Joel Wood
Joel Wood became president and CEO of The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers in July 2024 after more than a year as president. He served over 30 years as The Council's senior vice president of government affairs, providing regular commentary on Capitol Hill in the Leader's Edge political column. Wood and his wife Dana are the founders of the Foundation to Eradicate Duchenne, a 501c3 organization to speed a treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the world’s most lethal childhood genetic disease.

Health+Benefits
Whitewash
Tom Sawyer persuaded his friends to whitewash his fence. Barack Obama has done t...
April 11, 2012

Health+Benefits
Foot Dragging
Insurance exchanges are halfway houses on the road to the hell of government-run...
March 11, 2012

Industry
The New Normal
Congress is underperforming to a new low. And with an election looming, don’t ...
February 11, 2012

P&C
Lovely Thought
Nobody’s buying the idea that Congress will compromise on anything, but someho...
November 1, 2011