Break The Cycle

Most employers think they're evaluating their broker relationship correctly. They're not. In this episode, John Gause , Founder and CEO of Apex Benefits Group, pulls back the curtain on 23 years of building something different, and why the benefits industry's default approach to measuring broker performance is costing employers real money. John shares the journey from group underwriter to industry...

Healthcare costs don’t just rise on their own. There’s always a reason behind them, and most employers never get to see the full picture. In this episode, Sarah Michaels , Chief Clinical Officer at Kinetiq Health , joins us to break down what’s actually driving healthcare spend and why the traditional approach of reacting to claims after the fact continues to fail employers. We explore how the sys...

The employee benefits system has been stuck in a cycle of rising costs, reactive decisions, and limited visibility into what’s actually driving outcomes. In this episode, Nolan Pearson , President and COO of Apex Benefits Group , shares what he learned from sitting in the CFO seat, managing benefits decisions that directly impacted both the business and its employees. He unpacks why so many organi...

Every year, the same cycle repeats: rising costs, reactive planning, no real answers. Break The Cycle says what the rest of the industry won't. Each episode unpacks what's really driving the problem, features leaders and experts who've found a better path, and delivers the strategies you need to stop reacting and start leading. No spin. No sugarcoating. Just the clarity employers have been looking...