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Best's Review 2025 Editorial Calendar

Learn more about what is coming up in Best's Review in 2025.*


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January 2025

Ad Close: 12/2/24

Editorial Topic

  • 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.

Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

  • 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 
February 2025

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.

Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

  • Innovation Scoring

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

  • Surety Insurers
  • Middle Eastern/African Insurers

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

  • Talent Development
March 2025

Ad Close: 2/3/25

Editorial Topics

  • Growing Clout of Independent Agents: How independent agents are gaining influence.
  • Asset Management: How insurers manage investments in an evolving rate environment.
  • Captive Insurance: Emerging developments in the captive insurance segment.

Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

  • Growing Clout of Independent Agents

Exclusive Rankings & Listings

  • Crop Insurers
  • India Insurers
  • Captive Insurers

Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

  • Specialty Distribution
  • Captives and Domicile Services

    Bonus Distribution

    • CICA Annual International Conference
    • AM Best's 32nd Annual Review & Preview Conference
    • Buffalo I-Day
    April 2025

    Ad Close: 3/3/25

    Editorial Topic

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

    Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

    • Evolving Commercial Risk

    Exclusive Rankings & Listings

    • Asia-Pacific Insurers

    Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

    • Commercial Risk
    May 2025

    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.

    Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

    • 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
    June 2025

    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.

    Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

    • Climate Risk Creates New Challenges

    Exclusive Rankings & Listings

    • European Insurers

    Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

    • New Approaches to Asset Management

    Bonus Distribution

    • IASA Xchange
    July 2025

    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.

    Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Sections

    • Leading Insurance Companies and Executives
    • Insurance Accounting

    Exclusive Rankings & Listings

    • 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
      August 2025

      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.

      Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

      • The Evolving Reinsurance Market

      Exclusive Rankings & Listings

      • 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
      • Captives

      Bonus Distribution

      • VCIA Annual Conference
      September 2025

      Ad Close: 8/1/25

      Editorial Topics

      • 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.

      Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Sections

      • Surplus Lines

      Exclusive Rankings & Listings

      • 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
      October 2025

      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.

      Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Section

      • New Developments in Insurance Technology

      Exclusive Rankings & Listings

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

      Issues & Answers (Advertorial)

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

      Bonus Distribution

      • AM Best's Insurance Market Briefing - Canada
      • APCIA Annual Meeting
      • TMPAA Annual Summit
      • AICP Annual Conference
      November 2025

      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
      December 2025

      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.

      Featured Advertiser Special Editorial Sections

      • 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

      * Editorial content, featured advertiser sections, bonus distribution and conference opportunities are subject to change.
      * Executive interview commitment deadlines for Issues & Answers are two months prior to the publication date.