PORTLAND, Maine, Sept. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sun Life
Financial's 4th annual Summit will be made up of three
educational sessions focused on bringing in-depth insight and
expertise to issues surrounding employee benefits. Experts will
convene in Sun Life's Center for Healthy Work in Greater Portland,
in front of a small live audience. The event will be live streamed
digitally. RSVP here: http://www.sunlifesummit.com/.
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WHO:
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Katy Spangler, Senior
Vice President, Health Policy, The American Benefits
Council
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Dr. Chris Brigham,
Brigham & Associates; author of Living Abled & Healthy:
A Guide to Injury & Illness Recovery
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Dr. Jennifer
Christian, President and Chief Medical Officer, Webility
Corporation
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Stacy Barrow,
Partner, Marathas Barrow Weatherhead Lent LLP
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Marjory Roberton, AVP
and Senior Counsel, Sun Life
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Alexandra Dumont,
AVP, Product & Strategy, Sun Life
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James Slotnick
(moderator), AVP Broker Education, Sun Life
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WHAT:
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Keynote: "The Politics of Employee
Benefits"
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Katy Spangler,
keynote speaker, will discuss potential impacts to health care
policy following the upcoming election as well as predictions for
the future of health care and implications for
employers.
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Roundtable: "Why Work
is Healthy"
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Dr. Chris Brigham,
Dr. Jennifer Christian, and Stacy Barrow will discuss why it is
healthier for not just the employee but the employer and even
society as a whole, for people to stay at work. They will talk
about the challenges employers face with regard to the health of
American workers and how an unhealthy workforce can impact a
company's bottom line.
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Educational session:
"Best Practices for a Healthy Absence Management
Program"
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Marjory Robertson and
Alexandra Dumont from Sun Life, experts in compliance, disability,
and absence management solutions, will provide insight on managing
a robust absence management program and maintaining legal
compliance in accordance with FMLA and ADA regulations.
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WHEN:
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Thursday, September
29, 1:00–3:30 p.m. ET
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Please join our digital livesteam by registering here:
http://www.sunlifesummit.com/.
Media contact: Devon Portney
Fernald; devon.portney.fernald@sunlife.com; 781-416-7151
About Sun Life Financial
Sun Life Financial is a
leading international financial services organization providing a
diverse range of protection and wealth products and services to
individuals and corporate customers. Sun Life Financial has
operations in a number of markets worldwide, including Canada, the United
States, the United Kingdom,
Ireland, Hong Kong, the
Philippines, Japan,
Indonesia, India, China,
Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia and Bermuda. Sun Life Financial Inc. trades on the
Toronto (TSX), New York (NYSE) and Philippine (PSE) stock
exchanges under the ticker symbol SLF. For more information, please
visit www.sunlife.com.
In the United States, Sun Life
Financial is one of the largest group benefits providers, serving
more than 60,000 employers in small, medium, and large workplaces
across the country. Sun Life's broad portfolio of products and
services in the U.S. includes Disability and Absence Management,
Life, Dental and Vision, Voluntary, and Stop-Loss insurance. This
includes the acquisition of Assurant Employee Benefits in Q1 2016.
For more information, please visit www.sunlife.com/us.
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SOURCE Sun Life Financial U.S.