Member Services

Programs and Services

Member Services

UBCM Group Benefits Program

UBCM in partnership with Pacific Blue Cross/BC Life offer a variety of health benefits including: • Extended Health • Dental • Group Life, Dependent Life and Optional Life • Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) and Optional AD&D • Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability • •Administrative Services Only (ASO) • Critical Illness Benefits (Group and Optional Plans) • Employee and Family Assistance Plan • Health Spending Accounts • Benefits for Elected Officials

UBCM provides group benefit plan insurance to 127 participants that include 100 local government members and 27 affiliated associations covering approximately 3,200 employees.

Highlights from the year

UBCM has been working to ensure that the Group Benefits Plan has a strong governance model and that members receive the service they deserve and pay for through sponsorship fees. UBCM continues to contract the services of George & Bell Consultants to provide actuarial services for the annual renewal and to provide detailed financial analysis and advise to UBCM and to our members. In addition, UBCM has a contract with a third-party administrator, Health Benefits Trust (HBT), to provide day to day general inquiry support to our members. As partners, we are committed to working together to ensure that local governments and affiliated associations receive value, economies of scale, excellence in service and strong advocate representation.

Annual Renewal

Negotiations with PBC are completed each year in July by UBCM’s consultant and actuary, George & Bell Consulting. The renewal timeline runs from April 1 to August 31st with new rates provided in September and effective October 1st.

Dog/Cat Tags

UBCM provides a discounted rate on dog and cat tags which local governments sell to their residents. In 2021/2022 53 members participated generating $14,803 in revenue. Revenues and participants have been declining over the past few years as members move to permanent tags that don’t have to be replaced each year.

Planners and Wall Calendars

UBCM provides an annual Planner and Wall Calendar with key legislative dates to our membership for a nominal fee. For the 2022 calendar year UBCM sold 206 planners and 865 calendars for total revenue of approximately $8,000. Interest in planners has decreased significantly over the years although calendar sales remain strong with the majority of local governments continuing to purchase them and display them prominently in their offices.

Financial Statements of

UNION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA MUNICIPALITIES

And Independent Auditors’ Report thereon Year ended May 31, 2022