Benecon leaders open the 2026 VERIS Conference by welcoming partners, celebrating VERIS’ growth since 2012, and outlining a renewed focus on commercialization, service excellence, client experience, and continued expansion through 2030.

Brad Kopcha examines the healthcare trends, market forces & emerging risks driving rising employer healthcare costs, while highlighting how self-funding, risk management & cost containment strategies can help organizations navigate an increasingly complex benefits landscape.

Industry experts from Benecon, HM Insurance Group & Crum & Forster discuss today’s challenging renewal environment, sharing practical insights on stop-loss pricing, risk management, pharmacy & point solutions, employer funding strategies & common misconceptions that arise during the renewal process. Through candid discussion & real-world examples, the panel helps advisors better evaluate opportunities, navigate market conditions & position clients for long-term success.

Benecon’s actuarial team provides an in-depth review of the 2026 VERIS July renewal cycle, examining healthcare cost trends, stop-loss performance, claim fund projections & emerging risk drivers. The session highlights the long-term value of the VERIS consortium model while offering practical guidance on renewal strategy, cost containment opportunities, benefit benchmarking & tools available to help advisors & employers navigate an increasingly complex healthcare environment.

This session provides a macroeconomic and industry outlook, connecting economic trends, capital markets, and M&A activity to the insurance and benefits landscape, while highlighting the resilience of employee benefits, rising healthcare costs, and growing demand for cost-control solutions like self-funding and stop-loss.

In this closing session, Benecon leaders reinforce the value of their VERIS model, emphasizing transparency, stability, and partnership while outlining growth strategies focused on market-specific solutions, broker collaboration, and brand expansion to help clients control rising healthcare costs and drive business growth.

Mike Sullivan interviews Goldman Sachs’ Chris Cable following the VERIS Conference, discussing macroeconomic volatility, AI’s impact on brokers and healthcare, stop-loss market pressures, and the growing opportunity for flexible, high-quality self-funded solutions.

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