{"id":34891,"date":"2025-12-01T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&p=34891"},"modified":"2025-12-01T12:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T18:50:09","slug":"employer-health-and-benefits-strategy-survey-2026","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/employer-health-and-benefits-strategy-survey-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown & Brown Employer Health and Benefits Strategy Survey | 2026 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Introduction<\/h3>\n

The second annual Brown & Brown Employer Health and Benefits Strategy Survey, 2026, gathered responses from 1,241 employers with at least 200 US-based employees across a wide variety of industries and regions. Analysis of the results highlights a benefits landscape shaped by rising costs, evolving workforce needs and a growing emphasis on innovation and sustainability.<\/p>\n

Finding themselves in this landscape, employers re-emphasized controlling costs for both employee and employer by moving it to the top of their strategic priorities. Attracting and retaining a healthy and engaged workforce, the top priority in last year\u2019s survey, dropped to number three (Figure 1<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Survey Respondents<\/h4>\n