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myMarketplace – a virtual marketplace for employee benefits
myMarketplace allows employers to provide credits to their employees to spend in the virtual
Steve McEwan
Jul 21, 20201 min read

Flexible Benefits: How to ensure flexibility for employers and employees
Now more than ever, flexibility has become a key variable in workplaces, whether it's continuing to let employees work from home or...
Steve McEwan
Jul 8, 20201 min read

COVID-19 Response 2: cap the costs on emergency dental
We understand many advisors are looking for interim solutions for clients that are cancelling the dental portion of their insured program. O
myHSA
Apr 9, 20201 min read

Lean on myHSA – a response to the COVID-19 crisis
myHSA recognizes the unprecedented times we are currently facing across Canada and worldwide, as many companies are closing business or...
Steve McEwan
Mar 27, 20202 min read


The Common Mistake Advisors Make: American HSA vs. Canadian HSA
We often get mentioned in the same breath as U.S. based HSAs and thought it would be noteworthy to discuss the difference between the...
Steve McEwan
Jun 6, 20192 min read


3 Ways an Advisor Helps Your Business
From the very beginning, myHSA believed in advisors and we have never gone directly to companies, this has been our model. As former...
Steve McEwan
May 10, 20193 min read


It's called Employee Benefits, not Employee Insurance
Recently our CEO, Tim Kane, stated on a podcast that myHSA wants to make benefits “cool again”. What he meant by that is to be a company...
Steve McEwan
Mar 6, 20192 min read

3 Key Things to Consider for New Employee Benefit Plans 2019
I was in a strategy meeting yesterday with my partner, Tim Kane, and I realized how we built our business. I actually had a dream about...
Steve McEwan
Nov 26, 20182 min read


Here's How You Can Close a Sale With an EAP Offering
Advisors often ask me how to close their sale with a client. I always recall the last deal I closed as a benefits consultant, before...
Steve McEwan
Aug 22, 20182 min read

The 4 Best Social Media Platforms for Advisors & What To Do With Them
Let’s get straight to the point: the ever-changing world of social media can be intimidating. From hashtag trends to slang, one day...
myHSA
Jun 27, 20184 min read

95% of People Believe Anything With a Percentage In It
I just finished reading some statistics on benefits and to be honest I'm having a hard time with them. Personally, I think this industry...
Tim Kane
Jun 15, 20183 min read

Summarized Need-To-Know About Digital Customizable Benefits (myASO Plans)
myHSA held a webinar about myASO, a plan on the system that allows employers to customize employee benefits, add pooled/fixed amounts &...
myHSA
May 31, 20182 min read

Insurance vs. ASO Plans: The Middle Market Solution
Fundamentally an HSA is a lot like an ASO. Both are self-funded and the items CRA allows under a HSA are typical in most insured plans…...
Steve McEwan
May 24, 20181 min read

How to Navigate the G19 Runway
In my past life I was a Property and Casualty insurance broker. Among the many things I learned from this to deal with the elephant in...
Tim Kane
May 10, 20184 min read


Here's What Happened When We Launched a Tech Start-Up Without Funding
When we decided to start a tech company, we often found ourselves discussing the possibility of receiving funding for growth. The road...
Steve McEwan
Apr 25, 20184 min read


When Life Hands You Lemons
Life is a funny thing, healthcare and proper employee benefit plans are something nobody thinks about benefits until they need them. Just...
Tim Kane
Apr 11, 20182 min read


I Am Big on LinkedIn
You find out how big the world can be when you start reaching the power of social media to your fullest. If you ask different people...
Tim Kane
Mar 29, 20184 min read

2018 Budget Insights - myHSA
myHSA is an administrator of self-insured benefit programs for Canadian employers. We operate as a PHSP (Private Health Services Plan)...
myHSA
Mar 7, 20183 min read

How to sell HSAs
I often see different approaches to selling HSAs. Being on the tech side, and also having the experience of being a benefit advisor in...
Steve McEwan
Feb 28, 20182 min read


4 Reasons Traditional Benefits Are Still Necessary
We often speak to advisors who are hesitant about the fact that we are an HSA company that is so open to traditional benefits. Most of...
Steve McEwan
Apr 1, 20172 min read
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