A common question we get from business owners is; What is the average renewal increase for groups in the pooled product? We are happy to report that the Olympic Benefits......

Northern Financial has access to more products than your average group benefits broker. Access to more products translates into more options for your business. Not only are we the only......

Building a Group Benefits Plan for Your Business – Why you should consider your group benefit contract as a long-term commitment (although it really isn’t).   The majority of group......

Our last post talked about defining plan objectives for what you want your employee benefits plan to accomplish. The next stage of building a group benefits plan is Plan Design. A......

OBJECTIVES FOR BUILDING A GROUP BENEFITS PLAN Deciding to put a group benefits plan in place or revising your current plan should be accompanied by objectives you’d like to accomplish.......

You’ve likely heard about the recent reports of some Tim Hortons locations reducing employee benefits as a result of  the Ontario government increasing the minimum wage from $11.60 to $14 (effective January......

An increasing amount of business owners are frustrated with their elevated premiums and high renewal rates. The culprit is often high limits per paramedical services. Paramedical services includes; massage therapy, physiotherapy,......

Better health, dental, and vision insurance topped the list, with 88% of respondents saying that they would give this benefit “some consideration” (34%) or “heavy consideration” (54%) when choosing a......

Your employees make it their business to make sure yours is taken care of, so isn’t it reasonable to expect that you should make it your business to take care......