Magazine
Cover Story
November 2025
Slippery States
As businesses increasingly integrate artificial intelligence into operations, inconsistent state rules pose risk and compliance challenges.
Features
Benchmarking Data for Brokerage Operations
Results for The Council’s Second-Annual Operations Benchmarking Survey.
Ill-Fitting AI Coverage
Artificial intelligence-related risks can fall across multiple lines of coverage. The challenge is sifting through policies to determine what’s covered, excluded, and silent.
The Costly Consequences of Comorbidities
Chronic conditions like hypertension and diabetes increase the expense of workers compensation claims and delay employees’ return to the job.
Thought Leaders
ICHRAs Might Actually Be the Future
The case for employers to offer individual coverage health reimbursement arrange...
Technosavvy
Risk Matchmaking
Q&A with Aviad Pinkovezky, President and CEO, First Connect Insurance Services
A Fraying Social Fabric
Three speakers at the 112th Insurance Leadership Forum offer one message on the fabric of society.
International Country Report
Central and Eastern Europe: Diverse Markets in a Diverse Region
Gross written premium is rising by double-digits across the sector, but it has room for growth.
Insurance-Focused College Students Weigh in on Employers
Gamma Iota Sigma’s 2025 recruiting survey has key insights for insurance industry employers.
From the Hill: Politics & Risk
Talking with Rep. Adam Gray
The nation’s healthcare and agriculture-critical water supply deserve better than partisan politics, congressman says.
Two Global Marketplaces, Two AI Approaches
More than an ocean separates the United States and European Union on AI.
How Important Is Brand Identity After Acquisition?
For some sellers, brand is the most important thing. But does it really matter?
Vital Signs
Same Treatments, Dramatically Different Costs
Q&A with Allison Oakes, Chief Research Officer, Trilliant Health
How Bad Is Algorithmic Bias in AI?
Q&A with Shea Holman Kilian, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, George Mason University
More In This Issue
Choosing Vision Benefits Isn’t All About the Premium
Q&A with Jason Rome, Chief Commercial Officer, EyeMed
The Real Value of Dental Network Discounts
Network discounts
make dental benefits
go further and
contain employer
claims costs.