Irvine, CA (Aug. 18, 2026) \u2013 Alliant Insurance Services is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Nava Benefits, combining Alliant\u2019s advisory depth, analytics, scale, and risk expertise with Nava\u2019s AI-native HQ platform to help define the next generation of employee benefits brokerage.<\/p>\n
The acquisition comes at an important inflection point for the industry. Technology has long supported benefits brokerage, but artificial intelligence creates an opportunity to fundamentally change how benefits are delivered. Rather than adding another technology layer to a traditional service model, Alliant and Nava intend to create a more connected operating model in which real-time intelligence, technology, and human expertise work together to improve benefits performance for employers and their people.<\/p>\n
\u201cAI is not an incremental change for our industry. It creates the opportunity to rethink how benefits are delivered from the ground up,\u201d said Kevin Overbey, President of Alliant Employee Benefits. \u201cThis acquisition is about leading that transformation and building a model that is more connected, more responsive, and more capable of delivering measurable value for employers and the people they cover.\u201d<\/p>\n
For decades, the industry has operated around a persistent tradeoff: better service meant higher costs, while greater efficiency often meant less support. AI creates the opportunity to break that tradeoff. By delivering better service more efficiently, the combined model serves more people more deeply, rather than providing less support to the same population.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmployers today expect more than traditional brokerage services,\u201d said Greg Zimmer, CEO of Alliant. \u201cThey need trusted advisors supported by intelligent technology that simplifies complexity and improves decision-making. Nava\u2019s innovative platform, exceptional team, and entrepreneurial culture make the company a natural fit for Alliant as we continue investing in the future of employee benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n
Founded to reimagine how people experience employee benefits, Nava built HQ, the first platform that connects all four stakeholders in benefits on one system: the producer, the service team, the HR team, and the employee. In the traditional model, those groups work in separate tools, passing information by email and spreadsheet. Connecting them changes what a benefits team delivers. Renewal quoting and scenario modeling that once took a week now happens live, in minutes. HQ\u2019s AI resolves 81% of member support inquiries on its own at a 4.5 out of 5 satisfaction score, so employees get answers around the clock and advocates focus on the situations that matter most, like access to care and medical bill review. Nava\u2019s clients give it a lifetime Net Promoter Score of 89, among the highest in the industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe started Nava to make healthcare work better for the average American, and we\u2019ve spent six years building a team obsessed with using technology to do it,\u201d said Brandon Weber, CEO and Co-Founder of Nava Benefits. \u201cThis partnership pulls that future forward by a decade, helping millions of Americans get better care at lower cost. Alliant was the right partner because they share our entrepreneurial DNA and our conviction that this is the moment to build. I\u2019m excited to build the insurance brokerage of the future together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Together, Alliant and Nava are creating an AI-native, human-backed, and advisor-led benefits model. This is more than the acquisition of a tech-enabled broker. Nava brings proven technology innovation and specialized expertise in engineering, data science, AI, and employee benefits. Alliant brings trusted relationships, advisory talent, national scale, and the infrastructure required to modernize benefits delivery for more employers and employees.<\/p>\n
\u201cHealthcare is deeply personal, and people deserve guidance when they need it most, not just during open enrollment,\u201d said Overbey. \u201cTogether, Alliant and Nava will create a more connected benefits experience that gives employees greater confidence while helping employers deliver more value through their benefits programs.\u201d<\/p>\n
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Barclays served as exclusive financial advisor to Nava Benefits in connection with the transaction.<\/p>\n
Alliant Insurance Services stands among the nation\u2019s top insurance brokers and consultants, providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, underwriting, and consumer solutions through an entrepreneurial approach focused on delivering smarter, more effective outcomes. Free from the constraints of traditional brokerage models, Alliant combines deep expertise with the flexibility to innovate\u2014helping clients navigate complexity and respond to evolving risks.<\/p>\n
Within the industry, Alliant is recognized as a leading destination for top-tier brokerage talent in the U.S. As a majority employee-owned organization, it offers professionals a high degree of autonomy, access to extensive resources, and a distinctive equity ownership opportunity. This approach has contributed to an impressive producer retention rate, along with being recognized by Forbes<\/i> as one of America\u2019s Best Large Employers and one of America\u2019s Most Trusted Companies. For more information, please visit alliant.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Nava is an AI-native benefits brokerage, the first to fuse innovative technology with deep benefits expertise to make great benefits easy for growing businesses. Employers turn to Nava to lower costs, delight employees, and lighten the load on HR teams. Its platform, HQ, connects producers, service teams, HR teams, and employees on a single system with shared data and a common intelligence layer, replacing the fragmented tools and manual handoffs that slow traditional brokerages down. Nava is rated 4.8 out of 5 on G2 and holds a lifetime Net Promoter Score of 89. For more information, please visit www.navabenefits.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source: Alliant Insurance Services<\/em><\/p>\n Tags: Acquisition<\/a>, Alliant<\/a>, Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/a>, benefits<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This combination brings together connected intelligence, human expertise, and national scale to improve benefits performance every day, not just at renewal Irvine, CA (Aug. 18, 2026) \u2013 Alliant Insurance Services is pleased to announce...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1],"class_list":["post-25340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}About Nava<\/b><\/h4>\n