On May 9, 2017, British Columbia had an election resulting in what appears to be a minority government. Medical Services Plan (MSP) premiums were a topic in the election. In this article, I discuss the …
May 9th, 2017
Mike Greschner Joins George & Bell
We are pleased to announce that Mike Greschner has joined George & Bell Consulting as a Senior Consultant. Mike will be based in Vancouver, providing comprehensive benefit consulting services to public sector, private sector and …
January 10th, 2017
“Trumponomics”, Polls and the Game of Bridge
The markets had a great finish to the year. From November 8, 2016, most stock markets worldwide went up – for instance, the S&P/TSX Canadian market was up 4.8%. And if you have a Canadian …
October 4th, 2016
Career Opportunity
We are currently seeking to fill the position of a full-time Investment Analyst, providing investment consulting services to our clients with foundations, endowments, First Nations trusts, and pension and benefit plans. Duties will include: conducting …
July 19th, 2016
Making Sense of the Proposed Enhancements to the Canada Pension Plan
Every province except Quebec agreed in principle to a deal on June 20, 2016 that will eventually improve the Canada Pension Plan. The deal is still subject to final approval. The proposed changes target low …
May 24th, 2016
George & Bell Consulting Congratulates Harry Satanove on Retirement
On May 16th, George & Bell Consulting hosted a party to celebrate the retirement and many career accomplishments of Harry Satanove. After almost 35 years in the actuarial business, Harry has decided it’s time to …
April 6th, 2016
CPP Enhancement – An Idea Whose Time has Come?
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 …
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 …