Sandy Laycox

Ensuring the End of the British Slave Trade
Lifestyle Ensuring the End of the British Slave Trade
The story of how abolitionists and a nascent insurance industry find common caus...
March 31, 2026
Can Independents Compete in a Consolidating Market?
Industry Can Independents Compete in a Consolidating Market?
Insurance brokerage M&A is raising the bar on strategy, technology, and more for...
March 31, 2026
Walking the Tightrope
Industry Walking the Tightrope
Insurance brokerage M&A activity early this year modestly trails 2025’s pace. ...
March 31, 2026
AI Companies Top Insurtech Funding
Industry AI Companies Top Insurtech Funding
Q&A with Andrew Johnston, Global Head of InsurTech, Gallagher Re
March 31, 2026
M&A Master Class
Podcasts M&A Master Class
Leavitt Group Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Leavitt lifts the curtain on the c...
March 31, 2026
Redrawing Congressional Battle Lines
Industry Redrawing Congressional Battle Lines
A handful of states are at the center of the battle to reshape legislative power...
December 1, 2025
Council Foundation Invests in New Talent
Brokerage Ops Council Foundation Invests in New Talent
The Foundation awards 84 academic scholarships to insurance brokerage interns.
December 1, 2025
Moving Backward on Biodefense?
Health+Benefits Moving Backward on Biodefense?
Though the Trump administration maintains it is committed to disease preparednes...
December 1, 2025
COVID Costs
P&C COVID Costs
A summary of U.S. insurance costs tied to COVID-19
December 1, 2025
Trump Administration Proposes 2026 Health and Human Services Budget
Health+Benefits Trump Administration Proposes 2026 Health and Human Services Budget
The full HHS budget for fiscal year 2026 would be more than $30 billion less tha...
December 1, 2025