Insights & events

Impacts of Blood Cancer: Blood Cancer was the #2 high-cost claims condition and nearly 10% of 2021 total spend within Sun Life’s Health & Risk Solutions book of business

Every three minutes, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with blood cancer. In our new Bright Paper, Sun Life shares research data and expert insights to help employers manage the impact of these high-cost claims, some of which can reach millions of dollars for treatment for a single patient, and get the best care for members.

Empowering employees and employers with services to meet today’s healthcare challenges

"Our panel addresses the current healthcare and market challenges, the importance of making meaningful impacts to employee’s health and peace of mind and how to provide employers with assurance that medical costs are controlled and reviewed, and care optimization is pursued for their members through Sun Life's Clinical 360

Webinar: Slide deck

Long COVID and the Sun Life Clinical Claims Innovation Lab

The Sun Life Clinical Claims Innovation Lab group the majority of members with Long COVID together so that more could be learned from each case and patterns and trends could be seen in real time. Read more about the findings in this article by Dr. Tracy Hamill.

Get to know Sun Life’s new Client onboarding experience

Join Sun Life’s Digital Client Solutions team as we dive a little deeper to showcase the Onboard experience and walk through the basics of what you and your new Sun Life Clients can expect.

Webinar: Slide deck

2022 Sun Life Stop-Loss Research Report: High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis

For the past ten years, Sun Life has shared our data and insights with the self-funded marketplace to help employers and brokers understand trends around the highest-cost claims. While a lot has changed over the past decade, one thing has not: our commitment to providing you with actionable insights that can help you stay informed about conditions and medications most likely to result in a high-cost claim, and steps you can take to manage that risk as a self-funded employer.

2022 Mid-year Compliance Update

Sun Life U.S. AVP and Senior Counsel, Marjory Robertson, and Senior Counsel Abigail O’Connell reviewed and discussed mid-year updates on various compliance issues associated with federal, state, and local leave and accommodation laws.

Webinar: Slide deck

2022 High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis

A presentation and panel discussion on our high-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis with insights on top claim conditions, million-dollar claims, injectable drugs, and trends we are seeing since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Digital solutions for educating employees before they enroll

An introduction of Sun Life Benefits Explorer, which will help employees conveniently learn about benefits before enrolling in them. Learn more from Jenn Robbins in this article.

Current healthcare challenges and impacts on the future of care

Leaders of oncology and orthopedics from Centers of Excellence on the growing challenges they are seeing first-hand and how they believe these challenges will affect the future of patient care.

Mental wellness and your employees at work and returning to work

Dr. Tracy Hamill offers insight into mental health conditions and common concerns that may come up in the workplace, as well as advises ways for employers to best deal with the topic.