Background The new Liberal federal government has already met with the provinces to initiate discussions of enhancing the Canada Pension Plan (CPP). This was one of their campaign promises. The former Harper government had refused …
April 6th, 2016
January 28th, 2016
The George & Bell Team is Growing
George & Bell is pleased to announce a new addition to our team. Jian Zhang, a fully qualified actuary with 8 years of experience, has joined our firm as a Consultant. Jian has primarily worked …
January 19th, 2016
Target Benefit Plans: Use of Surplus
On August 12th last year, we posted an article on our blog “New Funding Rules for Target Benefit Plans”, in which we reviewed the new funding rules that will apply to the collectively-bargained multi-employer pension …
November 3rd, 2015
Should you Turn your Plan into a TBP? Join me at PBLI’s Conference for my Presentation
I will be speaking at Pacific Business & Law Institute’s Essential Tasks of Pension and Benefit Plan Trustees on February 24th. The conference assembles leading experts to educate Plan trustees on their legal duties including …
August 27th, 2015
CPP Enhancement: Launch of George & Bell Calculator
Today we have launched our Enhanced CPP Calculator, www.cppenhancement.ca which projects the additional benefits and contributions under two of the most popular CPP enhancement proposals. Our goal with this tool is to help Canadians form their …
August 12th, 2015
New Funding Rules for Target Benefit Plans
Trustees of multiemployer pension plans have waited a long time for new pension funding rules. The new B.C. Pension Benefits Standards Regulation, released in May, puts the 2012 B.C. Pension Benefits Standards Act rules into …
August 6th, 2015
Summary of Bill C-377
On June 30, 2015, Bill C-377 received royal assent from the Senate. The attached memo discusses the potential impact this new legislation will have when regulations come into force. Summary of Bill C-377
June 5th, 2015
Greg Heise Joins George & Bell
We are pleased to announce that Greg Heise has joined George & Bell Consulting as Partner of the firm. Greg will be based in Vancouver, providing actuarial and investment services to pension and benefit clients …
February 27th, 2015
Exciting News for George & Bell
George & Bell Consulting (G&B) is pleased to announce a working relationship with John Gilfoyle and David Lee of Strategic Income Security Services (SISS). The working relationship is focused on negotiated cost pension and benefit …
February 26th, 2015
What exactly does an Actuary do?
This is a common question I get asked all the time. So when the Pacific Business and Law Institute invited me to answer that question for a group of Trustees and Administrators this past week, …