The Council's Rob Boyce is interviewing a series of attendees at the 2018 InsureTech Connect Conference. Up first is Bold Penguin.

Sandy Laycox, editor in chief of Leader’s Edge magazine, and Rick Pullen, the publication’s founding editor, talk about what goes into publishing an award-winning magazine, following the six 2017 Association Media & Publishing EXCEL awards that Leader’s Edge recently received.

Updates and Insights from The Council’s government affairs team on technical implementation details for the tax bill, why ACA repeal is fading while Single Payer discussion increases, the possibility of an NFIP lapse, a roundup of recent primary elections and more.

Cyber regulation is under way in the U.S., and data protection is about to be implemented in the EU. Kevin Kalinich, global practice leader for cyber/network risk at Aon, discusses the financial impact of cyber events, the possibility of insuring against GDPR penalties, and why compliance with GDPR is ultimately beneficial.

Updates and insight on reauthorization efforts around the National Flood Insurance Program, data breach notification requirements, GDPR, the state of play for healthcare, DC politics and the midterms ahead. We’ve got it all covered.

The Council had the opportunity to sit down with Jonathan Pope, CEO of Corax, a cyber-risk analytics platform and broker tool for cyber insurance distribution. JP addresses some of struggles that brokers and carriers face when selling and pricing cyber coverage, the lack historical data in the cyber industry, and what needs to happen for the cyber insurance market to mature.

In the commercial auto industry, premiums are rising and so is claims severity. What’s driving these trends (no pun intended)? We sat down with Scott Fouts, vice president of the South Region for Hub International’s Risk Services division, to discuss the hardening market, the effects of new technologies in commercial auto, and what Hub is doing to recognize Distracted Driving Month in April.

The omnibus spending bill will impact the National Flood Insurance Program, the tax reform bill offers a lot of murkiness, and there’s a big push coming from the left on Single Payer. Could a big blue wave be coming this fall?

Joel Wood, Joel Kopperud and Blaire Bartlett of The Council’s government affairs team, break it all down from their perch in DC.

The marijuana industry is quickly growing. As more states legalize, more businesses need insurance. But the industry is plagued by conflicting federal and state law. Scott Sinder, The Council’s chief legal officer and partner at Steptoe & Johnson, breaks it all down and shares his thoughts on what the DOJ’s latest moves mean. Read more: http://leadersedgemagazine.com/articles/2017/11/its-high-time-we-deal-with-pot/

Done right, social selling can open up a world of possibility. But if your producers aren’t engaged, they may be missing the boat. Our conversation with Steven Handmaker, CMO of Assurance Agency, uncovers the good, the bad and the opportunity of social selling.