Global Chit Chat
Global Chit Chat is Aon’s podcast that helps you navigate the employee benefits landscape around the world.
Join hosts Francis Schissler and Alexandra Georgescu of Aon as they discuss benefits in a particular country including interesting facts and important benefits information that team members of Human Resources or Total Rewards should know. Every quarter there will be a special episode that covers different aspects of benefits around the world.
Email GlobalBenefits@aon.com with your questions and comments.
Episodes
17 episodes
E17: Mainland China
Francis, Alex and guest Kari Hakanen discuss the benefits landscape in mainland China. Listen to learn more about the differences between various cities and provinces, traditional supplemental benefits, impact of legislative changes...
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Episode 17
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16:48
E16: Singapore
Learn about employee benefits in Singapore in this 16th episode of Global Chit Chat. Alex, Leticia, and guest Han Wei Fong discuss the benefits landscape in Singapore, including current issues, changing employee expectations around wellbeing, m...
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Episode 16
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12:14
E15: Pooling
Francis, Alex and guest Maikel van der Breggen discuss multinational pooling: what it is, how it works, the advantages and disadvantages, and how to get started. They also discuss what to look out for if pools have been in place for a while.
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Episode 15
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14:26
E14: Data Insights
Leticia, Alex and guest Kathryn Davis discuss how to make better employee benefits decisions globally by identifying, capturing and analyzing the right data elements to support the execution of a sound global benefits strategy. Of cour...
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Episode 14
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12:12
E13: Argentina
Learn about employee benefits in Argentina in our 13th episode of Global Chit Chat. Leticia, Alex and guest Martin Calatayud discuss how hyper-inflation is affecting the employee benefits landscape in Argentina and the challenges employers face...
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Episode 13
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12:12
E12: UK
Learn about employee benefits in the UK in this 12th episode of Global Chit Chat. Francis, Alex, and guest Helen Payne discuss the benefits landscape in the UK, including current issues, changing employee expectations around cost ...
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Episode 12
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12:50
E11: DE&I
Learn about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in this 11th episode of Global Chit Chat. Leticia, Alex, and guest Rafeena Ally discuss why DE&I is such a hot topic today, what are some of the advantages and challenges employers fa...
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Episode 11
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12:21
E10: Japan
Learn about employee benefits in Japan in this 10th episode of Global Chit Chat. Leticia, Francis, and guest Callum Jones discuss the benefits landscape in Japan, including what employers need to know, the challenges associated wi...
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Episode 10
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12:55
E09: Captive
In this episode, Sarah, Francis and guest Dany Mathieu shed light on the value, uses and challenges of a Captive. What is a Captive and when should you consider establishing one? What types of risks can be insured under a captive an...
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Episode 9
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16:02
E08: Israel
Learn about employee benefits in Israel in this 8th episode of Global Chit Chat. Francis, Leticia, and guest Elana discuss the Israeli benefits landscape including the challenges faced by multinationals, agents and HR consultants ...
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Episode 8
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13:30
E07: Canada
Learn about employee benefits in Canada in this 7th episode of Global Chit Chat. Leticia, Francis and guest Alex discuss the Canadian benefits landscape including the social system, latest happenings in the benefits market that surpri...
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Episode 7
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12:18
E06: Globally Mobile Employees
Learn about the do’s and don’ts of managing your globally mobile employees (GMEs). Leticia, Francis and guest Melissa Rannels discuss several aspects of this particular type of employees: different categories of GMEs, when to engage an ex...
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Episode 6
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9:27
E05: UAE
Learn about employee benefits in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in episode 5 of Global Chit Chat. Francis, Sarah and guest, Rollen, discuss the main benefit topics that companies in the UAE are currently concerned about: enhancements in h...
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Episode 5
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13:37
E04: India
Learn about employee benefits in India in this fourth episode of Global Chit Chat. Francis, Sarah and guest Meenal discuss the main benefit topics that companies in India are currently concerned about: covid-19 and how it impacted the ben...
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Episode 4
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12:12
E03: Medical Trends
Learn about the drivers of the escalating costs of medical plans across the world in this third episode of Global Chit Chat. Leticia, Sarah and guest Rui discuss the main takeaways from our latest Global Medical Trend Report, the factors ...
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Episode 3
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10:50
