals will, however, have to complete a medical questionnaire and coverage is not guaranteed.\u00a0 Wiegers Financial & Benefits recommends Saskatchewan Blue Cross.<\/p>\n
<\/a>[\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Visitors To Canada” closed_toggle_text_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_background_color=”#a6192e” icon_color=”#FFFFFF” open_icon_color=”#FFFFFF” _builder_version=”4.23.1″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Lato|900|||||||” title_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\nIf you are a temporary foreign worker (TFW) to Canada, you will eventually have access to government sponsored healthcare in the province or territory where you are working. When you first arrive, however, it will take a bit of time before your provincial coverage becomes active; in Saskatchewan specifically, it typically takes about three months. The Government of Canada requires that until you have provincial healthcare coverage, your employer must provide private emergency health insurance for you. Saskatchewan Blue Cross\u2019s Visitors to Canada health insurance is an excellent option. Please visit the Blue Cross website<\/a> to apply or learn more.<\/p>\n
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Benefits Resources<\/h2>\n
- Mandatory Group Critical Illness Insurance\n
- More than 400,000 people in Canada are living with the long-term effects of stroke and this number is expected to increase to 650,000-726,000 by 2039 (2017 Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Stroke Report)<\/span><\/li>\n