Control the Buckets. Control the Spend.

NextGen Benefits Ascend 2026 Summit — AttendAscend.com

Self-funding gives employers something carriers never will — visibility and control. When employers stop paying blind premiums and start managing their own healthcare dollars, everything changes. Suddenly, every cost has a source. Every claim has a story. Every lever becomes pullable.

And once leaders understand how stop-loss insurance caps the downside and protects the balance sheet, the fear disappears. What’s left is opportunity — the opportunity to turn health benefits from an unpredictable expense into a strategic investment.

Data becomes the engine.
Transparency becomes the standard.
Savings become repeatable, not accidental.

This is the moment when the conversation shifts — from insurance to business performance, from renewal anxiety to financial strategy, from reacting to controlling.

But only if the adviser can tell the story clearly.

At ASCEND 2026, you’ll learn exactly how to communicate the self-funding model with confidence:
• How to explain risk in language CEOs understand
• How to walk leaders through the buckets of spend and who controls each
• How to show where waste hides — and how to eliminate it
• How to position self-funding as a disciplined financial strategy, not a gamble

When employers understand the model, they see what you see:
Control the buckets. Control the spend. Control the outcome.

Join us at ASCEND and learn how to deliver this message with authority.
Secure your seat at AttendAscend.com.