Disruptive technologies, solutions for specific carer and health needs, and consumer-grade apps are among the new innovations revealed at REBA Future Forum 2025. Here REBA writer Anna Scott outlines the tech set to make waves in 2026 

Keeping benefits information “fresh” and “live” is essential to keep track of global benefits spend and uptake, explained Lisa Boardman, reward manager at Edrington, during a recent REBA webinar.

David Bourne, market development leader at Mercer Marsh Benefits, explores how demographic insight, predictive modelling and targeted prevention can pivot benefits from a cost to an investment. This article is taken from REBA’s Forecasting future health costs: developing sustainable employer-funded health strategies report, which considers how employers can lead through complexity rather than simply trying to contain costs.