{"id":35455,"date":"2025-12-12T16:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/?post_type=insight&#038;p=35455"},"modified":"2025-12-12T16:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:19:12","slug":"2026-compliance-guide","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/us\/insight\/2026-compliance-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Compliance Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_style=&#8221;page-hero&#8221; full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221;][vc_column]\n\t<div class=\"hero hero--wrap    \">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--background-image hero--background-image-blur\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-background\" style=\"background: url(https:\/\/www.bbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AdobeStock_346417751-1.jpeg) center center no-repeat; background-size: cover;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero--container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero--inner width-100\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n  <div class='content-heading  100%  '>\n    <p class='text-white subheading'>Employee Benefits<\/p>\n    <h1 class='text-white    '>\n      2026 Compliance Guide\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;]\n  <div class='content-heading  100% content-heading--ruled '>\n    \n    <h1 class='text-brand-blue    h2'>\n      2026 Compliance Guide\n    <\/h1>\n\t\n  <\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The Regulatory and Legislative Strategy Group has created the 2026 Employee Benefits Compliance Guide to help you with the legislative and regulatory requirements for your employee health and welfare benefit plans. 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