Alliant Insurance Services, one of the largest insurance brokers and consultants in the US, has agreed to acquire Nava Benefits, the AI-native employee benefits platform, in a deal aimed at reshaping how benefits brokerage is delivered.
The transaction brings together Alliant’s advisory strength, analytics capabilities, national scale and risk expertise with Nava’s technology platform, known as HQ, with the two firms aiming to build a more connected operating model that pairs real-time intelligence and technology with human expertise to improve outcomes for employers and employees alike.
The businesses argue that the sector has long faced a tradeoff between service quality and cost efficiency, and that applying AI to the benefits process can allow the combined firm to deliver stronger support at scale rather than compromising on either front.
Nava built HQ to link the four groups involved in benefits administration, producers, service teams, HR departments and employees, onto a single system, replacing the separate tools and manual communication that typically define the process. The company reports that renewal quoting and scenario modelling that once took a week can now be completed live within minutes, while its AI tool resolves 81% of member support queries independently, achieving a satisfaction score of 4.5 out of 5.
Alliant Employee Benefits President Kevin Overbey said, “AI is not an incremental change for our industry. It creates the opportunity to rethink how benefits are delivered from the ground up. This 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.”
Nava Benefits CEO and Co-Founder Brandon Weber said, “We started Nava to make healthcare work better for the average American, and we’ve spent six years building a team obsessed with using technology to do it.
“This 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’m excited to build the insurance brokerage of the future together.”
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