Best's Review Issues & Answers
Put your thought leadership in the spotlight with Issues & Answers. These special advertising sections give executives a unique opportunity to share their expertise with the insurance industry by participating in an interview on a topic of their choice.
As an Issues & Answers advertiser, you will receive:
Two-Page Placement:1
- A spread featuring your full-page, four-color advertisement and highlights from your executive’s interview.
- A video and audio recording of your interview for your own promotional use.
- A PDF copy of the spread for your company’s use.
- Additional exposure on Best’s Review online.
Three-Page Placement:1
- A spread featuring two pages of your executive’s interview.
- Your full-page, four-color advertisement in a different section within the magazine.
- A video and audio recording of your interview for your own promotional use.
- A PDF copy of the spread for your company’s use.
- Additional exposure on Best’s Review online.
Best's Review Issues & Answers
| Size | 1x | 3x | 6x | 9x | 12x |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Page Issues & Answers | $10,740 | $10,200 | $9,125 | $8,590 | $8,055 |
| Three-Page Issues & Answers | $17,535 | $16,655 | $14,905 | $14,025 | $13,150 |
All rates are net.
Issues & Answers Topics for 2025
| Publication Date | Topics | Description |
|---|---|---|
| February Executive Interview conducted by: December | Talent Development | College risk management and insurance programs discuss the advantages of an insurance career and what sets their schools apart. Insurers, reinsurers and others discuss what they are doing to attract, develop and retain high-quality, diverse talent in an industry that faces new challenges due to retirements and competition from other industries. |
| March Executive Interview conducted by: January | Specialty Distribution
| Insurance distributors, including brokers, MGAS and agencies, are driving a large portion of the innovation and other developments that are reshaping the insurance industry. Domiciles and service providers discuss new business strategies aimed at the captive market. |
| April Executive Interview conducted by: February | Commercial Risk | New developments in D&O, commercial liability and emerging exposures. |
| May Executive Interview conducted by: March | Cyber Developments | Insurers, technology providers and support services explain how they are learning to better identify and target cyber risk, protecting businesses and the public from catastrophic loss. |
| June Executive Interview conducted by: April | New Approaches to Asset Management | Asset managers, advisers and others examine the latest issues concerning insurance portfolio management. |
| July Executive Interview conducted by: May | Specialty Coverage
| Insurers, wholesalers, reinsurers, and technology and service providers examine new products and strategies that are helping to create highly focused products to meet new and increasingly specialized risk needs. Insurance accounting firms explain the key issues for insurers as the industry moves into the IFRS 17 era. |
| August Executive Interview conducted by: June | Standing the Test of Time Captives | Insurers discuss their long history and business success. Captive managers, sponsors, reinsurers, domicile representatives and brokers discuss developments in the captive insurance sector. |
| September Executive Interview conducted by: July | Mutual Success
| Insurers, reinsurers, service providers, technologists and others examine the advantages and challenges of mutual insurance operations and how these companies are finding new and innovative ways to serve policyholders. Insurers, reinsurers, and technology and service providers explain why surplus lines remains the most dynamic and responsive sector of the property/casualty industry and how they support innovation in an increasingly specialized risk environment. |
| October Executive Interview conducted by: August | Improving Customer Experience New Approaches to Personal and Commercial Auto Coverage | Insurers and technology service providers discuss how they are reaching consumers by developing new approaches to make buying insurance and filing claims quicker and easier. Insurers and technology providers discuss new approaches to underwriting, claims and other emerging developments facing the auto insurance sector. |
| November Executive Interview conducted by: September | New Developments in Workers’ Comp Property Risk | Insurers, service providers, technologists and others discuss the evolving issues as the industry tackles the challenges of the changing workplace. Insurers, reinsurers and service providers discuss the key issues for the commercial property and homeowners segment. |
| December Executive Interview conducted by: October | Accounting and Actuarial Services Excess & Surplus Lines | How auditors and actuaries are helping insurers and reinsurers execute on new opportunities and capabilities.
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1 Although this offer includes two pages of advertising, only one page is counted toward the frequency discount for print ads in Best’s Review in a given contract year.