Conventional Wisdom on Cyber Insurance & Ransomware is Wrong: British Think Tank 

“Over a 12-month research project, researchers from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies), the University of Kent, De Montfort University and Oxford Brookes University conducted a series of expert interviews and workshops… This paper argues that there is, in fact, no compelling evidence that victims with cyber insurance are much more … Read more

Lawyers — Better Consider Cyber In Addition to Malpractice Insurance to Protect Against Losses from “Spoofing” 

Interesting report about whether legal malpractice insurance covers lawyers when scammers trick them into sending their clients’ payments for real estate into phony accounts. “Of course, not all legal malpractice policies contain misappropriation exclusions, and in the absence thereof, the outcome of the coverage analysis could be different. However, where such an exclusion is present, … Read more

Demand Not A Constraint for Cyber Insurance Industry — Lack of Capital & Expertise Could Be: Gallagher Re

“’One of the things we hypothesized right from the start was that cyber is going to be the most capital-constrained and most expertise-constrained class of business in the market. And so we focus on assisting our client base with those two key elements; whether it’s our expertise in helping them navigate the cyber landscape or … Read more

AWS Moves Deeper Into Cyber Insurance-related Services, Adding Cowbell

From the Cowbell release: “Participation in this initiative demonstrates that Cowbell has deep expertise in serving SME customers with cyber insurance coverage tailored to their unique needs. As an AWS Cyber Insurance Partner, Cowbell’s solution has been vetted by AWS for its ability to streamline the quoting process using thorough cyber risk assessments that leverage … Read more

Joint (Cyber) Insurance Funds (JIFs) For Public Sector Enterprises

An example from broker Conner Strong & Buckelew: “A key thing to convince the insurance companies to get onboard was having a large retention… We decided to implement a large deductible to start with, large enough to deal with many of the claims that we see from membership, and also to give the members an … Read more

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