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Cover Story July/August 2026
Silent Partner

In the rapidly growing embedded insurance market, recognizable brands like Uber and eBay provide new avenues for selling coverage as brokers build the foundation behind the scenes.

By Daryl Lease

Features

Global Conflicts, Local Risks
Global Conflicts, Local Risks
Companies globally rank war as their most worrisome political risk and violence exposure, but when looking at regional responses and those by business size, exceptions emerge.
Hail Is Falling, Losses Aren’t
Hail Is Falling, Losses Aren’t
More structures and more vehicles in hail-prone regions are driving up insured losses.
‘First and Foremost, You Must Learn Insurance’
‘First and Foremost, You Must Learn Insurance’
A candid conversation on influence, memes, and insurance with the admin behind The Hard Market.

Thought Leaders

In Digital Distribution, Age Matters
In Digital Distribution, Age Matters
The success of digital placement requires designing for generational differences...
Sponsored By Ryan Specialty
Every year, firms across the insurance brokerage industry welcome a new class of interns chosen because they show promise. Yet, at the end of the summer, many of those same interns walk out the door and never come back—not because the industry failed to interest them, but because it failed to prepare them for the experience.
Brokerage Ops Who Is Responsible for Intern Failure?
The Yin and Yang of the Current Benefits Moment
The Yin and Yang of the Current Benefits Moment
The Council has made great progress on our healthcare transparency agenda. Is it working? Does it matter?
Getting From AI Pilots to AI Production
Getting From AI Pilots to AI Production
The question is no longer whether AI agents will run insurance industry operations—it’s whether they have been made trustworthy when they do.
Spain: Private Healthcare Solutions Gain Steam
International Country Report Spain: Private Healthcare Solutions Gain Steam
Private benefits gain relevance in the workplace; competition grows in a softening P&C market.
Insuring Future Fertility
Technosavvy Insuring Future Fertility
Q&A with Dr. Christy Lane and Laura McDonald, Co-Founders, Flora Fertility
When Social Factors Stymie Good Health
Vital Signs When Social Factors Stymie Good Health
Q&A with Luke Hansen, Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia Solutions
Choosing Between Two Future States
Choosing Between Two Future States
The difference between M&A satisfaction and regret often comes down to one critical mistake: comparing today’s reality to tomorrow’s possibilities.
‘Don’t Answer Their Question, Solve Their Problem’
From the Hill: Politics & Risk ‘Don’t Answer Their Question, Solve Their Problem’
Advice, Honesty, and Humor with Lisa Hawker, Chief Operating Officer, People Solutions—Founders Series, Lockton

More In This Issue

Journey to the Top of the Earth
Wanderlust Journey to the Top of the Earth
There’s more to the Arctic Circle than ice.
Investigating Mortality
Reader's Edge Investigating Mortality
Famed for his explorations of life at the extremes, Sebastia...
Jack Butcher
Personal Lines Jack Butcher
Chairman and CEO, Vantage Insurance Partners
The Crank Is Back
EdgeWorthy The Crank Is Back
Mr. Nice Guy is taking this month’s column off.
Unlocking Enterprise-Wide Knowledge for Brokerage AI
Unlocking Enterprise-Wide Knowledge for Brokerage AI
Structuring insurance data is essential to extracting the true value of artificial intelligence.
Sponsored By Eventual