Rising Healthcare Costs Push Employers Toward Greater Benefits Oversight

According to Gallagher's 2026 Workforce Trends Report – Benefits Benchmarks, US employers are taking a more disciplined approach to benefits management as rising healthcare costs, mounting regulatory complexity and pressure to maximize benefit investments intensify. Based on responses from more than 3,700 US organizations, the report finds that employers are placing greater emphasis on governance, vendor accountability and data-informed decision making as they work to balance affordability, empl