Bridge Benefit

Definition


Bridge Benefit (Canada, group life and health insurance): A temporary monthly cash payment—usually equal to the normal early-retirement pension that would have been payable at the plan’s standard early-retirement age—that an insured plan member receives between the actual date of early retirement and the date the member qualifies for unreduced (full) pension benefits under the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) or Quebec Pension Plan (QPP). The benefit acts as a “bridge” to maintain the member’s expected income level until government pension payments start. Coverage ends, and the payment ceases, at the earlier of the member’s 65th birthday (or other CPP/QPP start date under the plan) or the member’s death.

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