Magazine

Cover Story July/August 2026

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

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

More structures and more vehicles in hail-prone regions are driving up insured losses.

‘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

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 Council has made great progress on our healthcare transparency agenda. Is it working? Does it matter?

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.

International Country Report Spain: Private Healthcare Solutions Gain Steam

Private benefits gain relevance in the workplace; competition grows in a softening P&C market.

Technosavvy Insuring Future Fertility

Q&A with Dr. Christy Lane and Laura McDonald, Co-Founders, Flora Fertility

Vital Signs When Social Factors Stymie Good Health

Q&A with Luke Hansen, Chief Medical Officer, Arcadia Solutions

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.

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

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Wanderlust Journey to the Top of the Earth

There’s more to the Arctic Circle than ice.

Reader's Edge Investigating Mortality

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Personal Lines Jack Butcher

Chairman and CEO, Vantage Insurance Partners

EdgeWorthy The Crank Is Back

Mr. Nice Guy is taking this month’s column off.

Unlocking Enterprise-Wide Knowledge for Brokerage AI

Structuring insurance data is essential to extracting the true value of artificial intelligence.