Adviser strategies

Broker consolidation tests agility, part 4

By Bruce Shutan

Published October 6, 2026 10:16 AM EDT Updated October 6, 2026 10:31 AM EDT 5 Min Read

What’s at stake: Whether sophisticated clients will lose choice and objectivity as aggressive industry consolidation continues.
Expert quote: “How do we help employers purchase healthcare more intelligently?” — Nelson Griswold, NextGen Benefits
Forward look: What’s coming: The exhaustion of aggressively deployed acquisition capital within three years.

Bruce Shutan

Contributing writer

Bruce Shutan is an Employee Benefit News contributing writer based in Portland, Oregon.

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