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Only one in nine ransomware attacks becomes publicly disclosed. The rest happen in silence. That gap between what is reported and what is real has direct consequences for every organization that buys, sells, or underwrites cyber insurance. This ransomware trend is just part of the BlackFog Q1 2026 State of Ransomware report, released on May … Read more
Coalition and Allianz Commercial announced a major strategic agreement on May 6, 2026. The deal transitions Allianz’s standalone commercial cyber insurance business to Coalition. Coalition becomes Allianz’s exclusive global partner for cyber insurance across all commercial segments. The announcement reshapes how one of the world’s largest insurers will serve its commercial cyber clients going forward. … Read more
Howden just made its most significant capability move since launching its US cyber practice four months ago. The global insurance broking group announced on May 4, 2026, that it has acquired the intellectual property assets of Cybeta, LLC, a cyber data and analytics firm founded by veterans of the US Department of Defense and intelligence … Read more
The UK specialty insurance market has a scaling problem. Managing general agents writing SME and commercial business face a fundamental tension: the submission volume required to build a meaningful book is in direct conflict with the human effort required to triage each one consistently. Adding underwriters does not solve the problem. It delays it. Two … Read more
Artificial intelligence has crossed a threshold in cybersecurity. The World Economic Forum’s May 2026 white paper, “Empowering Defenders: AI for Cybersecurity,” produced in collaboration with KPMG, puts a number on that shift. Some 94% of cyber leaders now identify AI as the defining force in their field. Another 77% report that their organizations already use … Read more