Howden Acquires Cybeta To Build Real-Time Cyber Risk Analytics Into US Brokerage

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

Mulberri And Omnyy Partner To Bring AI Underwriting Automation To UK SME Market

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

WEF Report: AI Is Now The Defining Force In Cybersecurity

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

Joint Commission And AHA Launch Landmark Hospital Cyber Resilience Program

In July 2019, a ransomware attack hit Springhill Medical Center in Mobile, Alabama. Fetal monitors in 12 delivery rooms went dark. A woman arrived to give birth. Nobody told her the hospital’s systems were down. The umbilical cord wrapped around her baby’s neck went undetected. The baby was born with severe brain damage and died … Read more

Copperhelm Launches With $7M To Build Agentic Cloud Security Platform

A Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity startup emerged from stealth this week with a platform that replaces manual cloud security workflows with AI agents (agentic cloud security). Copperhelm is backed by $7 million in seed funding. TLV Partners led the round. Participants included toDay Ventures, ICON, and SaaS Ventures Israel. Notable angel investors included Kfir Tishbi, Or … Read more