Bill Coffin
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Editor-in-Chief, Ethisphere Magazine

Bill Coffin

Bill Coffin is the Editor-in-Chief of Ethisphere Magazine and supports the larger content strategy of Ethisphere. He is an internationally recognized writer and editorial leader in the fields of ethics, compliance, insurance and risk management. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes and Fortune, as well as Compliance Week, National Underwriter, Risk Management, Best’s Review and other B2B media. Previously, Bill served as Director, Senior Editor at AIG, leading content strategy for one of the world’s largest insurance companies.

Bill has won numerous national journalism awards for his investigative work, including “Tragic Tale,” a profile of comic book writer Bill Mantlo, who fell through the cracks of the healthcare system after suffering a traumatic brain injury, and “The Darkness Within,” an examination of how health insurance excludes coverage for mental health care.

Bill lives in Oakhurst, NJ with his family, and is a published novelist, game designer and podcaster. He is a graduate of Washington and Lee University, and he actively campaigns along with fellow alumni, faculty and students for the removal of Robert E. Lee from the school’s name.

Insights & Perspectives

From Bill Coffin

Bill Coffin's latest thinking on business integrity, ethical leadership, and the future of compliance.

July 28, 2026
The Cobbler’s Children: What 134 E&C Leaders Told Us About Their Own AI Adoption

Ethics and compliance teams are living two AI stories at once, and only one of them gets much attention. In […]

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July 27, 2026
AI Agent Governance Hasn’t Caught Up to What Your Agents Can Do

A startup’s entire database vanished in seconds, deleted by an AI agent running on Claude. The first read was that […]

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July 27, 2026
Inside the Investigation: What a Hands-On AI Workshop Revealed About the Future of Compliance

On July 22, I spent the morning running a fake investigation, as part of a hands-on session the Business Ethics […]

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