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2024 Holiday hours
The Holiday season brings thoughts of gratitude, and there is no better time to express our thanks and sincere appreciation for your dedication and commitment to Equitable.
Thank you for your support this past year and for trusting Equitable with your Individual Insurance and Savings & Retirement business. Happy Holidays!
Client Care Centre Holiday Hours
Friday December 6, 2024 - CLOSED
Tuesday December 24, 2024 - 8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET
Wednesday December 25, 2024 – CLOSED
Thursday December 26, 2024 – CLOSED
December 27, 30 and 31, 2024 - 8:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday January 1, 2025 - CLOSED
Savings & Retirement
All transaction requests to be handled same business day must be submitted in good order by:
● December 24, 2024, 11:00 a.m. ET
● December 31, 2024, 11:00 a.m. ET
FHSA applications to be considered for 2024 contribution year must be submitted in good order by:
● December 31, 2024, 11:59 p.m. ET
FHSA online banking deposit deadline for 2024 contribution receipt:
● December 24, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET Note: Transaction requests submitted after 11:00 a.m. ET will be processed effective next business day
RRSP deposits to be considered for the 2024 tax year must be:
● Dated March 3, 2025, or before
● Must be submitted to Head Office in good order by March 7, 2025, by 4:00 p.m. ET
RRSP applications to be considered for 2024 contribution year must be submitted in good order by:
● March 3, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET
RRSP B2B Loans:
● RRSP loan deposits must be received by March 14, 2025, by 4:00 p.m. ET
Note: Transactions submitted after these dates will not receive a 2024 contribution receipt
Individual Insurance
Underwriting
● Underwriting must receive all evidence and outstanding Underwriting requirements by December 9th at the latest. Underwriting will then be able to decision these cases by December 16th. This will give the New Business team December 13th – December 31st to issue and settle policies.
New Business
● New Business will continue to process all issue and settle requirements every business day until the last working day of the year – December 31st. New Business needs to receive ALL final settle documents in Good Order within our posted service standards. We are currently operating at a 3 business day turn around time.
Field Payroll
● Second Last Pay Period for 2024 – December 11, 2024 to December 17, 2024 (Transmission/Statement date December 18, 2024)
● Last Pay Period of 2024 – December 18, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (Transmission/Statement date January 2, 2025)
● First Pay of 2025 – January 1, 2025 to January 7, 2025 (Transmission/Statement date on January 8, 2025)
Daily Pay will run on business days.
Please note that all requirements must be received in Head Office by the above dates to guarantee settlement for year end.
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Update: Improved Employee Assistance from Homewood Health
As we announced in June, we are expanding our relationship with Homewood Health to help you meet the mental health and wellness needs of your employees and their families. Beginning Oct. 1, 2019, Homewood will be the new provider of both our Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) and our online health and wellness services.
Following the transition to Homewood, plan members will benefit from added features:
- Signing in to Homewood Health online allows the platform to customize content unique to your interests.
- All plan members will have access to a Health Risk Assessment to help identify health and wellness barriers.
- i-Volve, Homewood's online cognitive behavioural therapy program is available for all plan members to help them manage anxiety and depression.
Learn more about Homewood Health and how they will be providing your plan members with exceptional EFAP and online health and wellness resources.
What does the transition to Homewood mean for you and your plan members?
We will be working with you in the coming months to facilitate the transition and support your employees. Most importantly, there will be no disruption of service delivery to employees who are currently in short-term counselling with our current EFAP provider.
The transition timeline
Groups without an EFAP
Online health and wellness resources will be available through EquitableHealth.ca just as they are now. Here's what you can expect in the coming months.
September
- We will send plan administrators an email with more details about the resources available to assist in the transition, including:
- How to register for Homewood Health online
- A video orientation for plan members
October
- October 1st – plan members can access the Homewood online resources! They simply need to visit homeweb.ca/Equitable to sign up and create their unique login.
The transition timeline
Groups with an EFAP
We’ve created a helpful infographic that outlines the steps involved in the transition to the Homewood Health EFAP over the coming months. Please save or print it for easy reference. Below are some of the highlights.
August
- We will send plan administrators an email with official notice that the enrolment certificate for our current EAP provider, LifeWorks, will terminate on Sept. 30, 2019, and that Homewood Health Inc. will be our new Employee Assistance Program provider as of Oct. 1.
September
- Homewood will send you a welcome email, including how to access the EFAP, who to contact for support and where to find resources to help share the news with plan members.
- Homewood will follow up directly to answer any questions you may have.
- Homewood will begin offering orientation and training sessions for both plan administrators and plan members. These will be running throughout the fall so you can attend at your convenience.
October
- October 1st – plan members can access the Homewood EFAP and online resources! They simply need to visit homeweb.ca/Equitable to sign up and create their unique login.
- Orientation and training sessions will continue to be available for both plan administrators and plan members throughout October.
Learn More
The resources listed below answer common questions about Homewood and our EFAP transition:
If you have a question that is not addressed here, please contact your Group Account Executive or myFlex Sales Manager.
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Changes to the PMPRB
Earlier this month, the Government of Canada announced the final amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations. These changes will impact how the Patented Medicine Review Board (PMPRB) sets the ceiling price for patented drugs and evaluates if the price of a drug reflects the value it has for patients. The intent of these updates is to enable the PMPRB to more effectively protect Canadians from excessive patented drug prices.
These changes do not come into effect until July 1, 2020. Finalizing the guidelines and consultation with stakeholders will occur leading up to this date. It is yet to be determined which drugs will be included in the final guidelines. It is anticipated the guidelines will initially focus on drugs launched shortly prior to and after July 1, 2020.
Equitable Life supports the modernization of the PMPRB and the ongoing need to evolve drug plan management tools in order to support the health of Canadians and drug plan affordability for public and private payers.
If you have any questions, please contact your Group Account Executive.
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EZcomplete Non-Face-to-Face enhancement
An EZ way to conduct your out-of-town businessYou asked for it, we built it: a solution for your non face-to-face business. EZcomplete® allows you to conduct your non face-to-face business easily and quickly with your clients providing their signature remotely on their own device.
How does it work?
EZcomplete walks you through the electronic signature process. EZcomplete allows your clients to sign remotely using their own device for non-face-to-face applications. You only need to enter their email address and provide them with a secret passcode to securely access the documents to review and sign.
Just another reason to do business with Equitable Life®
EZcomplete makes it easy to process your non-face-to-face applications and do business with Equitable Life.
Login to EquiNet® and click on the EZcomplete icon on the menu bar
® denotes a trademark of The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada.
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Policy endorsement: Long Term Disability pre-existing condition period
We are updating our contracts to clarify how we handle the Long Term Disability (LTD) pre-existing condition period for employees returning from maternity or paternity leave.
A new LTD pre-existing condition period will no longer apply when an employee re-enrols in the benefits plan after their maternity or paternity leave ends, provided that they return to work on the date agreed upon with their employer, or in the time period allowed by the Employment Insurance Act, whichever is earlier.
To facilitate this change, we are amending some of the wording in our contracts and booklets, effective March 1, 2020. Below are links to the Endorsement to the Master Policy and the Summary of Master Booklet Wording Changes for this amendment. Please download and save these policy endorsement documents for your files.
In addition, please remind your clients to provide all of their plan members with a copy of the Summary of Master Booklet Wording Changes.
The next time your clients amend their benefits plan, the updated wording will be included in their group benefits plan booklets.
Download Endorsement to the Master Policy
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We hear you. Equitable Life was ranked #1 for overall segregated funds service performance*.
Each year, Life Ops Consulting Group conducts an independent survey of financial advisors to find out
how satisfied advisors are with the service they receive from life insurance companies in Canada. Since 2015, Equitable Life® has received top marks in overall segregated funds service performance, new business processing, fund/policy statements and post-sales service.
Equitable Life was ranked #1 for overall segregated funds service performance*
We would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you that took the time to participate in this survey. We are proud of the service that we provide and are committed to listening to what advisors want and need to run their business. We work hard to earn your trust and will do what it takes to keep it.
Thank you.
* Life Ops Consulting Group Distribution Service Satisfaction Survey 2019
® denotes a registered trademark of The Equitable Life Insurance Company of Canada.