Best's Review 2025 Editorial Calendar

Ad Close: 12/2/24

Editorial Topics

• Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry: The well-known resource for insurance staff, students and those interested in risk has been integrated into Best's Review's editorial lineup.

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• Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry: Advertisers may sponsor one or more of the following six sections of the Guide: Industry Overview, Property/Casualty, Life & Annuity, Health, Reinsurance/Alternative Risk Transfer, Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

• World's Largest Insurers 

Ad Close: 1/2/25

Editorial Topics

• Innovation Scoring: Innovation is becoming increasingly critical to the long-term success of insurers. A look at trends in AM Best's innovation scoring.
• Workers' Compensation: Emerging developments in the workers' compensation sector.
• Changes at the Top: A look at the insurance leaders who have retired or passed away.

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• Innovation Scoring

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• Surety Insurers
• Middle Eastern/African Insurers

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Talent Development

Ad Close: 3/3/25

Editorial Topic

• Evolving Commercial Risk: Insurers and risk managers discuss emerging trends in commercial risks.

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• Evolving Commercial Risk

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• Asia-Pacific Insurers

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Commercial Risk
  

Ad Close: 4/1/25

Editorial Topic

• Real-World AI: How insurers are using and building new AI-enabled processes in underwriting and claims, and throughout their organizations.

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• Real-World AI

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

• P&I Clubs

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Cyber Developments

Bonus Distribution

• RIMS Annual Conference
• NAIIA Annual Conference
• NetVu Accelerate
• SIR Annual Meeting

Ad Close: 5/1/25

Editorial Topics

• Climate Risk Creates New Challenges: Insurers grapple with the new challenges presented by climate risk as the Atlantic hurricane season begins.
• Asset Management: How insurers adapt to a changing asset management environment.
• Student Challenge: College students participate in AM Best's competition.

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• Climate Risk Creates New Challenges

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• European Insurers
  

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• New Approaches to Asset Management
  

Bonus Distribution

• IASA Xchange

Ad Close: 6/2/25

Editorial Topics

• Leading Insurance Companies and Executives: A look at the top insurers and brokers, and the people who lead them.
• Insurance Accounting: A look at new developments in the insurance accounting sector.

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• Leading Insurance Companies and Executives
• Insurance Accounting

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• Top Global Brokers
• Top 200 U.S. Property/Casualty Writers
• Top 200 U.S. Life/Health Insurers
• Top 75 U.S. and Canada Public Insurers
• World's Largest Insurance Companies
• Top 25 U.S. Holding Companies
• Auditors and Actuaries

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Specialty Coverage
• Issues in Insurance Accounting

Supplement

• Workers' Compensation: The latest news coverage, along with a 50-state listing of insurers writing business in every U.S. state and territory, ranked by market share.

Ad Close: 7/1/25

Editorial Topics

• The Evolving Reinsurance Market: A look at emerging developments in the global reinsurance segment. 
• Standing the Test of Time: Insurers that have maintained a Best's Financial Strength rating for at least 50, 75 and 100 years.
• Captives: A look at global captive developments.

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• The Evolving Reinsurance Market

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• Latin American Insurers
• U.S. Property/Casualty Direct Premiums Written by Line
• Standing the Test of Time
• U.S. Cyber Standalone

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Standing the Test of Time

Supplement

• Independent Agents: The latest coverage of emerging developments about independent agents.

Bonus Distribution

• VCIA Annual Conference

Ad Close: 8/1/25

Editorial Topics

• Quantifying Insurance: The data and tools power users employ to gain insight and understanding of the insurance industry.
• Surplus Lines: A look at the trends and key issues shaping the U.S. surplus lines market.
• Asset Management: How insurers rely on asset managers to help them navigate a changing investment environment.

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• Surplus Lines
• Quantifying Insurance

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• Top U.S. Mutual Insurers
• Top Global Reinsurance Groups
• Leading U.S. Life/Health Insurers
• Top U.S. MGAs
• U.S. Private Flood

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Mutual Success
• Surplus Lines

Bonus Distribution

• WSIA Annual Marketplace
• NAMIC Annual Convention
• Rendez-Vous de Septembre
• Bermuda Captive Conference
• ACLI Annual Conference

Ad Close: 9/2/25

Editorial Topics

• New Developments in Insurance Technology: How insurers are using new technology and digital processes to gain a competitive advantage.
• Emerging Auto Sector: An examination of the emerging trends and challenges in the personal and commercial auto sectors.

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• New Developments in Insurance Technology

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• Top U.S. Auto Writers
  
• U.S. Life Asset Distribution
  

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Improving Customer Experience
• New Approaches to Personal and Commercial Auto Coverage

Supplement

• Artificial Intelligence: The latest coverage of how the insurance industry is using artificial intelligence and responding to emerging trends.

Bonus Distribution

• AM Best's Insurance Market Briefing - Canada
• APCIA Annual Meeting
• TMPAA Annual Summit
• AICP Annual Conference

Ad Close: 10/1/25

Editorial Topics

• Workers' Compensation: A look at new developments in the workers' compensation sector.
  
• Property Claims: Best's Review surveys adjusters about property claims.

Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Sections

• Workers' Compensation
• Property Claims

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

• Caribbean Insurers
• Top U.S. Homeowners Insurers
• Top U.S. Workers' Compensation Insurers
• U.S. P/C Asset Distribution
• U.S. Life/Health Investment Returns
• Top Global Life Reinsurers
• Top U.S. Life Reinsurers
  

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• New Developments in Workers' Compensation
• Property Risk

Ad Close: 11/3/25

Editorial Topics

• Auditor & Actuary Overview: A look at emerging issues for auditors and actuaries.
• Regulatory Preview: A preview of global regulatory developments in the coming year.
• Asset Management: An overview of asset management issues in the coming year.

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• Auditor & Actuary Overview
• Regulatory Preview

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

• Auditors & Actuaries
  
• Top U.S. Ocean Marine
  
• U.S. Inland Marine
  
• U.S. Fire & Allied Lines
  
• U.S. Products Liability
  
• U.S. Commercial Multiperil
  
• US P/C All Individual A&H
• Individual A&H
  
• U.S. Property & Catastrophe Risk

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

• Accounting and Actuarial Services
  
• Excess & Surplus Lines