Magazine

Cover Story May 2025

An increasingly sharp partisan divide in the United States, coupled with major changes from the Trump administration, have heightened political risk among business leaders and insurers.

By Daryl Lease

Features

Global Hotspotting

From missile attacks to expropriations to coups, the geopolitical stage of 2025 is rife with risks to global businesses, and insurers are proceeding with caution.

Data Failures and Lawsuits Are Piling Up

Laws new and old are giving the plaintiffs’ bar new tools for cybersecurity class actions.

Thought Leaders

International Country Report Chile: Resilience Amid Earthquakes and Unrest

An intense six years have delivered massive protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

The worst-case scenario is having an employee who has to get a therapy and you thought the plan covers it, but it’s excluded. If the plan doesn’t cover it, a separate carve-out might be warranted.

Health+Benefits Gene Therapy: Rarely Needed but Massively Expensive

Apprenticeships Are Making a Comeback

This old tradition offers new solutions to the insurance industry’s talent gap.

Time Kills M&A Deals

Closing brokerage M&A deals is complicated and laborious. For sellers, time is not your ally.

New York Cybersecurity Obligations Expand

Starting this year, firms are subject to new requirements on vulnerability scans, access privileges, and multifactor authentication under the state’s amended cybersecurity rules.

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