THE YEAR IN REVIEW - AND THE ROAD AHEAD

With the close of 2015, this session will review some of the more significant trends, events and/or  stories shaping the employee benefits world over the last 12 months.  Benefit plan costs continue to increase, risks are evolving, the needs/wants/expectations of both employees and employers are changing and the broader economic/political environment in Canada – and Alberta in particular – is very much different.  How have these trends/events/stories influenced benefit plan design and funding decisions in 2015?  And how has the insurance marketplace responded?  And what does 2016 and beyond look like?

Brian Lindenberg Mercer Brian Lindenberg is Canada’s Health & Benefits Leader and a Senior Partner in Mercer’s Calgary office. Brian is a member of the Canadian Leadership Team and the North American Health & Benefits Leadership Team. As senior consultant and Client Manager, Brian provides consulting advice on the design, administration and funding of group benefit plans for both public and private sector clients.

He also has expertise in the design, pricing and funding of flexible benefit plans. He is a recognized expert in the area of health care and has helped many clients develop and implement managed care and time-loss management programs.
Mr. Lindenberg is a frequent speaker on benefit plan policy and issues and has been widely published in professional journals. He has served on the Regional and National Executive Committees of the Canadian Pension and Benefits Institute and is a founding member of the Employer Committee on Health Care in Alberta. Brian has also taught the CEBS program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and Mount Royal College in Calgary. In addition, he has participated on a number of government committees in the Province of Alberta focused on the evolution of that province's health care system.
Brian graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1981 with an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree. He joined Mercer in 1986.