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.

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 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.

2021 High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis

A presentation and panel discussion on our annual Stop-Loss high-cost claims and injectable drugs trends analysis, the impact of COVID-19, million-dollar claims and more!

Webinar: Slide deck

Group stop-loss captives: A path to self-funding

Learn about the rising interest in self-funding and how employers of many sizes can transition to self-funding with group stop-loss captives, including different captive options and structures.

High-cost claims and injectable drug trends analysis

Every year, Sun Life shares latest insights from our claims experience to help self-funded employers prepare for potential high-cost claims. Our robust data set allows us to report on persistent themes, as well as emerging trends.

From a global perspective, 2020 was unlike any other year. For this year’s report, we felt it was important to show the consistent four year view that we have analyzed in past years, but we also wanted to highlight the single year 2020 data to explore the potential impacts of the pandemic on high-cost claim conditions.

Million-dollar claim cost drivers and legislative updates

A look inside Sun Life’s most recent million-dollar claim and injectable drug trend analysis with legislative updates on issues impacting self-funded employers.

Webinar: Slide deck