GBA 2

GBA 2–Applications of Life, Health and Other Group Benefits

 This is a required course for the GBA and CEBS designations.

This course examines in-depth, specific applications of life, health and other group benefits programs provided by employers. Among the programs covered are life insurance, income replacement, health, dental, and work/life programs including employee assistance and wellness, financial planning and other financial benefits. This course also provides an introduction to flexible benefits design options.

Study Materials

• Study Manual/Readings (3rd edition), $135.00
• Text: Canadian Group Insurance Benefits (2004 edition), by Ashim Khemani, Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, North York, Ontario, $69.95 This text is also used in GBA 1 (CEBS Course 2).
• Readings Update March 2006 is required reading for this course. Please use the order form, or e-mail cancebs@ifebp.org to order your free copy.
  

See Study Materials for details on how to order study materials.

Enrichment Reading:
Handbook of Canadian Pension and Benefit Plans, 13th Ed.
Canadian Handbook of Flexible Benefits

Assignment Topics

1. The Total Compensation Context of Employee Benefits Plan Management
2. Basic Concepts of Group Insurance Arrangements: The Foundation of Employee Benefits Plans
3. Benefits Plan Management Considerations
4. Death Benefits
5. Income Replacement Benefits
6. Income Replacement Benefits (continued)
7. Absence and Disability Management
8. Health Care Benefits
9. Health Care Benefits (continued)
10. Health Care Benefits: Cost Management Strategies
11. Work-Life Benefits
12. Work-Life Benefits (continued)
13. Flexible Benefits Plan Design
14. Flexible Benefits Plan Design (continued)
15. Plan Management Considerations for Special Classifications of Employees and Their Dependents