In this, our biggest issue ever, our main focus is on artificial intelligence. After recent threats and warnings about the potential dangers of AI and calls for coordinated action to slow the technology's development, we speak to experts about the technology in a three-part special. We look at data-driven risk assessment, underwriting, and portfolio optimisation, which are all being transformed by AI, and ask what insurers and underwriters are doing to get the most out of the technology.

When a parent or guardian becomes seriously ill overseas, assistance providers face a complex challenge that extends well beyond clinical care. Although these cases are relatively rare, in this issue we look at how safeguarding dependent children requires careful planning, legal awareness, and close international coordination.