Did This Large Medical Practice Have too Much Cyber Insurance?

OrthoVirginia Inc., with 105 surgeons across Virginia, was hit by Ryuk ransomware, which among other damage took down the practice’s database of X-rays. It took the organization 18 months to get back all its systems. This report has interesting details on the response. Notable is the mention of conflicts between the company’s malpractice and cyber … Read more

Cowbell Integrates with Cloudflare

Cowbell will acquire data from Cloudflare, a provider of anti-DDOS and other security solutions to a wide range of customers. The integration will allow Cowbell to improve risk modeling and provide pricing breaks to its policy holders. Tapping onto the ecosystem of IT providers used by their policy holders appears to be a key part … Read more

Cowbell Rings in UK Expansion

The provider of “Adaptive Cyber Insurance” has launched its first UK-specialty product and hired Catherine Aleppo as its new sales director for the country. Aleppo previously led the cyber insurance department of a UK broker. She’s an example of the growing bench of experienced cyber insurance executives, very much needed by the rapidly expanding industry. … Read more

Cyber Insurance Industry to be Tested This Year by Cyber War Exclusions: CyberCube

The risk analytics provider to the cyber insurance industry warns about scenarios that could impact the already confused world of cyber war risk and exclusions. Its new report — “CyberCube’s Global Threat Outlook: A Perspective on the Threat Landscape for Q4 2023” — urges re-insurers and those in the ILS markets to consider its findings … Read more

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