Sandy Laycox
Laycox is editor in chief of Leader's Edge. Before joining The Council, she served as senior writer/editor for America's Essential Hospitals, where she co-launched an award-winning digital magazine and wrote a history of the association. Prior roles include producing corporate histories for The History Factory and editing best practice case studies in corporate performance at the Corporate Executive board. Laycox earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master of fine arts degree in creative nonfiction writing from the University of New Orleans.
Podcasts
Simple Beacons for Work and Life
A Conversation with Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink
January 18, 2022
Brokerage Ops
Work Smarter, Live Better
Best-Selling Author Daniel Pink tells us how
January 18, 2022
Podcasts
Get Ready for Reader's Edge
Meet our newest contributor, BXS Insurance's Scott Naugle
January 5, 2022
Podcasts
A Broker’s DNA
Moving from the broker side to the carrier side of the industry gave this AXA XL...
December 8, 2021
Podcasts
A Conversation with Former U.S. HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Donna Shalala
The full conversation with former U.S. HHS Secretaries Alex Azar and Donna Shala...
November 1, 2021
Health+Benefits
The Driver’s Reins
Guiding the Healthcare System: A Q&A with former U.S. HHS Secretaries Alex Azar ...
November 1, 2021
Podcasts
Cyber: 20 Years Past and Present
Do coverages have to change to meet risk demand?
October 27, 2021
Industry
Across the Pond
Q&A with Christopher Croft, Chief Executive, London & International Insurance Br...
October 4, 2021
Podcasts
IPOs, SPACs, and More Brokerage Transactions
A conversation with Amrit David, Managing Director, Barclays Investment Banking
October 4, 2021
Podcasts
The Future of Car Culture
Hagerty, a global automotive enthusiast brand and classic car insurer, merges wi...
October 3, 2021
Industry
Scaling Up, Not Shutting Down
Q&A with Amrit David, Managing Director, Barclays Investment Banking
October 1, 2021
Industry
It’s a Relationship Business
Q&A with Jack Damioli, President & CEO, The Broadmoor
October 1, 2021
P&C
Renewed Scrutiny for Flood Insurance
FEMA responds to decades of flood coverage challenges with a new pricing methodo...
September 30, 2021
Podcasts
Payer to Partner
AXA XL leadership talks about what’s necessary for addressing the risks ahead....
September 22, 2021
Podcasts
Investing in a Volatile World
Rising political hotspots undermine economic investment in those areas, while ot...
September 22, 2021
Podcasts
Sustaining Global Business Amid COVID-19 Losses, Climate Effects
AXA XL’s experts dive into loss of liquidity and investments in sustainability...
September 22, 2021
Brokerage Ops
Counseling Through COVID
When the stresses of 2020 bore down on its staff, The Council turned inward for ...
August 31, 2021
Podcasts
Tackling Healthcare Disparities
UnitedHealthcare’s chief consumer officer Rebecca Madsen shares what the insur...
July 30, 2021
Podcasts
What Do Employers Want in Healthcare Reform?
Q&A with Shawn Gremminger, Director of Health policy, Purchaser Business Group o...
July 30, 2021
EBLF
Value-Based Payment Edges into Employer Programs
Q&A with David Snow, Chairman & CEO, Cedar Gate Technologies
July 20, 2021
Health+Benefits
Life Insurance to See Material Shifts
The life insurance industry has experienced more change in the last two years th...
May 3, 2021
Industry
The Nourishing Force of Private Capital
Private equity’s whole job is to find and farm productive investments. The ins...
May 2, 2021
Podcasts
Private Equity Infusion
Two experts break down the runway left in retail brokerage M&A, alternative acqu...
April 20, 2021
Industry
Connecting the Dots
Q&A with Vikram Mansharamani, Author and Global Trend Watcher
February 28, 2021
Podcasts
Global Trend Watcher Vikram Mansharamani
Talks five-year forecast on the global economy, U.S. politics, technology, cyber...
February 8, 2021
Podcasts
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
On the vaccine supply and distribution, the future of the ACA, and drug pricing ...
February 2, 2021
Industry
Michael Murphy
On what’s next for Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Biden’s cabinet pi...
January 20, 2021
Health+Benefits
David Axelrod
On the future of the ACA, prescription drugs, pollsters, and whether Mitch McCon...
January 20, 2021
Industry
It's Never Overt
A conversation with ABD vice president Ivoree Reinaldo about what it’s like to...
September 30, 2020
Industry
Going Sideways
A conversation with economist Anirban Basu, chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group
September 30, 2020
Health+Benefits
Healthcare from the Infinite Perspective
Our conversation with Simon Sinek continues
September 1, 2020
EBLF
The Power of Relationships
This time has shed light on the importance of meaningful partnerships and reinfo...
June 17, 2020
Industry
You Gotta Have Friends....
An important reminder of the power of collaboration.
May 31, 2020
Industry
Committed to Exploring Risk
Changing an editorial strategy overnight is daunting, but we couldn’t ignore t...
April 27, 2020
Brokerage Ops
Digital Relationships, Small Business, and Advising from Afar
Q&A with Amy Zupon, CEO of Vertafore
April 21, 2020
Brokerage Ops
The COVID Diaries: Reflections from China and Italy
Q&A with Yichen Zhang, Assistant Manager, Global Networks, Continental Insur...
April 7, 2020
Industry
Alternative Capital and Brokerage? Still Going Strong
Q&A with Amrit David, Managing Director in the Investment Bank at Barclays
April 1, 2020
Industry
Tackling Climate Change: A View from The Hill
Q&A with Congressman Sean Casten of Illinois.
January 15, 2020
Industry
Brokers Launch First Distribution-Focused Insurtech Accelerator
Q&A with Mike Victorson, president and CEO, M3 Insurance; Dan Keough, chairman a...
November 26, 2019
Industry
RiskStream Collaborative Continues its Pursuit of “The Golden Triangle”
RiskStream Collaborative President Chris McDaniel offers exclusive update on con...
November 25, 2019
Industry
We Gotta Get on It
From building trust through technology to addressing resilience and underinsuran...
July 23, 2019
Industry
Get Lost in Leader's Edge
Our website is redesigned with storytelling at its core.
July 12, 2019
Health+Benefits
Healthcare Hot Spots
A snapshot of federal and state healthcare payment reform proposals.
May 24, 2019
Brokerage Ops
Five Minutes with Ben Fidlow of Willis Towers Watson
We sat down at RIMS 2019 to discuss how WTW's predictive analytics are moving be...
April 30, 2019
Industry
Captives with Steve Bauman of AXA XL
We chatted with AXA XL's head of global programs and captive practice, North Ame...
April 30, 2019
Industry
RIMS 2019 Goes Global
Q&A with Kristen Peed, corporate director of risk management at CBIZ in Kansas C...
April 30, 2019
Health+Benefits
Addressing PTSD in the Workforce
Q&A with Dr. Teresa Bartlett, senior medical officer at Sedgwick
April 29, 2019
Industry
The Risk Manager's Take
Q&A with Cindy Roelke, who has risk management responsibilities for all of Weste...
April 29, 2019
P&C
Travel Risks: What Employers Need to Know
Q&A with Erika Weisbrod, director of security solutions - Americas at Internatio...
April 29, 2019
Health+Benefits
Is Bigger Better?
Rob Edwards, chief external affairs officer at the University of Kentucky Health...
March 28, 2019
Industry
We’re in the Money
Amrit David, managing director in the International Investment Bank at Barclays,...
March 28, 2019
Health+Benefits
Welcome to The Shop
A glimpse of life inside a cultural and community hub that is making a differenc...
March 1, 2019
Lifestyle
Pushing the Edge
For 15 years, Rick Pullen did things differently than everyone else, changing th...
November 30, 2018
Brokerage Ops
Quiet Your Mind
Clear your head and lead in the moment: a Q&A with Kevin Davis.
August 30, 2018
Health+Benefits
The Great Cost-Shift
Q&A with author and healthcare futurist Ian Morrison
November 30, 2017
P&C
Developments in Puerto Rico
While much uncertainty remains, here’s an initial look at where losses might c...
October 30, 2017
Health+Benefits
A Common Language
Q&A with Rod Cruickshank, President & CEO of The Partners Group
October 30, 2017
Industry
Walk the Talk
Q&A with Zenefits Vice President of Carrier Relations Colin Rogers
October 20, 2017
Industry
Stake in the Ground
Q&A with OneDigital Chief Growth Officer Mike Sullivan
September 26, 2017
EBLF
Medical Exam
Tech-enabled transparency is a major step in regaining control of healthcare cos...
May 25, 2017
Industry
VIDEO: Tough Minded In A Soft Market
Council members speak their mind on what it takes to succeed in today’s insura...
April 28, 2017
Health+Benefits
Dying While Human
The palliative care movement is better for patients, providers and payers
January 5, 2017
Health+Benefits
Leader’s Edge Predicts NFL’s $1 Billion Payout
A landmark agreement between the NFL and former players is finally being settled...
December 15, 2016
Industry
Uncertainty Abounds, Opportunity Exists
How will Fidel Castro’s death affect Cuba? Will Trump engage?
November 28, 2016
P&C
Prescription Addiction
While money and misinformation fuel America’s opioid crisis, brokers fight to ...
October 26, 2016
Health+Benefits
ColoradoCare at ILF 2016
2016 holds some critical state-level issues in play that could have a major impa...
October 12, 2016
Brokerage Ops
The Marketing Mind
Using automation tools, marketers can harness data to drive new business.
July 26, 2016
Health+Benefits
District Judge Rules Administration Is Illegally Reimbursing Insurers for ACA CSRs
Money troubles for exchange insurers?
May 16, 2016
